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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 5 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 2 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1865 | 2 |
| 1872 | 7 |
| 1876 | 19 |
| 1877 | 10 |
| 1878 | 11 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 2 |
| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 18 |
| 1884 | 25 |
| 1885 | 24 |
| 1886 | 10 |
| 1887 | 16 |
| 1888 | 11 |
| 1889 | 32 |
| 1890 | 16 |
| 1891 | 28 |
| 1892 | 58 |
| 1893 | 87 |
| 1894 | 84 |
| 1895 | 123 |
| 1898 | 3 |
| 1899 | 16 |
| 1903 | 35 |
| 1904 | 36 |
| 1905 | 5 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 16 |
| 1909 | 77 |
| 1910 | 18 |
| 1911 | 4 |
| 1914 | 8 |
| 1915 | 4 |
| 1916 | 14 |
| 1917 | 9 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1923 | 1 |
| 1924 | 3 |
| 1925 | 3 |
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People 222
- Judge Hanford1885–190423
- Judge Langley1893–189520
- Judge Lichtenberg1891–189412
- John L. Wilson1890–189510
- Watson C. Squire1889–18959
- Thomas Burke1876–18958
- Grover Cleveland1885–18948
- Sweeney1893–18958
- Mayor Phelps1894–18958
- John B. Allen1889–18937
- John H. McGraw1892–18957
- Lovejoy1894–18957
- George Turner1889–18956
- Judge Osborn1893–18956
- Judge Humes1892–18946
- Andrew Jackson1894–18955
- Dexter Horton1876–18955
- James Hamilton Lewis1893–18995
- J. J. McGilvra1872–18955
- Gov. McGraw1893–18955
- Jordan1894–18955
- Miller1894–19094
- D. T. Denny1887–18954
- John Collins1872–19094
- John Leary1872–18934
- H. L. Yesler1876–18954
- Gardner Kellogg1872–18954
- Mr. Denny1854–18884
- E. O. Graves18954
- William Cochrane1887–18944
- Chandler1894–18954
- Caldwell1908–19094
- Edmund Peters1894–18954
- Adolph Krug1893–18954
- James Hart1892–18984
- Alderman Jordan1894–18954
- Compton1894–18954
- John H. Bryant1894–18954
- Corporation Counsel Scott1894–18954
- Voigt18954
- Clise1894–18954
- Councilman Bennett1907–19084
- Mayor Appel19084
- Councilman Caldwell19084
- Henry L. Yesler1891–18953
- Governor McBride19033
- Crichton1895–18993
- Amos Brown1888–18953
- Judge Burke1889–18943
- A. A. Denny1872–18953
- Henry Yesler1876–18883
- G. A. Weed1872–18953
- Judge Greene1883–18853
- J. Eugene Jordan1893–18953
- Jacob Furth1893–18953
- W. D. Wood1895–18993
- William H. White1872–18953
- Turner1889–18943
- Arthur A. Denny1876–18923
- Chapman18953
- J. M. Thompson1888–18953
- Judge Hoyt1887–18913
- Fred Gasch1894–18953
- Angus Mackintosh1893–18953
- Chief Rogers1894–18953
- Dr. Sweeney1894–18953
- Chief Jackson18933
- Bennett1908–19093
- Brewer18953
- Wesley L. Jones1908–19143
- Judge Brents19033
- Winsor18953
- Thomas Winsor18943
- William Crehan19093
- John Bushell1893–18953
- Justice Caldwell1894–18953
- Senator Hutchinson1893–19093
- Daulton1894–18953
- Judge Jenkins1893–18953
- Councilman Eckerson1907–19083
- Attorney Sherlock1908–19093
- Councilman Hynes19083
- Hynes1908–19093
- J. C. H. Reynolds19083
- Edward Britton19093
- Josiah Collins1893–18952
- S. H. Piles18952
- Elwood Evans1861–18762
- Theodore Roosevelt1903–19052
- Senator Foster19032
- Hill18992
- James18952
- E. W. Way1889–18992
- Guy C. Phinney1888–18932
- W. H. White1893–18952
- Judge Lewis1876–18882
- Beriah Brown1878–18842
- Anderson1894–18952
- General Sprague1887–18912
- John J. McGilvra1878–18952
- Leander Miller18952
- Secretary of the Territory1872–18772
- C. H. Hanford18762
- A. M. Brookes18952
- Robert Moran1888–18992
- J. L. B.18722
- Thomas W. Prosch1878–18932
- Superintendent Barnard1894–18952
- J. D. Lowman1892–18932
- J. D. McIntyre1890–18992
- Levi Ankeny1893–19052
- Senator Squire1894–18952
- C. C. Lewis1876–18952
- Mr. Miller1861–18762
- O. C. Shorey1872–18862
- W. C. Smith1872–19102
- W. E. Wilson1872–18952
- J. B. Metcalfe1883–18842
- Geo. H. Jones1908–19102
- M. Dinsmore1888–18922
- Chief Mitchell18892
- Hanford1877–18952
- J. A. Kuhn1884–18952
- Judge Parker1893–18952
- John Quirk18762
- Daniel McDonald18762
- Harry Morgan18892
- Miles C. Moore1891–18932
- Chief Justice Burke18892
- A. M. Cannon1883–18842
- Dr. Jordan18952
- John R. Kinnear18952
- Officer Philbrick18942
- H. W. Miller1891–18922
- John Wiley18912
- Senator Allen1893–19092
- L. C. Gilman1892–18932
- Senator Claypool1891–18932
- Officer Gardner18852
- J. M. Adams18852
- David T. Denny1883–18862
- Mayor Yesler18862
- Sarah B. Yesler18952
- George Donworth18932
- M. H. Young18952
- A. P. Fitch1891–18922
- Judge Dunbar1891–18952
- Elizabeth Anderson1860–18952
- M. B. Haynes19242
- William Howard Taft19092
- M. E. Hay1909–19112
- Mr. Yantis18542
- Mr. Sayward18542
- R. E. Pratt1916–19182
- I. M. Howell19142
- J. W. Cusick1908–19102
- M. S. Lewis1914–19162
- Carroll B. Graves1892–19252
- Robert H. Lindsay1894–18952
- Judge Chadwick19162
- M. F. Backus18952
- Mrs. S. E. Wetstein19102
- Senator Frink1893–18952
- Frank Jobst1895–19032
- Eugene V. Debs18942
- John B. Denny1894–18952
- Byron Phelps1894–18952
- Judge Sullivan19092
- D. H. Carey19092
- Jesse Drumheller1903–19042
- J. J. Gallaher1903–19042
- Obadiah Osborn1903–19042
- Frank J. Kent1903–19042
- Seymour Wetmore1892–18932
- Coryell1892–18952
- J. H. May18842
- John Haley1892–18932
- Joseph B. Hill1892–18932
- Frances Barlow18842
- Judge Glasgow18942
- Justice Humphrey18942
- John Wooding1893–18942
- Hoke Smith1893–18942
- City Engineer Thomson1894–18952
- Edwin Twitmeyer18932
- A. G. Lane1894–18952
- J. K. Basye18942
- George Morrill18942
- L. N. Jones18942
- Adalbert W. Shaffer18942
- Simon Rumpf18942
- Joseph Mayer18942
- W. G. Swalwell1893–18942
- Senator Shaw1893–18952
- President Miller1894–18952
- John Bassett18942
- Commissioner Kahaley1894–18952
- Keane18942
- Commissioner Meek1894–18952
- Mayor Horr1891–18922
- J. Stanley Webster1909–19102
- Thomas Blanck18952
- Senator Belknap18952
- Alderman Compton18952
- Mayor Dow18952
- Mayor Vawter1907–19082
- Dr. Phillips19082
- Dr. J. T. Phillips1908–19092
- A. W. McMorran19082
- L. E. Jesseph19092
- W. W. Langhorne18952
- Clair Hunt19092
- Councilman McInnis19082
- James N. Glover1883–18842
- Justice Long1908–19092
- Marshal Mills1908–19092
- A. L. Ries19092
- Oscar Kildow19092
- W. J. Shelton19092
- A. D. Foster19092
- A. E. Veatch19092
- Mayor Fox19102
Organizations 103
- Seattle City Council1872–189945
- Northern Pacific Railroad1884–192431
- Tacoma City Council1884–190919
- Washington State Legislature1886–191612
- King County Commissioners1876–191910
- Ballard City Council1893–19049
- City of Seattle1885–18958
- Board of Aldermen1891–18958
- Board of Public Works1894–18957
- Commercial Club1903–19097
- Board of County Commissioners1876–18957
- Union Trunk Line18957
- Chamber of Commerce1887–18956
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce1884–18956
- Oregon Improvement Company1889–18946
- Great Northern Railroad1893–19106
- Northern Electric Co.1907–19096
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1886–18955
- General Land Office1883–18955
- Knights of Labor1886–18915
- City Council1876–18915
- Northern Pacific1887–19045
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company1884–18935
- Washington Supreme Court1891–19165
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1892–18954
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1893–18944
- Post-Intelligencer1885–18934
- Seattle Coal and Iron Company1892–18944
- Common Council1878–18954
- Tacoma Land Company1883–19094
- Seattle City Railway Company18954
- Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad1908–19104
- Newport Town Council1908–19094
- Sunset Telephone Company1894–18953
- Puget Sound Dispatch18723
- Union Pacific Railroad1893–18953
- Seattle School Board1894–18953
- House of Delegates1891–18953
- King County Superior Court1894–18953
- Street Committee1877–18953
- Interior Department1889–19093
- Seattle Board of Education1893–18953
- Everett Trades Council1910–19113
- Benton County Commissioners1905–19253
- Everett City Council1894–19113
- Walla Walla City Council19033
- Secretary of State1916–19173
- Municipal League18953
- Panhandle Lumber Co.1908–19103
- The Seattle Star1899–19102
- Women's Christian Temperance Union1883–18872
- Union Pacific1894–19092
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1895–19042
- Northern Pacific Railway1892–19042
- Great Northern Railway1892–18932
- Washington State Penitentiary18952
- Congress1860–19092
- University of Washington1893–18952
- Tacoma National Bank1889–18992
- King County1876–18952
- County Commissioners1885–18942
- Great Northern1892–19092
- Baptist Church19092
- Secretary of the Interior1893–18952
- Territorial Legislature1877–18832
- Seattle Common Council1878–18852
- Washington Territorial Legislative Assembly1860–18792
- Snohomish County Commissioners18932
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union1885–18952
- Spokane City Council18952
- Puyallup Tribe1893–19032
- Stimson Mill Company1894–18952
- Rainier Power and Railway Company18952
- Anti-Saloon League1909–19102
- Tacoma Times19092
- Washington State Senate1895–19092
- Walla Walla County Commissioners19032
- Populist Party1894–18952
- American Railway Union18942
- Spokesman-Review18952
- All-American League19102
- Crown Lumber Co.19102
- Riding and Driving Association19042
- Seattle Board of Health18952
- Priest Rapids Irrigation District19242
- Seattle Board of Aldermen1893–18952
- Spokane Board of Education1895–19032
- South End Improvement Club19092
- City Club19092
- Olympia City Council1891–18922
- Haley Grocery Company1892–18932
- Home Telephone Company18952
- Donworth & Howe1894–18952
- Seattle Fire Commission1894–18952
- Newport Water Co.1907–19082
- Stevens County Commissioners19092
- Idaho & Washington Northern1908–19092
- Newport City Council19092
- Standard Telephone Company18952
- Panhandle Investment Co.1909–19102
- Calispel Indians19092
- Stevens County Local Option League19092
- Ione Record1909–19102