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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 13 |
| 1858 | 10 |
| 1859 | 8 |
| 1860 | 6 |
| 1861 | 16 |
| 1862 | 13 |
| 1863 | 5 |
| 1864 | 7 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 37 |
| 1876 | 198 |
| 1877 | 108 |
| 1878 | 90 |
| 1879 | 7 |
| 1880 | 38 |
| 1882 | 35 |
| 1883 | 205 |
| 1884 | 88 |
| 1885 | 138 |
| 1886 | 64 |
| 1887 | 92 |
| 1888 | 111 |
| 1889 | 270 |
| 1890 | 49 |
| 1891 | 230 |
| 1892 | 450 |
| 1893 | 385 |
| 1894 | 430 |
| 1895 | 611 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 26 |
| 1898 | 61 |
| 1899 | 125 |
| 1900 | 10 |
| 1902 | 13 |
| 1903 | 219 |
| 1904 | 199 |
| 1905 | 19 |
| 1907 | 13 |
| 1908 | 101 |
| 1909 | 302 |
| 1910 | 86 |
| 1911 | 22 |
| 1912 | 10 |
| 1914 | 38 |
| 1915 | 64 |
| 1916 | 104 |
| 1917 | 51 |
| 1918 | 12 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 22 |
| 1924 | 21 |
| 1925 | 11 |
| 1928 | 4 |
| 1929 | 7 |
5,260 stories matching make
- A Lumber Case Becomes a Political Weapon Against Judge Carey
Opponents whispered that the judge reversed a jury in secret. A witness says the ruling came in open court before 200 people.
- The Bureaucratic Fight Over Death and Birth
A standoff between Washington state health officials and local physicians over whether doctors should be required to report vital statistics without pay.
- The Fugitive and the Missing Saddle
After an accused man jumps bail, a local deputy tracks him to a remote ranch, but the suspect vanishes into thin air.
- The Widow Clapsadle's Second $10,000 Proposal
After settling her first breach-of-promise suit for $150, Mary E. Clapsadle is back in court, demanding either marriage or $10,000 from Charles W. Eastabrook.
- The War on Orchard Mildew
District Horticultural Inspector Luke Powell issues a dire warning to apple growers regarding the spread of powdery mildew.
- The Speed Fiend and the Road Boss
As Benton County redraws its road districts, a local editor wants the men who maintain the roads given power to arrest the drivers tearing them up.
- A Rescue at Steilacoom
A 75-year-old Tacoma resident attempts to end her life in the Sound, only to be thwarted by a quick-thinking teenager.
- Organizing the Industrial Army in Centralia
A local organizer makes progress recruiting for the Industrial Army despite local mockery.
- Seattle's Hidden Leather Industry
A local company makes big moves in the hide and leather trade, aiming for national reach.
- Seattle Bets $7 Million on a Canal Through the Tide Flats
St. Louis capitalists will dredge a waterway from Lake Washington to the Sound and fill the flats with new ground — if the subsidies come through. The paper calls it the making of the city's commercial supremacy.
- Steel on the Grade: Railroad Nears Ione, Newport Mail Speeds Up
The Idaho & Washington Northern pushes to within ten miles of Ione, moves its steamboat terminus to Jared's, and the Great Northern's fast mail cuts hours off Newport's eastern post.
- A Judge, a Railroad, and a Grand Jury: Spokane's 1909 Corruption Sweep
Judge M. J. Gordon faces six indictments over a $28,000 bad check and embezzlement from the Great Northern, while the state insurance commissioner and secretary of state are pulled into the grand jury's net.
- The Annual Departure
As Chinese residents in Walla Walla plan their customary New Year return to their homeland, federal inspectors arrive to manage the complex certification process required to ensure their return to the United States.
- Political Seances in the Capital
Olympia’s socialites visit a trance medium to divine the outcome of a heated senatorial fight.
- The Confessions of 'Hike' Hall
A gray-haired stranger arrested in Toledo, Washington, admits to a string of killings and claims he does society a favor by making men 'good.'
- The Price of Progress: Arson in the Shadow of the Opera House
When an old commercial building was moved to make way for Seattle's new Opera House, a firebug turned the vacated structure into a torch.
- A Father’s Long Journey to Reclaim His Daughter
A desperate father travels to Colfax to bring his teenage daughter back home after she was found in a locked room.
- The Unseen Cost of a Growing City
A desperate letter from a laboring family illustrates the crushing reality of poverty in a booming Spokane, where basic survival was becoming an unreachable luxury.
- Baseball Disgust at Madison Street Park
Seattle's home team suffers a humiliating loss to Portland, with local fans calling for the benching of star players.
- The Nighthawk Mine Wakes Up
After months of silence, mining operations resume at the Nighthawk, raising local hopes for a prosperous industrial revival.
- A Four-Day Escape into the Snoqualmie Wilderness
Four Seattle men trade the monotony of office life for a rustic expedition into the King County woods.
- The predatory business of 'confidential' loans
A Seattle reporter goes undercover to expose local money lenders charging exorbitant interest rates to the desperate.
- The New Law That Broke the Bankers: How Tacoma’s Debtors Turned the Tables on Northern Pacific
A recent amendment to territorial attachment laws has forced high-ranking executives of the Northern Pacific Railway to appear in court personally, sparking panic among creditors who can no longer hide behind corporate shields.
- Should a Woman Lead Washington Territory?
Following the Territorial Legislature's grant of suffrage, a public meeting has petitioned the President to appoint a woman as Governor.
- The Labor Journal’s Feud with 'Postum'
A scathing takedown of a billionaire's anti-union newspaper advertisements.