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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 3 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1872 | 9 |
| 1876 | 19 |
| 1877 | 16 |
| 1878 | 11 |
| 1879 | 4 |
| 1880 | 7 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 20 |
| 1884 | 17 |
| 1885 | 35 |
| 1886 | 27 |
| 1887 | 14 |
| 1888 | 19 |
| 1889 | 63 |
| 1890 | 10 |
| 1891 | 55 |
| 1892 | 117 |
| 1893 | 115 |
| 1894 | 100 |
| 1895 | 94 |
| 1896 | 2 |
| 1897 | 6 |
| 1898 | 10 |
| 1899 | 23 |
| 1900 | 5 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 68 |
| 1904 | 55 |
| 1905 | 4 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 16 |
| 1909 | 57 |
| 1910 | 15 |
| 1911 | 7 |
| 1912 | 3 |
| 1914 | 11 |
| 1915 | 23 |
| 1916 | 31 |
| 1917 | 14 |
| 1918 | 3 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 4 |
| 1924 | 10 |
| 1925 | 2 |
1,370 stories matching control, the 400 most mentioned
People 246
- Judge Hanford1892–190314
- Grover Cleveland1885–190912
- John Collins1888–189411
- Mayor Ronald1892–189411
- Thomas Burke1884–18958
- John Leary1883–18958
- Henry Villard1880–18958
- Jacob Furth1892–19048
- Judge Langley1893–18958
- James J. Hill1895–19047
- Nelson Bennett1890–18957
- Judge Humes1891–18957
- Theodore Roosevelt1903–19096
- A. A. Denny1887–18956
- J. T. Ronald18926
- John L. Wilson1890–18956
- John H. McGraw1892–18936
- Judge Lichtenberg1891–18936
- Henry L. Yesler1891–18955
- Governor McBride1903–19045
- Richard Winsor1892–18995
- James Hamilton Lewis1891–18955
- A. R. Gardner1915–19175
- Watson C. Squire1886–18955
- Judge Osborn1892–18955
- John Considine18945
- Luke Powell1915–19165
- Corporation Counsel Scott1894–18955
- Mayor Campbell19044
- Benjamin Harrison1888–18924
- Roger S. Greene1880–18954
- Jay Gould1876–18904
- Ulysses S. Grant1872–19034
- Judge Greene18854
- Gardner Kellogg1872–18924
- J. C. Haines1889–18924
- Robert Moran1887–18954
- Lee M. Lampson1915–19164
- Paul Schulze1887–18954
- Watson Squire1886–18924
- Miles C. Moore1883–19034
- John F. Gowey1891–18934
- Donworth1892–18934
- Mayor Huson1893–18944
- Gov. McGraw1894–18954
- Abraham Lincoln1886–18953
- Jackson1895–19043
- Judge Turner1890–18933
- Guy C. Phinney1885–18933
- W. H. White1884–18943
- James G. Blaine1885–18893
- J. Eugene Jordan1893–18963
- Bolton Rogers1892–18963
- John D. Rockefeller1892–19033
- L. E. Johnson1915–19173
- Powell1888–19153
- E. O. Graves1894–18953
- Governor McGraw18953
- Ronald1892–18933
- C. B. Wright1884–18933
- William Cochrane1886–18953
- Fred E. Sander1889–18933
- P. C. Sullivan1892–18953
- Hugh Wallace1893–18943
- Thomas R. Brown1891–18953
- Attorney-General Jones1891–18943
- Senator Allen1891–18933
- Major Rinehart18923
- Henry Drum1892–18953
- Griffith Davies18953
- Wallace Nutting1892–18933
- Chief Rogers1894–18953
- W. V. Rinehart1892–18953
- Adolph Krug1893–18953
- Gilbert Hunt1903–19043
- Ankeny1895–19033
- Hawley1904–19093
- John Miller Murphy1891–18923
- John B. Denny1892–18933
- Mayor Wright1904–19073
- A. F. Burleigh1893–18953
- Byron Phelps1894–18953
- Giblett1904–19093
- Seymour Wetmore1892–18953
- Chief Hunt1892–18933
- City Engineer Thomson1894–18953
- D. Thomas Denny18933
- John Riplinger1895–19093
- President Roosevelt1903–19092
- Isaac I. Stevens1854–18622
- Johnson1895–19082
- Senator Foster19032
- Squire18912
- Brown1885–19032
- John B. Allen18932
- Governor Ferry1891–18932
- L. L. Lynn19152
- Louis D. Campbell19042
- Thomson18942
- Councilman James18992
- Charles H. Baker1895–19042
- Dexter Horton1892–18942
- Daniel H. Gilman18952
- Judge Burke1893–18942
- Orange Jacobs1878–18862
- D. T. Denny18932
- Beriah Brown1876–18782
- Dr. Minor1887–18892
- Selucius Garfielde18722
- Judge Jacobs1872–18852
- Bailey Gatzert1883–18922
- C. B. Bagley1877–18912
- Hughes1891–19162
- J. D. Lowman1888–18932
- Taylor1891–18952
- Wright19042
- Mellen1899–19042
- Peter Sandberg19042
- Levi Ankeny19032
- Samuel H. Piles1888–19092
- Campbell1888–19042
- John Sullivan1886–18932
- Elisha P. Ferry1891–18932
- E. W. Trenbath1914–19152
- B. S. Grosscup1903–19042
- McMillan1886–18952
- E. C. Kilbourne1889–18952
- John Ham1888–18952
- Judge Orange Jacobs1889–18952
- Beach1872–18952
- John Thomas1893–18992
- J. J. McGilvra1891–18952
- Judge McFadden18722
- Ben Holladay1872–18892
- President Harrison1876–18912
- Yesler1885–18862
- D. H. Gilman1892–18932
- Gen. Howard1878–18802
- Wendell Phillips1877–18922
- John Dobson1895–19032
- William Jones19042
- George B. Adair1891–18952
- H. W. McNeill18892
- Isaac W. Anderson1893–19032
- Thomas W. Prosser18952
- Sheriff McGraw18862
- Joseph Green1892–18952
- J. A. Johnson1894–19162
- D. A. McKenzie1892–18952
- George H. Heilbron18922
- John R. Kinnear1889–18952
- Chief Kellogg1891–18922
- Mayor Rinehart1891–18922
- Calkins18912
- W. B. Bushnell1891–18942
- Mayor White1891–18922
- John Wiley1891–18952
- Lamborn19042
- Mr. Hopkins1894–18952
- B. B. Jones1885–18862
- W. H. Harris1894–18952
- Roberts1900–19102
- Benton18922
- T. F. Oakes1883–18862
- Hoole18932
- M. C. Sullivan18922
- Dr. Kellogg18762
- Munn18922
- Prosecuting Attorney Miller1892–18932
- J. J. Browne1883–18842
- Secretary Weir1891–18932
- George Hazzard18922
- Chief Jackson1892–18932
- Heilbron18922
- Representative Wilson18942
- Marie Wainwright18952
- Alice Kellogg18762
- Albert Kellogg18762
- Agnes Winsor18762
- W. J. Kincaid1916–19222
- Ole Hanson19092
- Gifford Pinchot1909–19162
- Secretary Hitchcock19032
- R. E. Pratt19152
- A.A. Denny1889–18942
- John S. Baker1894–19092
- Governor Mead1908–19092
- Gov. Mead1905–19082
- Roland H. Hartley1916–19252
- Stambaugh1909–19102
- Howard Elliott19032
- Jacob C. Mann1891–18942
- George P. Wright19042
- J.T. Ronald18922
- Fawcett19042
- Charles M. Sanford1917–19222
- Homer T. Bone19242
- Geo. Finley1914–19172
- John W. Linck1904–19092
- P. R. Parks1916–19172
- W. H. Paulhamus1915–19162
- Mrs. Crippen19032
- Eugene V. Debs1894–18952
- J. W. Van Brocklin1892–18932
- Frank C. Ross1893–18952
- A. S. Goss19172
- Dorsey1883–19152
- H. S. Hughes1917–19182
- L. Q. Jackson19042
- R. J. Olinger1911–19122
- E.H. Harriman19032
- C. F. White1893–18942
- Jay Smith1922–19242
- E. A. McDonald18992
- James A. Hood18942
- Congressman Wilson1893–18942
- Will H. Thompson18942
- Roice19042
- Krug18942
- Meads19092
- Daniel Kelleher1892–18932
- Chauncey W. Griggs1892–18932
- Birdsey Wetmore1892–18952
- George Cave1893–18942
- Speaker Arrasmith18932
- Alderman Jordan1893–18942
- Judge Pritchard18942
- Pete Burns18942
- Harry Rogers18942
- John H. Bryant1893–18952
- F. I. Curtis1894–18952
- Judge Jenkins1894–18952
- Mayor Phelps1894–18952
- Charles Steel18942
- Judge Alfred Battle18942
- General Manager Kendrick18952
- J. W. Maple1894–18952
- J. H. Coblentz18942
- Eugene Ricksecker18952
- Controller Benham18942
- Mayor Horr18912
- Smith M. Weed18952
- John W. Maple18952
- Dorr18952
- Senator Helm18952
- Coroner Askam18952
Organizations 154
- Northern Pacific Railroad1872–190864
- Republican Party1872–190426
- Seattle City Council1878–189925
- Democratic Party1880–190419
- Northern Pacific1888–191616
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1886–189515
- Oregon Improvement Company1884–189514
- Knights of Labor1885–189410
- Northern Pacific Railway1883–19099
- Post-Intelligencer1885–18959
- Tacoma Land Company1879–18959
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company1883–19179
- Board of Public Works1891–18958
- Tacoma City Council1893–19098
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce1891–19048
- Great Northern Railway1890–18998
- City Council1883–19048
- Union Pacific1885–19037
- Great Northern1891–19087
- Commercial Club1903–19167
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1892–19096
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1889–18956
- Washington State Legislature1891–19116
- Tacoma Ledger1887–19046
- Tacoma Railway & Power Company19046
- Kennewick-Richland Marketing Union1916–19176
- State Board of Control1897–19186
- Chamber of Commerce1890–18955
- Puget Sound Dispatch1872–18765
- Board of Trade1884–18915
- Great Northern Railroad1891–19095
- Stimson Mill Company1892–18945
- Everett Trades Council1909–19115
- Port of Kennewick1915–19175
- Panhandle Lumber Co.1908–19105
- Seattle1876–19244
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1888–19034
- Seattle Fire Department1885–18944
- Pacific Coast Steamship Company1884–18944
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1888–18934
- Union Pacific Railroad1888–18934
- People's Party1892–18944
- House of Delegates1891–18944
- Puyallup Tribe1892–19034
- Interior Department1895–19034
- Seattle Telegraph1893–18944
- American Federation of Labor1894–19224
- Washington Irrigation Company1903–19044
- Fidelity Lumber Co.1908–19104
- The Miner1908–19094
- Seattle Board of Public Works1892–18943
- Providence Hospital1893–18993
- Fidelity Trust Company1895–19093
- Department of the Interior1898–19143
- Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1885–18863
- Oregon Railway and Navigation Company1883–18843
- Western Central Labor Union1892–18943
- Grand Army of the Republic1892–18953
- Courier-Reporter1915–19173
- Yakima Investment Company18953
- Department of Agriculture1898–19033
- Constitutional Convention18893
- Washington Constitutional Convention18893
- Board of Aldermen1891–18943
- Longshoremen's Union1891–19043
- Catholic Church1887–18953
- St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company1891–18943
- Northwestern Lumber Company1892–18933
- Tacoma Light and Water Company1892–18933
- Seattle Cedar Lumber Company1893–18943
- Anti-Saloon League1903–19093
- Washington State Senate18953
- Aberdeen City Council1891–18923
- Board of State Land Commissioners18953
- Washington Water Power Co.1909–19103
- Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad1908–19093
- The Seattle Star18992
- Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway18882
- King County Commissioners1895–19042
- Wells-Fargo1872–18862
- United States Congress1878–18892
- War Department18952
- City of Seattle1878–18932
- Snoqualmie Falls Power Company1899–19042
- Plymouth Congregational Church18922
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1892–18942
- Hudson's Bay Company1862–18872
- Tacoma Mill Company1879–18942
- Schwabacher Bros. & Co.1892–18932
- Congress1895–19092
- University of Washington1880–18932
- Olympia Tribune18722
- The Tribune1891–18922
- A. P. A.1894–18962
- King County1892–18952
- Western Union Telegraph Company1883–18862
- Everett Land Company1894–18952
- Southern Pacific1889–18952
- Oregonian1883–18922
- Board of Regents1894–19222
- National Bank of Commerce19092
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern1888–18932
- Washington Territorial Legislature1877–18832
- Evening Dispatch18782
- Democratic Central Committee1889–18942
- Snohomish Athenaeum1876–18772
- Democratic Territorial Committee1884–18862
- Farmers' Alliance1891–18932
- Ballard City Council1892–18952
- Harbor Line Commission1891–18942
- Pacific Northwest League1891–18922
- Stevens Post1884–18942
- Montana Improvement Company1884–18852
- City of Tacoma1894–19092
- City of Ballard18922
- Democratic Central Club1892–18942
- Seattle Consolidated Street Railway Company1894–18952
- Board of Police Commissioners1892–18952
- First Regiment, National Guard of Washington1889–18922
- Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company18922
- Seattle House of Delegates1892–18932
- The Tacoma Times19042
- Walla Walla Gas and Electric Company19032
- Central Labor Council1909–19142
- Everett City Council18942
- Washington Supreme Court1891–18942
- Populist Party1894–18952
- Northern Pacific Irrigation Company1917–19182
- American Railway Union18942
- Denny Clay Company18942
- Trades Council1893–18942
- The Standard1862–18922
- Standard Oil18902
- Portland Oregon Journal1915–19162
- Board of Education1903–19042
- Aberdeen Victoria Railroad Company18922
- Finley Grange1916–19172
- Walla Walla Commercial Club19032
- Rainier Power Railway Company1893–18942
- American Tobacco Company18932
- American Protective Association1894–18952
- Municipal League18942
- Citizens' Municipal League18942
- A.P.A.18952
- Olympic Athletic Club1894–18952
- Alaska Packing Association1894–18952
- Populist party1894–18952
- First Ward Populist Club18942
- Central Trust Company18952
- Snoqualmie Falls Electric Power Company18952
- Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company18952
- Chewelah Independent1908–19092
- Kaniksu National Forest1908–19092
- H. M. Byllesby Co.1909–19102