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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 4 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 4 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 11 |
| 1876 | 35 |
| 1877 | 72 |
| 1878 | 40 |
| 1879 | 4 |
| 1880 | 7 |
| 1882 | 9 |
| 1883 | 37 |
| 1884 | 25 |
| 1885 | 43 |
| 1886 | 20 |
| 1887 | 15 |
| 1888 | 22 |
| 1889 | 59 |
| 1890 | 11 |
| 1891 | 58 |
| 1892 | 85 |
| 1893 | 64 |
| 1894 | 74 |
| 1895 | 116 |
| 1897 | 3 |
| 1898 | 18 |
| 1899 | 25 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 36 |
| 1904 | 24 |
| 1905 | 5 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 15 |
| 1909 | 61 |
| 1910 | 14 |
| 1911 | 17 |
| 1912 | 4 |
| 1914 | 5 |
| 1915 | 9 |
| 1916 | 9 |
| 1917 | 9 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 8 |
| 1924 | 3 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1929 | 4 |
935 stories matching class, the 298 most mentioned
People 172
- Isaac Cathcart1877–187913
- H. W. Light187711
- John H. McGraw1892–18957
- Mayor Ronald1892–18947
- Orange Jacobs1883–18956
- Beriah Brown1876–18886
- Thomas Burke1886–18955
- A. A. Denny1854–18955
- D. T. Denny1877–18935
- Judge Hanford1892–18955
- Amos Brown1877–18954
- Leander Miller1884–18954
- Edmond S. Meany1895–18994
- J. T. Ronald1892–18954
- James Hamilton Lewis1887–18984
- George F. Fay18884
- Arthur A. Denny1886–18954
- John F. Gowey1891–18934
- Theodore Roosevelt1903–19093
- Henry Yesler1872–18853
- Eugene Semple1888–18953
- Roger S. Greene1882–18953
- Jay Gould1876–18863
- Daniel Bagley18953
- Henry Ward Beecher1871–18833
- Grover Cleveland1886–19093
- Ezra Meeker1885–18943
- Robert Moran1888–18953
- Elisha P. Ferry1878–18933
- McGraw1880–18923
- E. O. Graves1895–18993
- William D. Wood18953
- George H. Heilbron1892–18953
- John Wiley1891–18943
- Judge Humes1891–18953
- L. C. Gilman1887–18953
- Henry Drum1892–18943
- Judge Robinson1891–18923
- Charles W. Saunders1892–18953
- Joseph Shippen1894–18953
- John Miller Murphy18913
- Mayor Huson1892–18943
- Judge Glasgow1894–18953
- Judge Langley1894–18953
- James Hogan1894–18953
- Henry L. Yesler1891–18922
- Daniel Webster1877–18922
- President Penrose19032
- Brown18832
- Mr. Marr18912
- A. C. Jones1891–19172
- Hill1888–19232
- Judge Turner1893–18952
- Wickersham18952
- W. H. White1872–18952
- J.H. McGraw1885–18862
- Johnny Preston18882
- Thomas H. Brents18822
- Chief Woolery18832
- E. L. Smith1872–18822
- W. H. Fife1892–18942
- Mr. Brown1893–18982
- Henry Villard1883–18952
- Dr. Weed18762
- Gardner Kellogg18952
- Bailey Gatzert18922
- C. B. Bagley1872–18772
- C. H. Hanford18892
- Superintendent Barnard1893–18952
- J. D. Lowman18922
- Taylor1899–19042
- Everett Smith1891–18922
- John Lamb18942
- Jennings1892–18992
- William H. White1888–18952
- Hez Brown1903–19042
- Woodrow Wilson1914–19182
- Mr. Ward1891–18992
- Nelson Bennett1890–18932
- Dr. George Newlands18952
- A. Mackintosh18782
- Murphy1890–18912
- J. J. McGilvra1872–18952
- T. J. Humes1886–18952
- Leigh S. J. Hunt18892
- H. W. Baker18882
- Justice Scott1877–18802
- Gibson1893–18952
- Capt. Morgan1876–18912
- H. L. Tibbals18762
- Bell19092
- H. L. Blanchard18782
- Wendell Phillips18772
- Wm. Philpott18772
- Sheriff Miller18772
- Eldridge Morse18772
- Mr. Prosch1892–18932
- Dr. H. A. Smith1877–18852
- H. H. Light18772
- Watson Squire1885–18912
- Harry Morgan1890–18922
- Mayor Moran18892
- Judge J. P. Hoyt18892
- Captain Clancy1887–18892
- A. H. Chambers1889–18922
- Sheriff McGraw1883–18892
- I. A. Nadeau1892–18952
- Fred E. Sander18952
- Kinnear1891–18952
- W. E. Bailey18892
- J. B. MacDougall1893–18952
- Senator Kinnear1891–18932
- Rev. Clark Davis1891–18952
- Senator Allen1892–19092
- Thomas Moore1895–18982
- Governor Newell1883–18842
- King1892–18952
- Hunter1885–19082
- Geo. W. Crane18852
- W. L. Jones1885–18952
- Richard Osborn1885–18952
- B. F. Day1885–18862
- Mr. Spencer1892–18952
- Thomas W. Symons1892–18952
- T. J. Kelly1892–18952
- Rev. D. C. Garrett1894–18952
- W. G. Armstrong1893–18942
- James Hart1893–18982
- George S. Brown18922
- Robert Scott1890–18952
- William Howard Taft1910–19112
- Samuel Benn1891–18932
- Miles Poindexter1909–19102
- Patsy Carroll1885–19042
- Eugene V. Debs18952
- Guy Taylor1922–19232
- Roy Taylor1922–19232
- R. G. O'Brien18912
- Patrick Costello19152
- Fred Parker18912
- Byron Phelps18952
- Will L. Visscher1892–18952
- P. P. Shelby1892–18952
- Judge Arntson19092
- J. H. Johnson18952
- Andrew Knox1893–18952
- Judge McGilvra1893–18982
- Gov. McGraw18952
- Wallace1894–18952
- Leslie Cullom18952
- Mrs. Hammond18942
- Mayor Phelps18952
- Nakamura1894–18952
- R. N. Johnson18942
- Miss Ellen Creelman1894–18952
- A. J. Anderson18952
- Byron Millett18912
- S. C. Woodruff1891–18922
- Napoleon Hoagland18912
- Alderman Lovejoy18952
- S. Tyler18952
- George H. Lent18952
- Capt. Bryant18952
- Inspector Bryant18952
- Supervising Inspector Bermingham18952
- Capt. Struve18952
- Capt. Rogers18952
- Baum1891–18952
- Charles O. Scott18952
- Clair Hunt19092
- James N. Glover18832
- Acting-Governor Hay19092
Organizations 126
- Northern Pacific Railroad1883–190327
- Post-Intelligencer1882–189521
- Seattle City Council1872–189518
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1882–192916
- Great Northern Railway1893–191015
- University of Washington1883–192915
- Northern Pacific1888–190914
- Everett Trades Council1909–191212
- Chamber of Commerce1889–19109
- Knights of Labor1885–18929
- Great Northern Railroad1891–18959
- Washington State Legislature1895–19168
- Oregon Improvement Company1883–18957
- Republican Party1886–18957
- Seattle School Board1891–18957
- American Federation of Labor1892–19297
- The Labor Journal1909–19117
- The Seattle Star1899–19106
- Puget Sound Dispatch1871–18806
- Great Northern1895–19096
- Whitman College1883–19246
- Snohomish Exchange1877–18796
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1888–18945
- First National Bank1883–19085
- Bureau of Associated Charities1892–18955
- American Railway Union1894–18955
- Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad1908–19095
- Union Pacific1883–19034
- Tacoma City Council1894–19044
- Seattle Fire Department1877–18954
- Salvation Army1889–18954
- The Tribune1891–18954
- The Oregonian1877–19034
- Stimson Mill Company1892–18954
- Young Women's Christian Association1894–18954
- Women's Christian Temperance Union1882–18913
- United States Congress1877–18923
- War Department1892–19183
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce1888–18943
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1888–18953
- Canadian Pacific Railway1887–19033
- Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1885–18873
- Seattle Intelligencer1872–18783
- The Daily Intelligencer1876–18773
- Daily Intelligencer1876–18773
- Commercial Club1892–19173
- Union Pacific Railroad1891–18943
- Weekly Dispatch18783
- Board of Trade1884–18893
- Canadian Pacific1889–18953
- Tacoma Ledger1885–18943
- Seattle Athletic Club1894–18953
- Anti-Saloon League19093
- Board of State Land Commissioners18953
- Keeley Institute1891–18923
- Moran Bros.18953
- Eshelman, Llewellyn & Co.1887–18882
- Board of Public Works1892–18952
- West Coast Improvement Company18952
- General Land Office1883–18952
- Washington Standard1861–18632
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1887–19032
- Northern Pacific Railway1899–19052
- Tacoma News1886–18942
- Seattle Star19292
- Pacific Coast Steamship Company18952
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1889–18952
- Port Blakely Mill Company1885–18952
- Democratic Party18922
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1894–18952
- Arlington Hotel1883–18852
- U.S. Congress1886–19292
- Congress1883–18892
- Seattle Daily Intelligencer1876–18782
- Territorial University18722
- Puget Mill Company1895–19112
- Intelligencer1876–18772
- Standard Oil Company18892
- Moran Brothers1888–18952
- Oregon Railway and Navigation Company1884–18892
- First Washington Volunteers18992
- Seattle High School1891–18922
- Free Employment Bureau1894–18992
- Western Central Labor Union18942
- Grand Army of the Republic1894–18952
- Tacoma Athletic Club1892–18952
- Interstate Commerce Commission1894–19092
- Board of Regents18952
- Washington Territory1882–18892
- First Methodist Church1892–18992
- Denny Hotel Company1889–18992
- Northern Star18772
- Blackman Bros.1877–18862
- Cosmopolitan Saloon18772
- Snohomish City Hotel18782
- Snohomish Hotel18782
- Tacoma Land Company1894–18952
- D. B. Jackson & Sons18792
- Merchants' National Bank1888–18942
- People's Party18922
- Ballard City Council18952
- Washington Territory Legislature18852
- Legislative Assembly of Washington Territory1885–18862
- Seattle Board of Education1892–18932
- Consolidated Street Railway Company18932
- Labor Journal1910–19112
- Aberdeen Herald1891–18942
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company1884–18952
- State College of Washington19232
- Populist Party1893–18952
- People's Theater1891–18952
- Buck's Stove and Range Company1909–19102
- Y. M. C. A.1893–19042
- Board of Education1893–19042
- Olympia Light & Power Company1891–18922
- Grant Smith Co.19082
- Olympia City Council18912
- Seattle Brick and Tile Company18952
- Elliott Bay Yacht Club1894–18952
- Spokane Falls Northern Railroad1891–19082
- Sewer Committee18912
- Fidelity Lumber Co.19082
- Idaho & Washington Northern1908–19092
- Holland Colony Company18952
- Metaline Navigation Co.1908–19092
- Pend Oreille River Navigation Co.1908–19092