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| Year | Stories |
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| 1858 | 3 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1872 | 6 |
| 1876 | 19 |
| 1877 | 19 |
| 1878 | 5 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 2 |
| 1882 | 4 |
| 1883 | 17 |
| 1884 | 8 |
| 1885 | 14 |
| 1886 | 7 |
| 1887 | 9 |
| 1888 | 9 |
| 1889 | 39 |
| 1890 | 3 |
| 1891 | 25 |
| 1892 | 41 |
| 1893 | 36 |
| 1894 | 26 |
| 1895 | 55 |
| 1897 | 4 |
| 1898 | 4 |
| 1899 | 12 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1903 | 14 |
| 1904 | 16 |
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 9 |
| 1909 | 24 |
| 1910 | 4 |
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| 1918 | 1 |
| 1923 | 1 |
| 1924 | 2 |
471 stories matching round
- A New Steamboat Opens the Okanogan
A shallow-draft vessel launches on the upper Okanogan River, ending the reliance on primitive ox-team freight haulage.
- The Theater vs. The Newsroom
Local journalists take to the baseball diamond to soundly defeat Cordray's Theater team.
- The Elephant-Powered Sawmills of Burma
A visiting mill manager shares tales of jungle timber operations where elephants handle everything from the logs to the finished lumber.
- The Un-bucking Bronco
A town’s attempt to humble a cocky stranger with a legendary bucking horse backfires when the animal decides to behave.
- Abandoned on the Sidewalk
A woman injured in a cable car accident is left unattended on a street corner, sparking public outcry.
- Everett's First Annual City Cleanup
After a successful city-wide 'Clean-up' day, local editors urge residents and businesses to maintain pride in their streets year-round.
- An Empty Boat on the Sound—and No One to Claim It
A fisherman finds a small boat adrift between Port Madison and Seattle, with a bottle aboard and no sign of who set it loose, prompting fears of a drowning.
- The Bold Plan to Pave the Northwest
Promoters of the Evergreen Highway are pushing for an all-weather, cross-state route designed to connect the Inland Empire to the coast.
- The Bid for a Cold Storage Giant
Local fruit growers and business interests urged to rally behind a proposed 1,000-car capacity facility that promised to modernize Kennewick’s economy.
- Seattle’s New Athletic Club Opens in Style
A night of wrestling and fencing draws a capacity crowd to the city's new hub for physical culture.
- The Push for Statehood
Governor Newell of Washington Territory lobbies in Washington D.C., touting the region’s timber, coal, and agricultural potential as proof of readiness for statehood.
- Seattle Newsboys Take Tacoma by Storm
A pack of Seattle newsboys descends on the Interstate Fair, jeers a non-union print shop, climbs the roofs, and eats Chilberg’s restaurant out of house and home.
- The Pugilist and the Player: A Seattle Clash of Champions
A local boxing favorite and a Philadelphia fencing master prepare for a high-stakes showdown at the Jefferson Street Theater.
- Jailer's Rounds Foil Burglars Digging Through Cell Wall
Two burglars nearly tunneled out of the King County Jail, thwarted only by a sharp-eared jailer and an unfortunate musical choice.
- The Great Reconstruction: Seattle’s Waterfront Rises from the Ashes
Less than a month after the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, the city’s wharves are a hive of frantic, round-the-clock labor to restore the vital commerce of the Pacific.
- Seattle’s Wild Reaction to the Corbett-Sullivan Fight
Thousands filled the streets and saloons as the underdog James J. Corbett defeated John L. Sullivan in twenty-one rounds.
- Blood and Romance at the Lightweight Prize Fight
A local lightweight bout at the Puget Sound Athletic Club draws crowds, fueled by rumors of a love triangle between the fighters.
- Seattle's Vagrancy Sweep: Work, Leave Town, or Jail
A late-night police roundup netted more than thirty tramps, beggars, and tinhorn gamblers, who were given a lecture and a three-way choice: work, leave town, or jail.
- The Underground Prize Fight Near Tacoma
Welterweight boxers James Ryan and Barney Curtis face off in a secret bout outside Puyallup, evading legal scrutiny.
- A Peculiar Railroad Wreck Near Wallula
A freight car piled high with lumber capsized on a sharp curve, leaving a local blacksmith seriously injured.
- The Featherweight 'Blood' Match at South Prairie
A much-hyped prizefight between two heavyweights in a dance hall turned out to be less about violence and more about a bizarre, non-contact stalemate.
- The Vicious Old Man of the Jail
After a history of petty crime and violence, a troubled elderly man is committed to the state asylum due to worsening mental illness caused by years of dissipation.
- The Kendall Combination Delivers a Moving Performance of 'M'liss'
Seattle theatergoers are captivated by Mrs. Julia Kendall’s portrayal of the waif M'liss at Yesler's Hall.
- The Elopement That Tore a Family Apart
A South Prairie father assisted his 14-year-old daughter in her secret elopement, only to find his own marriage dissolved by his wife's outrage.
- Street Justice for an Indecent Display
A man without means finds himself working off a public fine after a brush with the local court.