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| 1876 | 5 |
| 1877 | 2 |
| 1878 | 2 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 3 |
| 1884 | 1 |
| 1885 | 6 |
| 1886 | 1 |
| 1887 | 2 |
| 1888 | 1 |
| 1889 | 10 |
| 1890 | 2 |
| 1891 | 4 |
| 1892 | 19 |
| 1893 | 12 |
| 1894 | 18 |
| 1895 | 10 |
| 1897 | 2 |
| 1899 | 2 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 10 |
| 1904 | 7 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1908 | 1 |
| 1909 | 7 |
| 1910 | 4 |
| 1911 | 2 |
| 1914 | 3 |
| 1915 | 2 |
| 1916 | 4 |
| 1923 | 2 |
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- Dairy Farm Ruined by Spectacular Night Fire
A Chehalis farmer loses his barn, home, and livestock after a blaze ignites in the hayloft, drawing hundreds of spectators to the scene.
- The Magic of Christmas in Pioneer Seattle
A glimpse into 1876 holiday traditions, from elaborate 'Fairy Land' church displays to the grab-box giveaways that defined the season for the city's children.
- The Thief Who Left His Loot Under the Wharf
A desperate ex-convict confesses to a string of violent robberies after being tracked to a dark, desolate crawlspace beneath Seattle's waterfront.
- The Section House Shootout
Fed up with a string of thefts, a railway foreman takes the law into his own hands and shoots a intruder on the tracks.
- Yakima Sheepmen Stand Together Against Railroad's Strings-Attached Lease
Two dozen Yakima-area sheepmen signed a pact to reject Northern Pacific's demand that all their wool and sheep ride its rails—only to hear the company might hand their range to outsiders.
- Street Robberies Rise in Under-Patrolled Everett
A string of Saturday night muggings in the residential districts has residents on edge, sparking calls to restore police staffing levels.
- Newport Turns On the Lights
The Northern Idaho Montana Power Co. is wiring 2,500-candlepower arc lights and tungsten incandescents at intersections across Newport—a $4,500 bet on the town's future.
- The Fire Station Vigilante
When a man was beaten and robbed behind a local bar, a civilian known as 'Red' grabbed the police chief's spare revolver and hunted the suspect down.
- Tacoma Councilmen Move to Kill Civil Service — and Give Themselves Raises
A charter-revision package would scrap civil service, shrink the council to nine and boost pay from $300 to $1,200, prompting a public showdown at tonight's special meeting.
- A Week of Tragedy in Pierce County
A string of suicides, murders, and accidents shocks Tacoma as a young student and an asylum patient end their own lives.
- Seattle Tries to Halve Its Street-Light Bill
A council debate over arc versus incandescent lamps exposed ward rivalries and a fight over how much control the city should keep over a private lighting contract.
- The Wheat Was Ready. The Threshers Weren't.
After several lean years, farmers in the big wheat district around Spokane finally got the crop they had been praying for — and then two weeks of rain and snow arrived before the machines could get to it.
- The Horseshoe King of Moscow
A Seattle blacksmith's apprentice wins a lucrative international contract to shoe royal horses in Russia.
- The Struggle for an Honest Hour: A Farmer’s Grumble in 1888
An account from a local farm near Puyallup reveals the era's persistent struggle to balance agricultural labor with a zero-tolerance policy for drinking, echoing the intense pressure of the frontier economy.
- The Phantom Friends of Spokane: A Temperance Warning
An editorial in The Spokane Press warns that friendships forged over liquor are hollow illusions, citing William Makepeace Thackeray to argue that alcohol destroys genuine human connection.
- The Burglar's Secret Den in the Seattle Woods
A group of young boys out playing stumble upon a hidden campsite in the woods, revealing a stash of stolen goods that solves a string of neighborhood crimes.
- Midnight Terror on the Front Street Bridge
A series of brazen burglaries in Seattle's waterfront district leaves residents armed and on edge after a string of late-night break-ins.
- The Devil's Dance at the Hop Ranch
A brutal assault at an Orillia hop ranch leaves an elderly Indigenous doctor clinging to life after a dispute over a bottle of whiskey.
- The Man Who Walked With a Bolt Through His Foot
John Moore, Seattle's most noted diver, recounts the harrowing moment he was impaled by a railroad bolt in the Mississippi River—and how his tender saved him.
- The Tragedy of a 'Box Rustler' at the Standard Theater
After being abandoned by her partner and facing a string of personal losses, 18-year-old Lillian Stewart took her own life in a downtown hotel.
- The City Editor Who Answered a Threat With His Fists
A druggist’s seduction scandal sent an angry stranger into the Telegraph newsroom. Joseph Costello met him with a windmill of punches.
- The Stranger from Pike
An eccentric traveler’s awkward recovery of a lost hat becomes a temporary spectacle on Main Street in Walla Walla.
- The Miracle Doctor of Fall City
A smooth-talking grifter conned the countryside with fake cures and a borrowed horse, only to vanish into thin air.
- Old Yank, the Sequim Inventor Who Rigged His Counter to Sting Thieves
A correspondent visits Professor Watkins of Sequim Prairie, an eccentric mechanic whose inventions ranged from a needle-spring burglar trap to a wooden mowing machine and a windmill made to grind the prairie's wheat.
- The Unfiltered Delight of an 1885 North Cascades Trek
Before the North Cascades were fully mapped, a party of thirty-three Seattleites scrambled up a peak near the Nooksack River for a view that they hoped would 'soon' become a national treasure.