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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 5 |
| 1858 | 3 |
| 1859 | 7 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 5 |
| 1862 | 8 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 22 |
| 1876 | 64 |
| 1877 | 63 |
| 1878 | 31 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 14 |
| 1882 | 14 |
| 1883 | 54 |
| 1884 | 20 |
| 1885 | 65 |
| 1886 | 26 |
| 1887 | 43 |
| 1888 | 38 |
| 1889 | 82 |
| 1890 | 16 |
| 1891 | 76 |
| 1892 | 156 |
| 1893 | 114 |
| 1894 | 183 |
| 1895 | 209 |
| 1897 | 11 |
| 1898 | 14 |
| 1899 | 45 |
| 1900 | 7 |
| 1902 | 8 |
| 1903 | 70 |
| 1904 | 62 |
| 1905 | 6 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 15 |
| 1909 | 67 |
| 1910 | 20 |
| 1911 | 13 |
| 1912 | 5 |
| 1914 | 17 |
| 1915 | 16 |
| 1916 | 40 |
| 1917 | 24 |
| 1918 | 5 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 5 |
| 1924 | 3 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1928 | 4 |
| 1929 | 3 |
1,791 stories matching know
- Political Exile: The Tacoma News Attacks Seattle's Independent Democrats
A bitter feud between newspapers highlights the friction between regional interests and party loyalty in Washington.
- From Oklahoma to Harvard: Letters from the Front
Local soldiers thank Kennewick Red Cross volunteers for care packages during the Great War.
- State Highway Engineering or Political Theater?
A scathing editorial accuses the state highway engineer of prioritizing partisan optics over the crumbling roads of Benton County.
- The Mate Who Died Without a Name
A steamer mate is thrown overboard at Utsalady and lost. When reporters ask around the waterfront, everyone knew him—but no one could recall his name.
- The Man Who Walked Into the Sound
A tipsy wanderer mistook Seattle’s waterfront for San Francisco, ending up clinging to a dock in the middle of the night.
- The Ghost in the Machine: How a 'Practical Little Woman' Tamed the Steamboat Turbulent Sea
In the chaotic early days of Puget Sound steam navigation, one female cook didn't just serve meals—she served stability, calming a terrified crew with her own brand of turbulence.
- The Divorce Consultation That Did Not Go As Planned
A determined woman visits a Seattle attorney seeking help to evict her husband, only to be told that the law does not work quite the way she imagined.
- Mike O'Brien's Irreverent Grand Jury Testimony
A witness summoned regarding a city water scandal mocks the grand jury as a collection of the 'blind and the mangy.'
- The Priest Writes Back: A Territorial Feud Over 'Romanism'
A Methodist minister's warning in Olympia draws a sharp reply from the Catholic missionary he accused.
- The Unseen Power of the Union Household
A labor organizer argues that the path to better wages and shorter hours starts at home, by educating the women who control the family's purchasing power.
- The Price of Saving the Country
In 1880 Seattle, a local paper captures a cynical, all-too-familiar conversation between two men on the street regarding the true value of political engagement.
- A Mother's Desperate Search for Her Son
Three years after a family separation in Montana, a mother travels to Colfax hoping to find a man who was once spotted with a traveling photography business.
- The 'Dodo' in the Account Book
A wife catches her husband in a suspicious expense record, leading to a domestic misunderstanding over slang.
- The Debts a Country Owes Its Farmers — and Its Farmers' Wives
An 1898 farm-column editorial tallies what rural Washington neglects: untrained road supervisors, school directors so illiterate the legislature had to bar them, and farm women who never see a newspaper or a neighbor.
- The Perils of Planting: A Warning to Yakima Valley Orchardists
A local agricultural expert debunks state-sanctioned advice on walnut cultivation, warning farmers against the financial ruin of planting untried varieties.
- The Licensing Dispute on Madison Street
A fiery editorial challenge to city officials regarding the selective enforcement of business and liquor licenses in 1885 Seattle.
- The Cow-Bell Symphony of Old Seattle
For one sleepless resident, the chaotic nightly parade of loose cattle through the city streets became an unintentional, ear-piercing orchestra.
- The Silent Runaway
A young wife vanishes from her home, leaving behind only the question of whether she was fleeing her husband's unreasonable demands or his silent pressure.
- The Mysterious Death of Mr. Pullin
A citizen questions the official report of a man found dead in the water, fearing he was silenced before a looming lawsuit.
- Who Really Owns Our Public Parks?
Citizens push back against the Metropolitan Park Board, questioning the influence of business titans like Nelson Bennett.
- The Lawyer Who Couldn't Help: A Woman’s Disillusionment with Seattle’s Legal System
In April 1877, a desperate woman seeking financial support from her absent husband walked into a Griswold Street lawyer's office, only to leave more skeptical of the legal profession than when she arrived.
- The Coerced Vote: A State Official’s View on Compulsory Citizenship
When a worker asked if employers had the right to force registration, the Secretary of State endorsed the pressure, setting a precedent for civic ‘tyranny.’
- The Political Machine Behind the Scenes
An 1873 editorial exposes the 'Tacoma Land Ring' and the manipulation of delegate votes to serve corporate monopoly interests in Washington Territory.
- An Exile at the Edge of Home
While the town celebrated the completion of the new irrigation ditch, a man watched from the hills, barred from the home he once built.
- An Orphan's Plea from the Sagebrush
An eleven-year-old boy in a Seattle orphanage writes to the local newspaper in hopes of finding a new home in Kennewick’s sagebrush country.