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1860	1
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1872	18
1876	95
1877	59
1878	31
1879	1
1880	17
1882	15
1883	46
1884	25
1885	53
1886	27
1887	28
1888	31
1889	88
1891	32
1892	129
1893	103
1894	179
1895	299
1897	4
1898	5
1899	51
1900	1
1902	3
1903	17
1904	7
1908	1
1909	5
1910	2
1914	2
1915	1
1916	2
1917	1
1923	2
1925	1
1928	3
1929	7

1,747 stories matching give, the 400 most mentioned

People 265

Judge Humes1891–189524
Judge Hanford1889–190823
Judge Langley1893–189520
James Hamilton Lewis1889–189516
Mayor Phelps1894–189515
Chief Rogers1892–189513
Corporation Counsel Scott1894–189513
W. H. White1872–189512
Thomas Lilly187612
D. T. Denny1876–189511
John Collins1872–189911
J. T. Ronald1885–192511
Thomas Burke1876–189710
G. A. Weed1872–187610
Mayor Ronald1892–189410
Judge Osborn1892–18959
Jacob Furth1889–19038
John H. McGraw1892–18958
Judge Lichtenberg1891–18948
Judge Burke1877–18957
Sabina Lilly18767
Gardner Kellogg1872–18957
E. O. Graves1895–18997
Prosecuting Attorney Miller1892–18957
Chief Jackson1892–18937
Eugene V. Debs1894–18957
Henry L. Yesler1878–18956
James J. Hill1893–18956
S. H. Piles1894–18956
John Leary1884–18956
Judge Jacobs1872–18956
J. Eugene Jordan1889–18956
Robert Moran1888–19036
W. D. Wood1892–18996
J. J. McGilvra1872–18986
Chapman1876–18956
John Wiley1891–18956
Dr. Palmer1893–18956
Sweeney1894–18956
Alderman Jordan1893–18956
James18955
Roger S. Greene1884–18955
H. L. Yesler1882–18955
Henry Villard1880–18955
Leander Miller1894–18955
Grover Cleveland1889–18955
Superintendent Barnard1892–18995
C. J. Smith1893–18955
Commissioner Emery1892–18955
Senator Squire1892–18955
J. M. Colman1886–18955
Dr. Jordan1892–18955
Chief of Police Rogers18945
Coroner Horton1892–18945
John Considine18945
Byron Phelps18955
Justice Caldwell1894–18955
Voigt18955
Coroner Askam18955
Richard Winsor1894–18954
Mayor Humes18994
A. A. Denny1883–18954
John Arthur18944
Rev. John F. Damon1872–18954
Henry Yesler1884–18934
Beriah Brown1872–18844
M. S. Booth1872–18834
Edmond S. Meany1893–18994
President Graves1894–18994
J. D. Lowman1888–18954
General Otis1895–18994
J. S. Goldsmith1893–18994
William H. White1872–18954
John L. Wilson1892–18944
Alexander Allen1885–18954
E. S. Ingraham1876–18954
Fred E. Sander1893–18954
L. C. Gilman1893–18954
Fred Gasch1894–18954
Judge Glasgow1893–18954
Superintendent Kline18944
Compton1894–18954
William A. Wilcox18954
Commissioner Cheasty18944
Hurd18954
Clise1894–18954
J. W. Maple1894–18974
Thomas Blanck18954
Abraham Lincoln1889–18953
Andrew Jackson1894–18953
Brown1877–18953
Governor Ferry1883–18923
Crichton18953
Councilman James18993
Amos Brown1877–18953
Dexter Horton1878–18943
Justice Soderberg1888–18893
McDonald1883–19033
Eugene Semple18953
Chief Woolery1883–18913
Michael Kelly18953
Anderson1877–18943
Dr. Sparling18923
Judge Greene1884–18953
L. V. Wyckoff1872–18953
Thompson1895–18993
Mr. Colman1876–18883
A. M. Brookes1888–18953
Charles Smith1876–18993
Thomas W. Prosch1878–18993
Lynch1877–18993
Everett Smith1891–18993
Smith1876–18933
Stewart1876–18993
Turner1889–18953
W. W. Theobalds18723
W. E. Wilson1872–18943
Judge Osborne1894–18953
J. M. Carson1892–18943
Arthur A. Denny1889–18953
M. R. Maddocks1876–18933
James McNaught1880–18953
Andrew Chilberg1876–18943
Little18953
William Cochrane18943
James Wickersham1889–18943
A. A. Osborn1889–18953
C. P. Stone1884–18953
Sheriff McGraw1883–18863
Robert Bridges1894–18953
Junius Rochester1892–18933
J. B. MacDougall1893–18953
Justice Von Tobel1891–18923
Mayor White18913
Judge Rivers1891–18923
James H. Woolery18853
B. F. Day1883–18953
Dr. Churchill18953
Ah How1887–18943
Griffith Davies1893–18953
Dr. Sweeney1894–18953
David E. Durie1894–18953
Alderman Sweeney1893–18953
S. L. Crawford1893–18953
Abe Spring1892–18953
Detective Cudihee1894–18953
E. C. Hughes1892–18953
J. W. Clise1894–19033
A. B. Hunt1894–18953
P. P. Shelby1892–18953
Andrew Knox1893–18953
Justice Humphrey18943
City Engineer Thomson18953
Detective Philbrick18953
Leslie Cullom18953
James King18953
Charlotte Fetting1893–18953
Jordan1894–18953
Senator Perkins1894–18953
Deputy Marshal Quilter1894–18953
General Manager Kendrick1893–18943
Mr. King18953
Van de Vanter18953
Lovejoy1894–18953
Delegate Voigt1894–18953
Commissioner Masel1894–18953
Commissioner Jones1894–18953
E. C. Cheasty1894–18953
Alderman Clise1894–18953
Commissioner Meek1894–18953
Willie Holmes18953
Tom Blanck18953
George Washington1888–18892
Prosecuting Attorney Ronald1885–18882
Daniel Webster1877–18892
Harrison1876–18892
John B. Allen1889–18922
Page1876–18952
Chester A. Arthur1882–18892
Jackson1877–18992
Hill1888–18992
George H. Fortson1892–18992
W. H. Brown1897–18982
Kellogg18922
Collins1878–18942
Sheriff Cochrane1888–18892
W. R. Ballard18952
Wilson18892
Orange Jacobs1892–18952
Judge Lewis1885–18952
Justice Cann18832
Sullivan1878–18952
Brents1880–18822
Mr. Brown1882–18982
J. M. Frink1882–19032
Daniel Bagley18952
Dr. Weed1876–18852
O. Jacobs1884–18922
Chief Seattle1892–18952
John J. McGilvra1892–18942
Thomas Mercer1891–18932
J. R. Lewis1880–18922
C. H. Hanford1889–18942
S. Baxter1885–18882
J. L. B.18722
Navin18992
J. W. Godwin1899–19032
J. D. McIntyre1894–18992
Clark Davis1894–18952
Taylor1899–19042
Bolton Rogers1894–18952
Comptroller Parry1894–18952
John Anderson1894–18952
City Engineer Thompson18992
General Miles1889–18992
Mayor1894–18992
Moore1889–18942
Baker1889–18972
Joseph McCabe1894–18952
Mr. Johnson1877–18942
Jones1887–18882
William James1894–18992
Jack Dalton1895–18992
John Sherman1876–18892
Cook1876–18952
McMillan1889–18992
E. C. Kilbourne18952
McGraw1878–18912
H. G. Struve1872–18942
Sheriff Cochran1888–18892
Judge Orange Jacobs1889–18952
George Foster1877–18882
J. Gardner Kenyon1888–18922
Watson C. Squire1891–18942
Snyder1876–18772
Tracy H. Robertson1895–18992
Judge Jones1887–18882
James A. Garfield1880–18892
Rutherford B. Hayes1876–18892
City Marshal1876–18782
U. S. Grant1876–18802
W. M. York18722
Rev. G. F. Whitworth1872–18772
C. C. Perkins1872–18762
John Denny1872–18862
S. F. Coombs1872–18762
Jay Cooke1872–18762
John B. Hart1894–18952
Thornton18952
J. B. Metcalfe1892–18952
Justice Scott18772
District Attorney1876–18772
Fred Smith1876–18932
C. D. Emery1880–18952
Henry Clay1877–18892
John Thompson18772
Officer Thorndyke18782
Caleb Cushing1879–18892
B. L. Northup18762
R. J. Moore1876–18772
Keenan1877–18842
David Kellogg1886–18952
Watson Squire1886–18912
R. S. Greene1889–18912
Samuel L. Crawford18952

Organizations 135

Seattle City Council1876–191547
Northern Pacific Railroad1872–189535
Post-Intelligencer1882–189528
Seattle Post-Intelligencer1882–192926
Seattle Chamber of Commerce1892–189916
Oregon Improvement Company1883–189516
Chamber of Commerce1889–189915
American Railway Union1894–189514
University of Washington1885–192913
Board of Public Works1886–189511
Puget Sound Dispatch1871–188011
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1888–189510
Salvation Army1893–189510
Western Central Labor Union1892–189510
Seattle Athletic Club1892–189510
King County Commissioners1878–18959
Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1882–18879
Great Northern Railroad1893–18979
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1876–18788
King County1872–18958
Board of Aldermen1892–18958
The Seattle Star18997
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1892–18957
Knights of Labor1885–18947
Democratic Party1889–18957
The Daily Intelligencer1876–18787
Intelligencer1872–18777
Northern Pacific1880–18957
Seattle City Railway Company1894–18957
Ballard City Council1893–18957
Bureau of Associated Charities1893–18957
Great Northern Railway1892–19106
Pacific Coast Steamship Company1888–18996
Republican Party1889–18956
People's Party1892–18946
Seattle School Board1892–18956
Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company1884–18926
Northern Pacific Railroad Company1883–18956
Seattle Board of Health1892–18956
Providence Hospital1892–18955
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1888–18955
Schwabacher Bros. & Co.1883–18995
Congress1872–18955
The Intelligencer1876–18785
House of Delegates1892–18955
Seattle Board of Education1894–18955
Seattle House of Delegates1893–18955
Denny Clay Company1894–18955
Union Trunk Line18955
Lake Washington Waterway Company18955
Seattle Fire Department1894–18954
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1894–18994
City of Seattle1892–18994
First Washington Volunteers18994
Fremont Milling Company1892–18954
Seattle Board of Aldermen1892–18954
Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company1894–18954
Seattle1876–18893
Walla Walla Union1877–18843
West Coast Improvement Company18953
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1887–18943
Canadian Pacific Railway1894–18953
Seattle Police Department1885–18993
W.C.T.U.1889–18993
U.S. Congress1872–19293
The Seattle Hospital18763
Seattle Hospital18763
City Council1877–18993
Knights of Pythias1888–18953
Dexter Horton & Co.1888–18943
Western Mill Company1885–18923
Washington Iron Works1883–18953
Great Northern1894–18953
Grand Army of the Republic1894–18953
Bonney & Stewart1892–18943
Board of County Commissioners1876–18953
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company1884–18863
First National Bank1885–19033
Spring Hill Water Company1884–18913
Rainier Club1894–18953
Methodist Episcopal Church1894–18953
Washington Improvement Company1883–18953
House of the Good Shepherd1892–18943
City of Ballard1892–18953
Central Labor Union1894–19043
Seattle School District No. 11894–18953
Stimson Mill Company1892–18953
Standard Theater1892–18953
Seattle Telegraph1892–18933
American Federation of Labor1894–19293
Gordon Hardware Company1884–18943
Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad1886–18943
Board of Education1893–18953
Pullman Company1894–18953
Elliott Bay Yacht Club1894–18953
Seattle Fire Commission1894–18953
The Ranch1903–19043
The Filipino Forum1928–19293
Union Pacific1892–18952
Northern Pacific Railway1884–18992
Sunset Telephone Company18952
Seattle Star19292
Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company1893–18952
Treasury Department1887–18952
Seattle Board of Public Works18942
Puget Sound National Bank1895–19032
Plymouth Congregational Church1889–18992
Union Electric Company1894–18952
Yesler's Hall1876–18862
Odd Fellows1885–18992
Seattle Intelligencer1877–18782
Seattle Daily Intelligencer18762
Daily Intelligencer1878–18802
Territorial University1872–18762
Seattle Dispatch1876–18772
Puget Mill Company1886–18952
Seattle School District1889–18952
Board of Health18952
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company1884–18892
United States Treasury Department1886–18992
Oregonian1877–18922
Crawford & Harrington18772
Seattle Transfer Company1892–18932
First Methodist Church18922
Seattle National Bank18952
Seattle General Hospital18952
O. S. N. Company1877–18782
The Oregonian1892–18952
New England Hotel1878–18832
Canadian Pacific Railroad1887–18942
New York Herald1876–18932
Democratic Central Committee1892–18942
Washington State Legislature1892–18952
Tacoma Land Company1887–18942
White & Co.18892