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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 8 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 11 |
| 1862 | 5 |
| 1863 | 7 |
| 1864 | 3 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 8 |
| 1876 | 39 |
| 1877 | 33 |
| 1878 | 21 |
| 1879 | 10 |
| 1880 | 11 |
| 1882 | 12 |
| 1883 | 47 |
| 1884 | 28 |
| 1885 | 47 |
| 1886 | 30 |
| 1887 | 37 |
| 1888 | 21 |
| 1889 | 85 |
| 1890 | 18 |
| 1891 | 94 |
| 1892 | 196 |
| 1893 | 237 |
| 1894 | 149 |
| 1895 | 117 |
| 1897 | 6 |
| 1898 | 15 |
| 1899 | 22 |
| 1900 | 9 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 94 |
| 1904 | 67 |
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 10 |
| 1909 | 51 |
| 1910 | 23 |
| 1911 | 15 |
| 1912 | 8 |
| 1914 | 17 |
| 1915 | 16 |
| 1916 | 19 |
| 1917 | 20 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 11 |
| 1924 | 10 |
| 1925 | 6 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 2 |
1,424 stories matching note, the 400 most mentioned
People 262
- Judge Hanford1885–190719
- Mayor Ronald1892–189417
- W. H. White1876–192416
- Judge Langley1893–189515
- Judge Humes1891–189513
- John H. McGraw1885–189512
- John B. Allen1883–189410
- Judge Jacobs1883–189510
- Henry L. Yesler1884–18959
- Henry Villard1883–18959
- Orange Jacobs1872–18958
- John Leary1878–18958
- James J. Hill1892–19047
- Thomas Burke1883–18937
- Nelson Bennett1890–18957
- Adolph Krug1893–18947
- A. A. Denny1876–18956
- John Collins1876–18956
- J. R. Lewis1872–18926
- J. T. Ronald1892–18956
- Watson C. Squire1885–18936
- A. A. Blackman1878–18796
- W. F. Eddy1878–18796
- Judge Osborn1892–18956
- Judge Lichtenberg1891–18926
- Wallace Nutting1892–18936
- Coroner Horton1892–18946
- Mayor Phelps1894–18956
- H. L. Yesler1876–18885
- Ulysses S. Grant1876–19035
- Edmond S. Meany1891–18955
- George Turner1893–19035
- Elisha P. Ferry1877–18935
- Judge Haskell1878–18795
- Simon Elwell1878–18795
- J. H. Hilton1878–18795
- Mrs. John Elwell1878–18795
- H. S. Hanson1878–18795
- Joseph Getchell1878–18795
- Watson Squire1885–18935
- Fred E. Sander1889–18955
- Senator Allen1891–19095
- James Hart1893–18985
- Donworth1892–18935
- George P. Wright19045
- A. B. Hunt1892–18945
- Mayor Campbell19044
- Grover Cleveland1885–18954
- Robert Moran1888–18994
- James Hamilton Lewis1891–18984
- Bolton Rogers1891–18954
- Senator Squire1894–18954
- C. B. Wright1883–18934
- Allen McDougal1878–18794
- Miles C. Moore1889–19154
- Kinnear1889–18954
- Sheriff Woolery1892–18944
- John Wiley1891–18954
- Henry Drum18944
- Chief Rogers1894–18954
- Chief Jackson18934
- Miles Poindexter1909–19174
- Judge Glasgow1893–18944
- William Harris18944
- S. H. Piles1893–18943
- Andrew Jackson1876–18943
- Theodore Roosevelt1903–19093
- Senator Ankeny19033
- Miller1886–18943
- Marcus Whitman1882–19033
- James18953
- Amos Brown1888–18933
- Dexter Horton1876–18953
- Sheriff Cochrane1887–18893
- McDonald1893–19033
- John Arthur1889–18943
- Eben Smith1887–18953
- James G. Blaine1888–18913
- J. Furth18893
- Judge Lewis1882–18883
- D. T. Denny1885–18953
- Beriah Brown1877–18923
- Roger S. Greene1882–18833
- A. M. Brookes1888–18953
- Ezra Meeker1885–18933
- J. D. Lowman1891–18933
- William Blackman1903–19043
- Woodrow Wilson1914–19173
- H. G. Struve1883–18933
- Judge Moore1894–18993
- Paul Schulze1892–18993
- Arthur A. Denny1876–18923
- N. H. Owings1884–18933
- Capt. Stretch1878–18793
- James Roberts18783
- Mayor Moran18893
- Isaac W. Anderson1893–19033
- W. B. Spencer1891–18943
- E. F. Blaine1889–18953
- A. M. Cannon1883–18843
- George H. Heilbron18923
- I. A. Nadeau1892–18953
- James G. Swan1861–18913
- Chief Kellogg18923
- H. S. Huson1889–18933
- Senator Claypool1891–18933
- Mayor Leary18853
- Richard Osborn1885–18943
- Daniel Pullen1887–18933
- D. C. Garrett1892–18953
- Prosecuting Attorney Miller1893–18943
- F. Otto Collings1892–18953
- J. J. Browne1883–18943
- M. M. Moulton1914–19173
- R. E. Pratt1916–19183
- J.T. Ronald1892–18943
- Peter Stanup1891–18933
- John B. Denny1892–18953
- Oswald Vitzthum18923
- Adam Schmidt19033
- Mayor Huson1892–18933
- Melvin G. Winstock1892–18943
- Corporation Counsel Donworth1893–18943
- Justice Caldwell1893–18953
- Justice Humphrey1893–18943
- Nellie Holgate18933
- Health Officer Palmer1893–18943
- Corporation Counsel Scott1894–18953
- Simon Rumpf18943
- Joseph Mayer18943
- James N. Glover1883–18953
- George Washington1876–18942
- Abraham Lincoln1863–18912
- Elwood Evans1876–18922
- Governor Ferry1876–18832
- Louis D. Campbell19042
- Thomson18942
- Mr. Smith1883–19032
- Judge Burke1882–18892
- Charles Johnson1894–18952
- Wilson1889–18912
- Henry Yesler1888–18922
- Benjamin Harrison1889–18922
- Howard1880–18822
- Brents1880–19032
- Mayor Smith18922
- Dr. Sparling18922
- O. Jacobs1876–18782
- Judge Greene1887–18922
- Mrs. Bell1876–18772
- Gardner Kellogg1872–18762
- C. B. Bagley1892–18942
- Mr. Coleman1872–18872
- J. Eugene Jordan1893–18942
- Thompson1895–18992
- C. H. Hanford1889–18942
- Charles Smith1876–18922
- M. S. Booth1876–18852
- Captain Willard18932
- Thomas W. Prosch1889–18942
- Superintendent Barnard1894–18952
- Jacob Furth18932
- Russell A. Alger1890–18912
- W. D. Wood18952
- Councilman Jones1889–19042
- John Lamb18942
- Smith19032
- Hall1854–18912
- Moore1877–18862
- Chief Fackler19042
- Mr. Denny1861–18882
- John Sherman1887–18952
- Mr. Milner1886–18882
- Powell1894–19162
- Governor Semple1887–18892
- George Wright1894–19042
- Jack1882–18872
- Turner1889–18942
- Mr. Miller1861–19152
- James A. Garfield18762
- Rutherford B. Hayes1876–18932
- Gov. Ferry18772
- D. H. Gilman1889–18952
- H.E. Brown1888–19032
- Chapman18952
- Granville O. Haller1892–18952
- L. B. Hastings1876–18922
- Charles Anderson1895–19032
- Perry Dunfield18772
- A. S. Miller1882–18832
- James McNaught1883–18922
- E. C. Ferguson1876–18772
- C. W. Lawton1886–18892
- Haller1876–18862
- Pontius1891–18922
- Edwin Booth1877–19162
- Eldridge Morse1876–18772
- Mr. Prosch1892–18932
- Captain Stretch1878–18792
- M. W. Parson18782
- E. D. Phelps18782
- John L. Hurley18782
- J. R. McDonald18892
- Reynolds1889–18942
- E. Meeker1885–18892
- John Moore1889–18942
- James Wickersham1885–18892
- Sadie Brantner18892
- John P. Hoyt1889–18952
- M. Ballard18892
- John P. Hott18892
- J. M. Thompson18882
- D. A. McKenzie1889–18952
- Justice Miller18892
- William White1892–18942
- Junius Rochester1886–18892
- John Robinson1876–18932
- Secretary Noble1891–18922
- Douglas Young1891–18932
- L. H. Griffith1893–18952
- Mayor White18912
- Benezette Williams1891–18922
- Ben Stretch1891–18922
- Levi Gilbert1891–18922
- Major Rinehart1891–18922
- Robert Harris1884–18852
- Fred Gasch1891–18942
- Angus Mackintosh1893–18952
- David T. Denny1886–18952
- Nelson A. Miles1885–18922
- C. K. Jenner1883–18842
- Armstrong1895–19092
- George Venable Smith1886–18942
- Sheriff Byrd1885–18872
- Mayor Yesler1885–18862
- John Keane1885–18862
- Lynn1886–19092
- Buckley18872
- Henry Roeder1883–18922
- Sarah B. Yesler1892–18932
- Andrew Furuseth1887–19112
- Fred S. Brown18952
- Eugene Way1892–18932
- George G. Mills18922
- H. F. Whitney1893–18942
- George Donworth1892–18932
- Alderman Sweeney1892–18932
- S. L. Crawford1891–18922
- Abe Spring18922
- Dr. Palmer1893–18952
- H. E. Holmes1893–18942
- Henry McBride19032
- John M. Murphy18612
- Judge McDonald19002
- Luke Powell1915–19172
- Mr. James1889–18952
- Judge Rudkin19142
- F. Walden19032
- E. P. Marsh1910–19112
- Councilman Hammond19042
- William Howard Taft1909–19102
- Edwin Eells1892–19032
Organizations 138
- Northern Pacific Railroad1872–190446
- Seattle City Council1885–189919
- Great Northern Railway1890–191117
- Everett Trades Council1909–191216
- Oregon Improvement Company1885–189515
- Post-Intelligencer1885–189512
- Chamber of Commerce1883–190910
- Northern Pacific1889–190410
- General Land Office1860–19149
- Washington State Legislature1891–19239
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1887–19298
- Tacoma City Council1885–19098
- Knights of Labor1883–18888
- King County Commissioners1877–18937
- Walla Walla City Council1883–19037
- Board of Public Works1893–18956
- Salvation Army1893–18956
- Whitman College1883–19156
- Great Northern Railroad1891–19096
- Union Pacific1889–18945
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce1883–19035
- Providence Hospital1893–18955
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1887–18935
- University of Washington1880–19295
- Western Central Labor Union1892–19045
- Grand Army of the Republic1892–19035
- Seattle National Bank1892–18955
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company1884–18925
- Walla Walla Commercial Club1903–19045
- Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company18955
- Washington Standard1861–18634
- Hudson Bay Company1882–19034
- Northern Pacific Railway1893–19094
- Republican Party1888–18944
- Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1885–18874
- Puget Sound Dispatch1871–18724
- Commercial Club1903–19094
- First National Bank1889–19174
- People's Party1892–18954
- Seattle School Board1891–18944
- Tacoma Ledger1892–18934
- Board of Aldermen1891–18934
- Puyallup Tribe1892–18944
- American Federation of Labor1892–19114
- Fairhaven Chamber of Commerce18904
- The Seattle Star18993
- Southern Pacific Railroad1884–18953
- War Department1895–19033
- Tacoma News1893–18943
- Sunset Telephone Company1892–19043
- City of Seattle1893–18943
- Pacific Coast Steamship Company1888–18953
- Plymouth Congregational Church18923
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1892–18953
- Odd Fellows1891–18933
- Knights of Pythias1888–18953
- Great Northern1892–19083
- Everett Land Company1892–18943
- Kennewick Commercial Club1915–19173
- Sisters of Charity1862–18933
- Puget Sound Shore Railroad1885–18893
- Merchants' National Bank18943
- Farmers' Alliance1891–18943
- Law and Order Party1884–18853
- Seattle Athletic Club1892–18953
- Tacoma Light and Water Company18933
- Seattle House of Delegates1892–18953
- Anti-Saloon League1900–19093
- Tacoma Times1904–19093
- Washington State Federation of Labor1910–19113
- Pacific School18953
- MacDougall & Southwick Company18933
- Walla Walla Union1884–18882
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1888–19032
- United States Congress1884–18932
- Seattle Board of Public Works1892–18952
- Puget Sound National Bank18952
- Union Electric Company1893–18952
- Hudson's Bay Company1861–18792
- W.C.T.U.1892–18992
- U.S. Congress1889–18952
- Schwabacher Bros. & Co.1886–18932
- Plymouth Church18932
- The Daily Intelligencer1876–18772
- Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad18782
- Olympia Transcript1871–18782
- Board of Health18922
- Tacoma National Bank1895–18992
- City Council1876–18932
- Seattle Coal and Iron Company1893–18942
- Oregon Railway and Navigation Company1883–19032
- Walla Walla Statesman1864–18862
- The Star1878–18992
- Portland Board of Trade1878–18842
- Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington1861–18872
- Union Pacific Railroad1884–18912
- Yakima Investment Company1895–18992
- Occidental Hotel1885–18882
- Seattle Bar Association1886–18872
- King County Board of Commissioners1880–18872
- Singer Manufacturing Company1878–18792
- The Arcade18792
- Boyd, Ponsm, Young18792
- Tacoma Land Company1887–18932
- Singer Sewing Machine Co.18792
- H. H. Dearborn & Co.18892
- Law and Order League1885–18892
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union1883–18912
- Rainier Club1894–18952
- Henry Dennis1891–18922
- Harbor Line Commission1893–18942
- House of Delegates1891–18922
- Pacific Northwest League1892–18952
- Washington House of Representatives1891–18932
- Washington Territory Legislature1854–18612
- Methodist Episcopal Church1895–19032
- Young Men's Independent Club1884–18852
- Legislative Assembly of Washington Territory1863–18852
- Brunswick Restaurant18862
- National Guard of Washington1892–18932
- First Regiment Band1887–18952
- Associated Charities18922
- St. Mark's Church1892–19032
- Bureau of Associated Charities1892–18932
- Sailors' Union18922
- Madison Street Cable Railway Company1889–18932
- Seattle Consolidated Street Railway Company18952
- Nordhoff & Co.1892–18952
- Fremont Milling Company1892–18942
- Washington State Supreme Court1903–19092
- Seattle Telegraph1892–18932
- Walla Walla Gas and Electric Company19032
- Washington State Senate18932
- Grays Harbor Commercial Company1893–19092
- The Labor Journal19102
- Dexter Horton Bank19142
- Walla Walla County Commissioners19032
- Spokane Chamber of Commerce19032