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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 2 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1862 | 3 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 5 |
| 1876 | 22 |
| 1877 | 14 |
| 1878 | 3 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 4 |
| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 32 |
| 1884 | 16 |
| 1885 | 19 |
| 1886 | 12 |
| 1887 | 15 |
| 1888 | 7 |
| 1889 | 34 |
| 1890 | 3 |
| 1891 | 28 |
| 1892 | 58 |
| 1893 | 55 |
| 1894 | 51 |
| 1895 | 101 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 3 |
| 1898 | 9 |
| 1899 | 11 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1903 | 15 |
| 1904 | 15 |
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1908 | 6 |
| 1909 | 22 |
| 1910 | 6 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 5 |
| 1915 | 4 |
| 1916 | 10 |
| 1917 | 7 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1923 | 2 |
| 1924 | 2 |
| 1925 | 2 |
626 stories matching forward
- A Sudden Storm and a Frightened Team
A lightning strike and a team of horses lead to a harrowing accident for a mother and her young son.
- A Jailhouse Editor's Final Chance
A young man, jailed for forgery, finds redemption through his artistry and an ultimatum from his father.
- Seattle's Canal Subsidy Climbs Another Notch—and the Big Money Is Still Waiting
Boosters for the Lake Washington Waterway Company's ship canal report another $1,000 in pledges, while banks and business houses hold back to see what their neighbors will give.
- The Gateway to the Frontier: Snohomish Land Claims
How local clerk H.A. Gerhardt turned the legal machinery of the 1880s into a bustling bureau for pioneer settlement.
- Puyallup Valley Proves Fertile Ground for Tobacco
Local tobacco growers receive high praise from San Francisco experts who find the regional crop matches the quality of Connecticut-grown leaf.
- The Mysterious Fate of a Mutilated Man
A tragic case of labor, isolation, and identity emerges in late 19th-century Seattle.
- New Grain Warehouse to Rise in Kennewick
A major expansion of grain storage capacity is set to move forward, promising to modernize the local wheat trade.
- Calls for Women's Vigilance Against Domestic Violence
A reader writes into the paper suggesting that if the courts won't protect wives from abusive husbands, women should organize their own vigilante groups.
- Ballard Mill Worker Maimed in Belt Accident
A sawmill worker is in the hospital with a crushed arm after a plank snagged on machinery.
- Explosion on the Skagit River
A boilers explosion on a passenger steamer leaves eight dead and others wounded while commuters were at dinner.
- Yakima Fights Back Against the 'Pullman Deal'
A legal battle erupts as Yakima citizens challenge the state government's decision to locate the new agricultural college in Pullman.
- Tragedy at Lake Alcove
A Mansfield bank president drowns during an afternoon swim.
- The Sudden Loss of the Monte Cristo Purser
A young purser fell from the deck of a steamer and vanished into the river near the shingle mills.
- Tragedy in Willapa Bay
A sailor vanishes into the wake of a schooner as the industry of the sea demands a heavy price.
- Kennewick Football Defeats Richland in Hard-Fought Gridiron Clash
A late-game touchdown secures victory for the home team in a tight defensive battle against their Richland rivals.
- A Railroad Across Puyallup Land—With the Tribe’s Consent?
Frank C. Ross sends federal officials contracts for a right-of-way through the Puyallup Reservation, testing whether Indigenous consent can authorize construction without Congress.
- Rent Pressures in the Red Light District
A street worker is arrested after struggling to meet the high rent demands of a boarding house landlord.
- Defending the Aberdeen Steam Skidder
A local inventor faces patent-infringement threats from industry giants in the competitive world of logging machinery.
- The Women’s Auxiliary of the Industrial Army
While the Coxey-style movement mobilized unemployed men, the women of Seattle organized their own corps, complete with military drills and plans for housing the city's vulnerable.
- The Unstoppable Rail Builder of 1877
How James M. Colman bet his personal fortune to push the Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad through the mountains, defying skeptics and funding the project on his own terms.
- Connecting the City to the Lake
Mayor Strove and the City Council inspect the newly completed Jackson Street grade, opening a path from downtown to Lake Washington.
- Yakima Agency Indians Protest Government Austerity
Tribal leaders challenge federal budget cuts and the encroachment of non-Indigenous residents on reservation land.
- The Bear at 8th and Cherry
An early morning kitchen encounter with a cub ends abruptly for a Seattle resident.
- The Lawyer's Stranglehold on Governance
A scathing editorial arguing that the legal profession’s devotion to precedent over progress is choking American democracy.
- The Town With the Wrong Mail
A mix-up over naming rights between two Kitsap County towns leads to a mail delivery crisis.