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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 4 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1872 | 11 |
| 1876 | 47 |
| 1877 | 39 |
| 1878 | 19 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 5 |
| 1882 | 9 |
| 1883 | 50 |
| 1884 | 28 |
| 1885 | 30 |
| 1886 | 23 |
| 1887 | 18 |
| 1888 | 19 |
| 1889 | 72 |
| 1890 | 12 |
| 1891 | 42 |
| 1892 | 90 |
| 1893 | 63 |
| 1894 | 72 |
| 1895 | 133 |
| 1897 | 12 |
| 1898 | 27 |
| 1899 | 24 |
| 1900 | 4 |
| 1902 | 5 |
| 1903 | 51 |
| 1904 | 53 |
| 1905 | 7 |
| 1907 | 4 |
| 1908 | 36 |
| 1909 | 63 |
| 1910 | 24 |
| 1911 | 7 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 12 |
| 1915 | 6 |
| 1916 | 20 |
| 1917 | 18 |
| 1918 | 6 |
| 1922 | 3 |
| 1923 | 11 |
| 1924 | 4 |
| 1925 | 2 |
| 1929 | 2 |
1,192 stories matching increas, the 383 most mentioned
People 213
- John Leary1883–18956
- L. V. Wyckoff1876–18786
- Senator Squire1893–18956
- John L. Wilson1890–18956
- John H. McGraw1892–18956
- White1876–19055
- D. T. Denny1876–18935
- Jacob Furth1893–19035
- Lee M. Lampson1914–19175
- Mayor Wright1904–19075
- Collector Saunders1893–18955
- F. C. Krause1908–19095
- James J. Hill1892–19034
- John B. Allen1892–18934
- Mayor Campbell19044
- Hill1876–18994
- Thomas Burke1883–18974
- W. H. White1872–18954
- John Collins1876–18954
- Henry Villard1883–18954
- Grover Cleveland1894–19094
- Robert Moran1892–19034
- J. T. Ronald1892–18954
- James Hamilton Lewis1892–18984
- C. J. Smith1889–18944
- George Turner1893–18954
- John Wiley1894–18954
- Mayor Ronald1892–18944
- Andrew Carnegie19034
- Fred L. Wolf1908–19094
- Judge Turner1890–18953
- A. A. Denny1878–18953
- Rev. John F. Damon1872–18953
- Orange Jacobs1877–18953
- Brents1878–18843
- Judge Jacobs1872–18953
- Ezra Meeker1885–18933
- Everett Smith1891–18943
- Judge Hanford1895–19033
- Watson C. Squire1885–18953
- J. M. Colman1877–18953
- A. C. Campbell1877–18893
- E. C. Ferguson1876–18793
- William Cochrane1887–18953
- Mayor Moran18893
- Miles C. Moore1893–19033
- A. M. Cannon1883–18843
- Fred E. Sander1893–18953
- Senator Allen1892–19093
- Henry George1891–19113
- Chief of Police Rogers1894–18953
- Alderman Sweeney1894–18953
- Chief Jackson1892–18933
- Dr. Palmer18953
- Eugene V. Debs1894–19083
- Councilman Smith19033
- Welsh19043
- E. A. McDonald1897–18993
- Judge Langley1893–18953
- Justice Caldwell1893–18943
- John H. Bryant1894–18953
- G. W. Sutherland1908–19093
- Henry L. Yesler1885–18932
- Frank Parker1883–18882
- Theodore Roosevelt19092
- Berry1890–18922
- Governor Ferry1891–18922
- Secretary of War1894–18992
- Jim Hill18922
- Richard Winsor1894–18952
- Stevens1898–19082
- Amos Brown1877–18942
- Dexter Horton1877–18782
- Judge Burke1882–18932
- Charles H. Kittinger18882
- John Arthur1892–18942
- Henry Yesler1876–18852
- Eugene Semple1887–18952
- Benjamin Harrison1889–18922
- Howard1892–19082
- Evans1883–18842
- Alvord1882–18872
- Mitchell1876–18922
- John Webster1877–18952
- Gardner Kellogg1885–18882
- J. R. Lewis1877–18832
- J. Eugene Jordan1893–18942
- George B. Kittinger18882
- Charles Francis Adams1877–18912
- Superintendent Barnard18952
- President Graves1895–18992
- J. D. Lowman18932
- W. D. Wood18952
- General Otis18992
- William McKinley1890–18992
- Peter Sandberg19042
- Clark1891–18922
- J. G. Megler1890–18952
- Holmes1876–18952
- M. H. Church1914–19162
- A. R. Gardner1914–19162
- B. S. Grosscup1903–19042
- Louis Rottmann19142
- Luke Walsh19142
- Nelson Bennett1886–18922
- John Sherman1880–18952
- Stewart1899–19092
- McMillan1876–18952
- A. Mackintosh18772
- Judge Orange Jacobs1889–18952
- George Foster1877–18912
- E. O. Graves18952
- Governor McGraw18952
- Arthur A. Denny1878–18882
- L. V. Wykoff1876–18782
- Duncan Dewar18762
- Franklin Matthias18762
- Erasmus M. Smithers18762
- Charles O. Terry18762
- President Grant1877–18912
- James M. Colman1876–18842
- Allen1876–18952
- Booth1876–18772
- Mayor Weed1877–18922
- Henry Oliver1876–18772
- Meeker1876–18942
- Fisher1877–18892
- Watson Squire1885–18912
- Rogers18952
- Cyrus F. Clapp1889–18952
- Captain Clancy18892
- W. H. Holcomb18892
- A. H. Chambers1889–18912
- Robert Bridges1892–18952
- I. A. Nadeau1894–18952
- Charles Adams1889–19082
- J. B. MacDougall1893–18952
- Chief Kellogg18922
- Captain Symons1894–18952
- Benezette Williams1893–18952
- Judge Humes18952
- Governor Newell18832
- Nelson A. Miles1885–18952
- W. H. Harris1894–18952
- J. E. Baker18982
- P. P. Carroll1894–18952
- Griffith Davies18952
- Judge Robinson18912
- J. J. Browne1883–18842
- Rev. D. C. Garrett18952
- Myers1893–19032
- James Hart1895–18982
- John Muir1883–18842
- Sweeney1893–18972
- Andrew F. Burleigh1894–18952
- Ankeny18952
- F. M. Smith1908–19102
- Luke Powell1914–19162
- Judge Carey19092
- E. F. Benson1897–19172
- W. I. Fountain19082
- H. J. Snively1892–19162
- Pratt1894–18952
- William Campbell1885–18952
- L. J. Powell1884–18952
- A. J. M. Hosom18982
- Fawcett19042
- H. G. Kirkpatrick1908–19092
- F. G. Pollard19102
- John B. Denny18932
- Fred M. Weil19232
- A. S. Goss1917–19232
- A. H. Wheaton1915–19162
- Nichols19092
- Charles Carpenter1889–18922
- Councilman Glasford19032
- Herbert Bashford18922
- Herbert G. Hoover1917–19182
- John W. Noble18922
- Superintendent Wilson1892–18932
- Andrew Knox18932
- Judge Glasgow1893–18952
- Gov. McGraw1894–18952
- Jacob Ralph1892–18932
- Sheldon Jackson1895–18982
- Alderman Miller1894–18952
- M. J. Carrigan1892–19032
- Mayor Phelps1894–18952
- Corporation Counsel Scott18952
- Judge J. N. Scott18922
- Mr. Steel18942
- Mrs. Steel18942
- W. C. Lawrence19082
- Frank Twichell18942
- Backus18942
- Mr. Wallace1883–18942
- R. N. Johnson18942
- J. W. Maple1894–18952
- J. R. Chaplin18922
- Mayor Black18952
- E. Messerly1897–18982
- W. J. Spillman1898–18992
- R. A. Ford1892–18952
- F. A. Blackwell19082
- Charles F. Craig19082
- R. S. Anderson1908–19092
- Guy MacL. Richards18982
- George Torreson19082
- J. C. Jacobson19082
- E. H. C. McCurdy19082
- Delegate Little18952
- Fred Ogden18952
- J. Lawson Smith18982
Organizations 170
- Northern Pacific Railroad1872–191054
- Seattle City Council1882–189924
- Great Northern Railway1889–191020
- Oregon Improvement Company1883–189520
- Northern Pacific1889–190417
- Post-Intelligencer1885–189513
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1882–192912
- Everett Trades Council1909–191012
- Republican Party1872–190811
- Great Northern Railroad1891–190911
- Union Pacific1889–19129
- Northern Pacific Railway1883–19099
- Commercial Club1903–19179
- Chamber of Commerce1893–19108
- Great Northern1892–19098
- Washington State Legislature1892–19238
- Knights of Labor1885–18947
- Tacoma Ledger1887–19007
- Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad1907–19097
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce1885–18956
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1885–18956
- Democratic Party1889–19086
- Fidelity Lumber Co.1908–19106
- The Seattle Star1899–19105
- King County Commissioners1878–18955
- Congress1872–19095
- The Daily Intelligencer1876–18775
- University of Washington1884–19295
- Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1876–18785
- Puget Sound Dispatch1872–18765
- City Council1883–18995
- First National Bank1903–19085
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1886–19034
- War Department1895–19094
- Canadian Pacific Railway1887–19094
- City of Seattle1891–18954
- U.S. Congress1872–18954
- The Tribune1878–18924
- Interstate Commerce Commission1914–19234
- Canadian Pacific1887–18954
- Seattle School Board1891–18954
- Seattle Consolidated Street Railway Company1894–18954
- Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company1894–18954
- Eshelman, Llewellyn & Co.1887–18883
- Sunset Telephone Company19043
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1889–18953
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1888–18953
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1889–18933
- Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1882–18853
- Daily Intelligencer1876–18773
- Board of Regents18953
- Seattle Public Library1877–18953
- Legislative Assembly of Washington Territory1876–18863
- Seattle Athletic Club1892–18943
- American Federation of Labor1903–19103
- Tacoma Times1904–19093
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company1883–18943
- Board of State Land Commissioners18953
- State Board of Control1903–19183
- Seattle Board of Health18953
- Seattle Dry Dock and Ship Building Company18953
- Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company18953
- Idaho Washington Northern Railroad1907–19103
- Panhandle Lumber Co.1908–19103
- Stevens County Commissioners1908–19093
- The Miner1908–19093
- Flynn Bros.1908–19093
- Board of Public Works1891–18932
- Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway1887–18882
- Washington Standard18612
- Seattle Fire Department1889–18942
- Seattle Star1899–19292
- Treasury Department1883–18942
- Puget Sound National Bank1895–19032
- Tacoma Mill Company1893–18952
- Seattle City Government1889–18922
- Blackman Brothers18892
- Schwabacher Bros. & Co.18952
- Seattle Intelligencer1877–18782
- Seattle Coal Company18782
- Territorial University1872–18832
- San Francisco Board of Marine Underwriters18762
- Seattle Dispatch1872–18772
- Intelligencer1876–18782
- The Intelligencer1876–18772
- Standard Oil Company1889–18952
- Seattle Coal and Iron Company1894–18952
- Moran Brothers18952
- Oregon Railway and Navigation Company18892
- Dexter Horton & Co.1883–18882
- Congregational Church1905–19092
- Free Employment Bureau18992
- Alaska Commercial Company1888–18952
- Whitman College1903–19042
- Oregonian1877–18902
- Oregon Steam Navigation Company1876–18772
- Courier-Reporter1914–19172
- Washington Territory1877–18822
- Union Pacific Railroad1891–18932
- Grand Jury1872–18772
- U.S. Navy1894–19042
- Board of County Commissioners1886–18932
- Hansen, Ackerson & Co.1877–18782
- Young Men's Christian Association1877–18892
- U.S. Army1885–18952
- Department of Agriculture1898–19032
- Tacoma Land Company1894–18952
- Board of Trade18842
- Hall & Gilmore18892
- People's Party1894–18952
- Rainier Club1894–18952
- Seattle Water Department1894–18952
- Pacific Northwest League1891–18932
- Methodist Episcopal Church1892–18952
- Toklas & Singerman18892
- Sisters of Providence18862
- Seattle Board of Education18952
- The Ledger18932
- City of Tacoma1894–19092
- Seattle School District No. 11883–18952
- Stimson Mill Company1892–18952
- Tacoma Light and Water Company18932
- Fremont Milling Company1892–18932
- Washington State Supreme Court1890–19092
- Seattle House of Delegates18932
- Seattle Telegraph18942
- Kennewick City Council1905–19172
- Aberdeen Board of Trade1891–18922
- The Tacoma Times19042
- Aberdeen Herald1891–18922
- State College1909–19152
- The Labor Journal1909–19112
- Walla Walla City Council19032
- Washington Supreme Court1891–19092
- Tacoma Railway & Power Company19042
- Northern Pacific Company1883–18842
- Kennewick-Richland Marketing Union19162
- Statesman Publishing Co19032
- United Mine Workers of America1894–19162
- Switchmen's Union1909–19102
- American Railway Union1894–18952
- Kennewick High School19172
- State University1893–19092
- Socialist Party1908–19112
- Globe Hotel19042
- Board of Education1893–18952
- Woman's Reading Club19032
- Security State Bank1908–19102
- Kennewick Creamery1916–19182
- Rainier Power Railway Company1893–18942
- Olympia City Council1891–18952
- Seattle Brewing and Malting Company1893–18952
- Albert Braun Brewing Company1893–18952
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railway1893–18952
- Moran Bros.18952
- Olympic Athletic Club18942
- Quinault Agency18922
- Spokane Falls Northern Railroad1891–19082
- Wenatchee Advance1897–18982
- The Ranch19032
- Olympia Improvement Company18922
- Olympia School Board18922
- Pend d'Oreille Navigation Co.19082
- Antler Hotel1908–19092
- Newport Town Council1908–19092
- Washington Condensed Milk Company1898–19032
- Fidelity mill19082
- Metaline Navigation Co.19082
- Lake Washington Waterway Company18952
- Newport Iron Works1908–19092