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Year	Stories
1858	2
1861	3
1862	3
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1871	1
1872	11
1876	60
1877	56
1878	40
1879	2
1880	16
1882	14
1883	97
1884	63
1885	78
1886	59
1887	45
1888	64
1889	162
1890	32
1891	132
1892	225
1893	234
1894	224
1895	83
1897	6
1898	1
1899	68
1900	9
1902	6
1903	72
1904	100
1905	13
1907	3
1908	3
1909	95
1910	22
1911	10
1912	9
1914	21
1915	24
1916	48
1917	26
1918	6
1922	1
1923	10
1924	8
1925	7

2,318 stories matching line, the 400 most mentioned

People 227

James J. Hill1891–190931
Judge Hanford1892–190924
Thomas Burke1876–189718
Henry Villard1880–188417
Mayor Ronald1892–189412
John Leary1878–189511
Judge Burke1877–189410
John L. Wilson1889–189510
Judge Humes1893–189510
Henry Yesler1876–18939
John Collins1876–18949
Jim Hill1891–19098
A. A. Denny1876–18958
D. T. Denny1883–18958
H. L. Yesler1876–18958
Jacob Furth1889–19048
John H. McGraw1892–18958
Gov. McGraw1893–18958
John B. Allen1883–18937
W. H. White1876–18857
Levi Ankeny1893–19077
Elisha P. Ferry1876–18957
Judge Lichtenberg1891–18937
Eugene V. Debs18947
Henry L. Yesler1884–18956
Jay Gould1876–18916
L. V. Wyckoff1872–18786
J. T. Ronald1887–18936
Senator Squire1892–18946
Watson C. Squire1886–18946
Fred E. Sander1889–18936
H. J. Snively1886–19166
Theodore Roosevelt1903–19095
Brown1885–18955
Miller1888–19035
Wilson1891–18955
Orange Jacobs1877–18925
George Kinnear1884–18955
Judge Jacobs1880–18865
Grover Cleveland1885–19095
J. C. Haines1882–18925
Everett Smith1892–18995
L. E. Johnson1914–19165
A. Mackintosh1877–18885
Turner1889–19035
Elijah Smith1885–18895
D. H. Gilman1888–18925
Allen1894–18955
Miles C. Moore1883–19035
E. H. Beckler1891–18925
Senator Allen1891–18935
Commissioner Sparks1885–18865
Judge Langley18945
Hill1899–19094
Amos Brown1888–18944
Dexter Horton1877–18914
T. J. Milner1885–18884
Rev. John F. Damon1894–18954
Austin A. Bell18784
J. Eugene Jordan1893–18954
Robert Moran1888–18894
C. J. Smith1889–18954
Herman Chapin1887–18934
Jones1887–18954
E. W. Trenbath1914–19164
A. R. Gardner1915–19174
T. J. Humes1889–18994
George F. Fay18884
J. M. Colman1878–18944
James M. Colman1883–18934
James McNaught1883–18914
A. H. Chambers1887–18924
Judge Osborn1893–18944
John Wiley1891–18954
John F. Gowey1887–18914
Sweeney1893–18954
Edward Whitson1883–18924
R. E. Pratt1914–19164
Byron Phelps1892–18954
Giblett1904–19094
Chief Hunt18934
George R. Carter1892–18944
Superintendent Copeland1893–18944
Judge Pritchard1893–18954
Superintendent Kline18944
S. H. Piles1894–18953
Andrew Jackson1893–18953
Senator Ankeny19033
Johnson1891–19143
Senator Foster1903–19043
Governor Ferry18913
Louis D. Campbell1904–19093
White1884–18943
Sheriff Cochrane1887–18893
McDonald1893–18943
Guy C. Phinney1892–18933
Burke1880–18893
Judge Lewis1878–18883
Eugene Semple1889–18953
Evans1886–18993
Villard1880–18833
Parker1893–19113
O. Jacobs1878–18933
Judge Greene1885–18943
John J. McGilvra1878–18933
Cyrus Walker1889–18993
Shannon1872–18933
Bailey Gatzert1872–18933
C. H. Hanford1877–18893
Mr. Colman1876–18883
James Hamilton Lewis1892–18993
J. D. McIntyre1889–18903
George Turner1893–19233
Nelson Bennett1886–18933
Stewart1899–19093
H. G. Struve1883–18943
Murphy1889–18943
Ward1872–18913
J. J. McGilvra1880–18913
T. T. Minor1883–18863
C. B. Wright1878–18843
William H. Snyder18783
Martha J. Snyder18783
Andrew Chilberg1876–18943
Stevenson1877–19033
Watson Squire1889–18923
William Cochrane1887–18953
C. H. Kittinger1886–18893
George B. Adair1889–18923
J. M. Thompson1888–18893
Sheriff McGraw1885–18893
Jack McDonald1892–18943
I. A. Nadeau1889–18923
Dr. Jordan1889–18953
Newman Kline1891–18953
H. S. Huson1890–18933
Sheriff Woolery18943
Attorney-General Jones1891–18943
Senator Claypool1891–18933
Robert Harris1884–18863
Fred Gasch1894–18953
Angus Mackintosh1893–18953
Lynn19093
James Carroll1886–18943
Sarah B. Yesler1893–18953
H. C. Henry1892–18943
Chief Rogers1892–18953
Prosecuting Attorney Miller1893–18943
Thomas F. Oakes1892–18933
Detective Cudihee1892–18933
H. E. Holmes1893–18943
Ankeny18953
Samuel Hill1893–19143
Howard Elliott1903–19053
Frank C. Ross18933
John B. Denny1893–18953
Manager Dimmock1904–19093
E.H. Harriman1903–19043
P. P. Shelby1892–18943
Mayor Linck19093
Judge Easterday19093
James Garvey1892–19093
J. D. Farrell1894–19173
City Engineer Thomson1893–18943
D. Thomas Denny18933
Mrs. Hammond1893–18943
Receiver Brown1893–18943
W. J. Grambs18943
Mayor Orr1894–18953
General Manager Kendrick1893–18943
R. N. Johnson18943
John E. John18943
Sickels18913
Governor McBride19042
Geo. F. Richardson19142
Charles Hopkins1889–18922
Mayor Campbell19042
E. W. Way1889–18992
Rinehart1892–18992
Richard Winsor1894–18952
Kellogg1877–18922
Collins1878–18802
Mr. Smith1883–18882
Daniel H. Gilman1885–18952
Allen C. Mason1892–19042
E. P. Ferry1882–18882
Judge Allyn1887–18882
John Arthur1889–18942
Eben Smith1892–18952
T. W. Lake1882–18882
James G. Blaine1885–18882
James Longmire1888–18952
Benjamin Harrison1888–18892
Beriah Brown1877–18852
George Smith1882–18942
W. H. Fife1892–18942
Kelly1877–18882
J. M. Frink1894–18952
G. A. Weed1876–18772
Mr. White1884–18862
T. S. Russell18762
B. Gatzert18762
Captain Hill1876–18772
Ulysses S. Grant1885–18942
Col. Larrabee18782
Clements1915–19162
L. B. Andrews1877–18872
J. R. Lewis18832
McNaught1876–18872
Hughes1894–19162
Thompson1888–18992
Vanderbilt1888–18992
E. A. Gardner18882
Colonel Haines1888–18912
A. M. Brookes1888–18952
George B. Kittinger1888–18892
Ezra Meeker1887–18942
Otis Freeman18762
M. S. Booth18762
Edmond S. Meany1893–18992
J. D. Lowman1888–18892
Clark Davis1894–18952
Homer Hill1894–18992
J. S. Goldsmith1892–18942
Billings1886–18992
Addison G. Foster1899–19032
Henry Hewitt, Jr.1899–19042

Organizations 173

Northern Pacific Railroad1872–1916219
Northern Pacific1878–191684
Great Northern Railway1890–191651
Great Northern Railroad1891–191046
Oregon Improvement Company1880–189545
Northern Pacific Railway1883–191742
Northern Pacific Railroad Company1883–189436
Seattle City Council1876–189932
Union Pacific1882–191228
Great Northern1891–191625
American Railway Union1893–189425
Chamber of Commerce1884–190923
Post-Intelligencer1884–189521
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1888–189518
Seattle Post-Intelligencer1882–189416
Republican Party1885–190314
Seattle Athletic Club1892–189513
Seattle Chamber of Commerce1884–189912
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1876–188912
Everett Trades Council1909–191212
Tacoma Railway & Power Company1904–190912
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1888–189411
Puget Sound Dispatch1871–187810
Commercial Club1892–191610
Union Pacific Railroad1883–189410
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1880–19039
Tacoma City Council1888–19099
Knights of Labor1883–18949
Democratic Party1885–19039
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1888–18949
Canadian Pacific1887–19099
General Land Office1876–19148
United States Congress1877–18918
Canadian Pacific Railway1886–18998
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad1886–18928
Washington State Legislature1891–19258
Rainier Avenue Electric Line1891–18948
Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company1880–18928
The Seattle Star18997
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company1883–19037
Tacoma Ledger1884–19007
Sunset Telephone Company1892–19046
Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1882–18876
The Daily Intelligencer1876–18776
City Council1877–18996
Western Central Labor Union1892–19046
Harbor Line Commission1891–18946
Milwaukee Railroad1916–19256
Western Union1883–18956
Union Trunk Line1892–18956
Olympia City Council1891–18956
Seattle1876–18925
Southern Pacific Railroad1883–18955
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway1885–18885
King County Commissioners1884–18955
Seattle Fire Department1876–18925
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1888–19045
Tacoma1880–18885
Schwabacher Bros. & Co.1872–18925
Dexter Horton & Co.1877–18955
Tacoma Land Company1884–19095
Board of Trade1885–18915
Front Street Cable Company1889–18955
Eshelman, Llewellyn & Co.1888–18894
Board of Public Works1893–18994
Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company1893–18994
Port Blakely Mill Company1885–18954
Intelligencer1872–18804
Standard Oil Company1888–19164
Seattle Electric Company1903–19044
Southern Pacific1888–19124
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern1888–18934
Canadian Pacific Railroad1876–18944
Puget Sound Shore Railroad1885–18894
Rainier Avenue Electric Railway1891–18944
Postal Telegraph Company1886–18954
Shepard, Henry & Co.18924
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers1893–19094
Kennewick City Council1914–19164
Labor Journal1910–19124
Public Service Commission1914–19164
Walla Walla City Council19034
Spokane Review1890–18934
Tacoma Railway and Power Company1904–19094
Northern Pacific Company1884–18974
Standard Oil1890–19174
Seattle & Montana Railroad1892–18944
Olympia Street Railway Company1891–18924
War Department1892–19143
Seattle Telephone Company1888–18993
Tacoma News1882–18943
Pacific Coast Steamship Company1884–18993
Hudson's Bay Company1858–18873
Stetson & Post Mill Company1885–18923
Seattle, Walla Walla and Baker City Railroad18823
Oregon Short Line1882–19043
University of Washington1892–18993
Waddell & Miles1876–18773
City Council of Seattle1876–18923
Knights of Pythias1888–18943
Western Mill Company1888–18933
Washington Iron Works1886–18943
Western Union Telegraph Company1883–18953
The Star18993
Grand Army of the Republic1892–18943
Oregonian1877–19163
Courier-Reporter1914–19183
Interstate Commerce Commission1894–19233
Secretary of the Interior1877–18943
Board of County Commissioners1894–19163
Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad1878–18803
First National Bank1889–18913
Spring Hill Water Company1884–18863
People's Party1889–18943
Board of Aldermen1893–18953
Board of Harbor Line Commissioners1891–18923
Great Western Iron and Steel Works18913
City of Tacoma1894–19093
Union Trunk Line Company1892–18993
Bureau of Associated Charities1894–18953
Seattle & Montana Railway1892–18933
Stimson Mill Company1892–18953
Seattle Consolidated Street Railway Company1894–18953
The Tacoma Times19043
Grange1915–19173
The Labor Journal1909–19113
United States Supreme Court1894–19033
Spokane Chamber of Commerce1903–19163
Populist Party1894–18953
Puget Sound Shore Line1884–18863
Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad1884–18943
Sumner Iron Works1910–19113
Port of Kennewick1915–19163
Olympia Light & Power Company1891–18923
Tacoma Eastern1904–19093
Northern Pacific Steamship Company1892–18933
Walla Walla Commercial Club1903–19153
National Guard1891–18943
Rainier Power & Railway Company1894–18953
Multnomah Athletic Club18933
A.P.A.1894–18953
Northwestern Industrial Army18943
Company G, Second Regiment1889–18943
King County delegation1891–18953
Portland Rowing Club18943
Burrard Inlet Rowing Club18943
Walla Walla Union1877–18822
J. C. Pearson1890–18922
Treasury Department1889–18922
City of Seattle1888–18992
Puget Sound National Bank1895–19042
Providence Hospital1885–18932
Seattle Coal and Transportation Company1877–18852
Moss Bay Iron and Steel Company18882
Fannie Paddock Hospital1888–19042
Seattle Street Railway Company1883–18882
USS Decatur1877–18952
Tacoma Mill Company1886–19042
Salvation Army18952
U.S. Congress1883–18852
Department of the Interior1886–18892
Post Office Department1892–19162
Odd Fellows1893–18992
Seattle Intelligencer1876–18782
Pacific Mail Steamship Company18762
Armour Brothers18882
Seattle Coal and Iron Company1892–18952
Seattle Rifles1885–18862
Moran Brothers1888–18952
Walla Walla Statesman1880–18822
County Commissioners1872–19172
United States Treasury Department1886–18942
Snake River Valley railroad18992