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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 1 |
| 1861 | 5 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1872 | 9 |
| 1876 | 19 |
| 1877 | 26 |
| 1878 | 21 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 3 |
| 1882 | 6 |
| 1883 | 32 |
| 1884 | 21 |
| 1885 | 17 |
| 1886 | 18 |
| 1887 | 14 |
| 1888 | 16 |
| 1889 | 38 |
| 1890 | 7 |
| 1891 | 38 |
| 1892 | 43 |
| 1893 | 28 |
| 1894 | 63 |
| 1895 | 95 |
| 1897 | 3 |
| 1898 | 14 |
| 1899 | 8 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1903 | 18 |
| 1904 | 19 |
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 7 |
| 1909 | 23 |
| 1910 | 9 |
| 1911 | 3 |
| 1912 | 6 |
| 1914 | 4 |
| 1915 | 3 |
| 1916 | 11 |
| 1917 | 2 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 4 |
| 1924 | 2 |
| 1925 | 4 |
| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 1 |
617 stories matching equal, the 218 most mentioned
People 131
- John Collins1876–18957
- H. L. Yesler1876–18896
- John H. McGraw1888–18956
- Grover Cleveland1885–18945
- Judge Humes1894–18955
- Beriah Brown1872–18804
- Henry Villard1882–18954
- Leander Miller1884–18954
- M. S. Booth18764
- Judge Hanford1894–18954
- Senator Squire1894–18954
- Nelson Bennett1892–18934
- John L. Wilson1892–18954
- Gov. McGraw1894–18954
- James J. Hill1892–19043
- Theodore Roosevelt1903–19093
- Governor Ferry1876–18913
- Thomas Burke1883–18893
- W. H. White1883–18953
- Ezra Meeker1886–18913
- Edmond S. Meany1891–18953
- George Turner1894–19033
- Elisha P. Ferry1877–18953
- John Sherman1876–18893
- Abigail Scott Duniway1878–18833
- Judge Moore1893–18993
- Rutherford B. Hayes1876–18893
- E. O. Graves1894–18993
- J. M. Colman1889–18953
- Edward Eldridge1884–18913
- Eldridge Morse1876–18783
- Chief of Police Rogers1894–18953
- Prosecuting Attorney Miller18943
- J. J. Browne18833
- Eugene V. Debs1894–18953
- Justice Caldwell1894–18953
- Thomas Blanck18953
- George Washington18892
- Abraham Lincoln1889–18912
- Thomas Jefferson18892
- Voorhees18862
- Capt. Geo. D. Hill18762
- A. A. Denny1889–18952
- Wilson1889–18952
- James G. Blaine1888–18892
- Henry Yesler1876–18862
- D. T. Denny1872–18822
- Eugene Semple1888–18952
- Roger S. Greene1883–18862
- John Leary1872–18882
- Daniel Bagley1872–18952
- William H. Seward1880–18892
- Judge Greene18952
- John Webster1872–18952
- Gardner Kellogg1872–18952
- Robert Moran1889–18992
- Tom Merry1877–18822
- James Hamilton Lewis1892–18942
- C. J. Smith1894–18992
- W. D. Wood18952
- Harry White1891–18932
- President of the United States1882–18842
- Baker1894–18952
- Geo. D. Hill18762
- A. R. Gardner19162
- Stewart18762
- Watson C. Squire1892–18942
- Judge Jones18872
- Robert Frost1891–18922
- James A. Garfield1880–18892
- Jay Cooke1872–18762
- Justice Scott1877–18782
- Allen18952
- M. S. Boom18782
- W. H. Shoudy18772
- Samuel J. Tilden1876–18892
- Herbert Spencer1877–18932
- Judge Parker1893–18952
- Watson Squire1886–18892
- William M. Evarts1883–18892
- Walter H. Page1889–19082
- A. H. Chambers18912
- Judge Osborn1894–18952
- A. M. Cannon18832
- Fred H. Peterson1894–18952
- Edward Blewett1892–18942
- Hugh Wallace18942
- William A. Newell1883–18842
- Chief Justice Greene1884–18852
- Nelson A. Miles1885–18952
- John F. Gowey1886–18922
- Glover1883–18912
- Tom Humes1887–19002
- Chief Rogers18942
- F. Otto Collings1893–18952
- Thomas W. Symons1892–18952
- Coroner Horton18942
- Rev. D. C. Garrett1894–18952
- Henry Bucey18942
- S. L. Crawford1893–18942
- James Hart18922
- Shaw1892–18952
- Henry McBride1904–19162
- Samuel Calhoun1876–18922
- W. H. Gilstrap1894–19042
- Governor Stevens1854–18952
- John Miller Murphy18912
- Judge Blake1894–18952
- Congressman Wilson1894–18952
- Superintendent McCabe1891–18922
- Frank Hanford18952
- F. W. Clayton18952
- Ford1891–18952
- Senator Hutchinson1895–19092
- H. V. V. Bean18952
- Joseph Chilberg18912
- Charles T. Wooding18942
- Senator Perkins18942
- C. G. Austin18942
- Fred S. Meeker18952
- Henry Craemer18942
- J. W. Maple1894–18952
- Rev. Napoleon Hoagland18912
- L. Bettman1891–18922
- Rose Godard18912
- Charles R. Talcott18912
- Gilbert B. Smith18952
- Harry Frederick18952
- Mrs. A. H. H. Stuart18912
- Senator Deckebach18952
- Acting-Governor Hay19092
Organizations 87
- Northern Pacific Railroad1872–190330
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1882–189513
- Post-Intelligencer1882–189510
- Northern Pacific1887–191610
- Chamber of Commerce1884–19048
- Oregon Improvement Company1883–18957
- Seattle City Council1886–18956
- University of Washington1878–19036
- Everett Trades Council1910–19126
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company1884–18976
- Republican Party1862–18955
- Salvation Army1893–19225
- Great Northern Railroad1892–18955
- Tacoma Ledger1883–18985
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce1885–19044
- Puget Sound Dispatch18724
- Commercial Club1895–19074
- Anti-Saloon League1900–19094
- King County Commissioners1877–18953
- Union Pacific1885–19033
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1886–19033
- United States Congress1877–19163
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1888–18953
- Knights of Labor1885–18873
- Democratic Party1886–18923
- Congress1876–19073
- City Council1887–19053
- Hovey & Barker18763
- Common Council1884–18953
- Washington State Legislature1878–19093
- Stern, Miller & Co.18893
- First National Bank1883–19033
- Washington House of Representatives1895–19093
- Equal Suffrage Association1887–19093
- City of Tacoma1894–19093
- The Labor Journal1909–19103
- State Board of Equalization1893–19243
- Eshelman, Llewellyn & Co.18882
- Seattle1876–19242
- Tacoma City Council1892–19092
- Northern Pacific Railway1904–19092
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad18942
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1889–18922
- Port Blakely Mill Company18952
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1892–18952
- Tacoma Mill Company1895–19042
- Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer18852
- Seattle Coal Company1872–18762
- Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1877–18782
- Puget Mill Company1895–19112
- The Intelligencer1876–18772
- King County Jail18952
- Armour Brothers18882
- Standard Oil Company18882
- Seattle Coal and Iron Company1889–18952
- Oregon Railway and Navigation Company1882–18852
- Western Central Labor Union1894–18952
- Great Northern1892–18982
- Whitman College1903–19042
- Oregonian1878–18822
- Chehalis County Board of Commissioners1890–18932
- Pacific Brewery18762
- Board of Regents18952
- New England Hotel18952
- Seattle School Directors1877–18832
- Snohomish County Agricultural Society18772
- The Arcade18792
- Boyd, Ponsm, Young18792
- Board of Trade1884–18912
- Unitarian Church1891–18922
- Stevens Post18952
- Prohibition Party1892–18942
- Seattle Board of Education18952
- Seattle Athletic Club18952
- The Telegraph1893–18942
- Washington State Senate18952
- Everett City Council1894–19122
- Western Union1883–18952
- American Railway Union18952
- State Board of Health1895–19032
- Denny Clay Company1894–18952
- Seattle Brewing and Malting Company1895–18982
- Populists1894–18952
- Washington Equal Suffrage Association18912
- National American Woman Suffrage Association1891–19092
- Olympia Improvement Company18922
- Spokane Falls City Council18832