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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 2 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 11 |
| 1862 | 7 |
| 1863 | 4 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 3 |
| 1876 | 10 |
| 1877 | 9 |
| 1878 | 9 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 6 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 16 |
| 1884 | 7 |
| 1885 | 24 |
| 1886 | 5 |
| 1887 | 4 |
| 1888 | 8 |
| 1889 | 16 |
| 1890 | 5 |
| 1891 | 11 |
| 1892 | 29 |
| 1893 | 32 |
| 1894 | 31 |
| 1895 | 27 |
| 1897 | 3 |
| 1898 | 10 |
| 1899 | 7 |
| 1903 | 15 |
| 1904 | 20 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 5 |
| 1909 | 26 |
| 1910 | 7 |
| 1911 | 7 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 7 |
| 1915 | 6 |
| 1916 | 14 |
| 1917 | 4 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1923 | 3 |
| 1924 | 1 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 2 |
433 stories matching standard
- The Struggle for Space at Seattle High School
As the class of 1893 graduates, the school’s principal warns that overcrowding and a lack of facilities are stalling the city’s educational ambitions.
- The Creamery Shuffle
A major dairy operator moves his business, leaving a vacuum in the Kittitas Valley market.
- A Duel of Words in Olympia
A simmering political feud between an old soldier and a newspaper editor erupts into a public challenge to settle scores in the streets.
- The Territorial Legislator and the Editor’s Ego
A fiery public feud erupts in 1861 between a Clark County representative and the editor of the Washington Standard, highlighting the volatile politics of the territorial legislature.
- The Yakima Valley's War-Time Dress Code
Facing high prices and looming war, local women’s clubs demand a standardization of fashion to cut costs.
- The Asphalt Monopoly on Pacific Avenue
Tacoma’s city government faces pressure as questions arise over paving specifications that seem designed to benefit a massive asphalt trust.
- The Rails of Mason County: An Industry Giant Plans a Deep-Woods Expansion
A representative of the Port Blakely Mill Company confirms plans to lay a standard-gauge steel railroad into the heart of Washington's timber country, setting the stage for industrial transformation.
- The High Price of News
Skyrocketing costs during the Civil War forced the Washington Standard to raise subscription prices to survive.
- The Rural Crusade Against Bovine Tuberculosis
Washington dairymen are aggressively culling infected herds, signaling a shift toward modern agricultural standards and interstate livestock trade.
- The Double Standard of the Law
A commentary on how the courts punish labor organizers while letting corporate titans walk free.
- The Business Men's Club Picks Its Candidate
A rowdy, divided convention at the Standard Theater results in John Leary’s nomination for Mayor of Seattle.
- Black Leaders Break with 'The Standard'
Prominent citizens issue formal resolution against a local newspaper they claim has turned scurrilous and divisive.
- The Republican Campaign Launch
Candidates take the stage in Seattle to argue for land forfeiture, taxation of railroad monopolies, and statehood.
- The Theater Owner's Vicious Reckoning
After a gambling raid, a theater owner allegedly beat his accuser within the walls of his own business.
- Seattle Rallies Against Chinese Labor at the Standard Theater
An overflow crowd packs the Standard Theater to demand the total exclusion of Chinese laborers and the termination of the Burlingame Treaty, revealing the deep economic anxieties of the era.
- The Milk Inspector Spokane Loved to Hate
Dr. James Bullivant fined five Spokane dairymen for selling milk below standard. The dairymen said he was less interested in public health than in collecting half the fines.
- Fire Hazards in the Farmhouse
The State Insurance Commissioner warns that cheap, non-standard chimneys and stove pipes are costing farmers their homes and their safety.
- The Siege of the 'Standard Theater' Meeting
A Seattle labor group, barred from its intended hall, holds an indignant public meeting to solidify their boycott against Chinese workers.
- The Forgotten Dreams of Steilacoom City
In 1880, a visionary booster pitched a grand transcontinental railroad terminus that he claimed would transform a quiet Puget Sound town into the 'metropolis' of the Pacific.
- Snohomish's Standard Mill Goes Up in Flames
A boiler-side fire consumes the Loggie Bros. mill and its lumber, threatening a town payroll already strained by strike.
- The Seattle Standard Paper Takeover
A power struggle at a local newspaper leads to a nocturnal raid and the relocation of printing equipment.
- The Swine Swindle Sweeping the State
A state professor warns farmers against sophisticated livestock contracts that promise riches but leave them holding the bag.
- The Tribune Pans a Play—and a Rival Paper Pans Back
A traveling dramatic company bombed in Olympia, and the fight over who said so turned into a newspaper war over puffery, honest criticism, and who was cheating amusement-seekers.
- Keep Your Eye on Veatch: A Colville Republican Pitched Against the Spokane Machine
With the next U.S. senator likely to hail from Spokane, a Fairfield paper argues the Third District's congressman should come from somewhere else — and boosts A. E. Veatch of Colville as no friend of 'the big fish.'
- The Collapse of the Sailors' Union
After a fierce labor battle along the Pacific Coast, the Sailors' Union of the Pacific concedes its inability to maintain wage standards against the shipowners.