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Year	Stories
1854	5
1858	1
1859	5
1860	1
1861	9
1862	9
1863	6
1864	2
1865	1
1872	17
1876	62
1877	55
1878	41
1879	5
1880	15
1882	8
1883	73
1884	50
1885	60
1886	31
1887	27
1888	26
1889	98
1890	17
1891	85
1892	153
1893	120
1894	164
1895	236
1897	6
1898	16
1899	22
1902	4
1903	67
1904	47
1905	9
1907	4
1908	38
1909	72
1910	19
1911	5
1912	3
1914	21
1915	16
1916	29
1917	11
1918	5
1922	2
1923	10
1924	4
1925	2
1929	1

1,764 stories matching purpos, the 400 most mentioned

People 240

Judge Hanford1889–190325
W. H. White1872–189513
James Hamilton Lewis1891–189512
Judge Langley1893–189512
Mayor Ronald1892–189411
A. M. Cannon1883–188410
Gov. McGraw1893–189510
Thomas Burke1878–18959
Beriah Brown1876–18859
H. L. Yesler1876–18899
John L. Wilson1892–18959
John H. McGraw1892–18959
Judge Humes1891–18959
D. T. Denny1880–18958
John Leary1882–18938
Grover Cleveland1886–18958
Senator Squire1891–18958
John B. Allen1876–18957
Henry Yesler1872–18937
Elisha P. Ferry1877–18917
Nelson Bennett1890–18947
E. O. Graves1892–18957
N. H. Owings1878–18937
Robert Bridges1892–19037
Judge Robinson1891–18927
Ankeny18957
J. N. Glover1883–18847
Theodore Roosevelt1902–19096
A. A. Denny1884–18956
Eugene Semple1887–18956
John Collins1882–18956
Jacob Furth1893–19036
William Cochrane1887–18946
Judge Osborn1889–18956
Judge Lichtenberg1891–18956
Mayor Phelps1894–18956
Corporation Counsel Scott1894–18956
F. C. Krause1908–19096
Abraham Lincoln1860–18955
Governor Ferry1891–18925
Dexter Horton1876–18955
W. R. Ballard1888–18955
Henry Villard1882–18955
George Kinnear1876–18955
Leander Miller1884–18955
J. C. Haines1882–18915
Thomas W. Prosch1880–18995
William H. White1887–18955
A. R. Gardner1914–19165
Watson C. Squire1886–18955
Allen1895–19085
Davis1887–19165
Prosecuting Attorney Miller1892–18955
J. J. Browne1883–18845
Eugene V. Debs1894–18955
James J. Hill1894–19044
Andrew Jackson1876–18954
Kellogg1854–19094
Judge Burke1888–18944
Wilson1891–18954
Orange Jacobs1872–18954
Daniel Bagley1872–18954
Judge Jacobs1872–18834
J. T. Ronald1892–18954
Harry White1891–18944
James A. Garfield1880–18894
J. J. McGilvra1872–18954
D. H. Gilman1889–18954
A. H. Chambers1891–18924
George H. Heilbron1889–18954
Sheriff Woolery18944
Adolph Krug1893–18944
Dr. Palmer18954
Andrew F. Burleigh1893–18954
H. J. Snively1890–18924
John B. Denny1884–18934
Byron Phelps1894–18954
J. W. Clise1894–19034
John Wooding1893–18994
City Engineer Thomson1894–18954
Mr. King1894–18954
Col. Eddy1891–18954
Fred L. Wolf1908–19094
G. W. Sutherland1908–19104
S. H. Piles1893–18953
Elwood Evans1861–18843
Johnson1891–19083
Miller1893–19033
C. C. Terry1876–18953
Geo. F. Richardson1914–19173
Amos Brown1894–18953
Judge Turner1884–18953
Sheriff Cochrane1887–18893
Anderson1877–18943
Mr. White1876–18953
Chief Seattle1892–18953
John Webster1887–18953
Gardner Kellogg1872–18953
Clements1872–19163
L. B. Andrews1877–18833
J. R. Lewis1877–18923
Superintendent Barnard1893–18993
W. D. Wood18953
Peter Sandberg1904–19093
Baker1892–18953
George Turner1893–18953
L. E. Johnson1914–19163
E. W. Trenbath1914–19163
H. G. Struve1878–18883
George Foster1888–18943
Murphy1892–18953
John McGraw1885–18943
Arthur A. Denny1876–18923
Justice Scott1877–18783
James McNaught1883–18853
John Quirk18763
Mr. Ronald1889–18953
William D. Wood18953
Dr. Jordan1892–18953
Fred E. Sander1886–18953
Frank J. Barnard1891–18933
J. B. MacDougall1893–18953
Calkins18913
L. C. Gilman1892–18943
Judge Campbell1884–18953
Fred Gasch1893–18943
George Venable Smith1885–18943
W. H. Harris1885–18943
A. L. Rutherford1893–18943
J. E. Baker18983
John F. Gowey1891–18923
Caldwell1887–19083
Henry Drum1892–18943
McBride1883–18953
Chief of Police Rogers1894–18953
Chief Rogers1894–18953
Rev. D. C. Garrett18953
Chief Jackson18933
John Considine18943
Abe Spring1892–18953
Sweeney1892–18953
Bennett1877–19093
W. J. Kincaid1916–19243
Governor Lister19163
H. M. Lund1907–19083
J. B. Clements1914–19163
Judge Carey1908–19093
J. W. Cusick1908–19103
John Miller Murphy18913
J. C. Syfford1916–19243
E. T. Young18923
D. H. Carey1908–19093
Judge Glasgow1893–18953
Alderman Jordan1894–18953
Judge Pritchard1893–18943
Collector Saunders1893–18953
W. T. Forrest1894–18953
Delegate Voigt1894–18953
Alderman Clise1894–18953
George Marvin Savage1891–18923
Goddard18953
Charles F. Craig1908–19093
Mayor Appel1908–19093
C. A. Fiedler1908–19093
James N. Glover1883–18843
Dr. B. F. Burch18833
Henry L. Yesler1892–18932
George Washington18892
Thomas Jefferson18892
Governor McBride19032
Senator Foster1899–19042
Will H. Parry18952
Chester A. Arthur1882–18892
Hill1895–18992
Richard Winsor1894–18952
Williams1884–18952
E. P. Ferry1882–18882
McDonald1894–19032
Peter Kirk1887–18882
Guy C. Phinney1887–18882
John Arthur18942
Rev. John F. Damon1872–18952
Eben Smith1894–18952
Charles Reitze1888–18942
James G. Blaine1889–18912
Judge Lewis1876–18782
Allen Weir1892–18942
J.H. McGraw1892–18952
Lewis1886–18952
Chief Woolery1884–18912
Roger S. Greene18952
W. H. Fife1893–18952
J. M. Frink1894–19032
Martin1876–19032
Mitchell1876–18892
Dr. Weed18762
Ulysses S. Grant1880–18892
D. S. Baker1872–19032
Judge Greene1884–18952
John J. McGilvra1894–18952
Andrew Johnson1883–18892
Garfield18722
Col. Larrabee1872–18782
T. M. Reed1891–18922
Hughes1885–18912
L. V. Wyckoff1872–18822
J. Eugene Jordan1893–18942
C. H. Hanford1877–18982
Dr. Miller1887–18882
Colonel Haines1889–18912
Dr. J. Eugene Jordan1889–18932
Ezra Meeker1891–18952
Robert Moran1889–19032
Edmond S. Meany18952
J. D. Lowman1888–18932
C. P. Ferry1894–18992
General Otis1895–18992
Taylor1895–19042
Henry Hewitt, Jr.1892–19042
Comptroller Parry1894–18952
William McKinley1892–19072
Smith1893–18952
Moore1889–18952
Marshal Hamilton1888–18892
Commissioner Emery1894–18952
Hogan1883–18922
John Sullivan1882–18862
Fred A. Minnick1876–18952
C. D. Boren1876–18912
W. R. Weisel1915–19162
Mayor Richardson19142
Lee M. Lampson1914–19162
Mr. Ward1885–18912
John Sherman1880–18892
E. C. Kilbourne1889–18952
A. Mackintosh18772
W. C. Squire1885–18942
Judge Wickersham1889–18922
McGraw1891–18922
W. W. Williams1888–18932

Organizations 160

Northern Pacific Railroad1872–190450
Seattle City Council1876–190340
Oregon Improvement Company1885–189521
Washington State Legislature1890–192318
Post-Intelligencer1883–189517
Northern Pacific1885–191617
Knights of Labor1885–189415
Republican Party1878–189515
Seattle Post-Intelligencer1882–192914
Chamber of Commerce1887–189914
Puget Sound Dispatch1872–187613
Commercial Club1894–191713
King County Commissioners1876–189512
Tacoma City Council1884–190412
Tacoma Ledger1885–189812
Northern Pacific Railway1884–191810
City Council1876–189910
Northern Pacific Railroad Company1883–189410
First National Bank1883–19089
Everett Trades Council1909–19129
General Land Office1863–18958
Seattle Chamber of Commerce1892–19038
Great Northern Railway1894–19108
Democratic Party1878–18958
Congress1876–19048
Mackintosh or Stacy18788
American Railway Union1893–18958
West Coast Improvement Company1888–18957
City of Seattle1877–18937
The Daily Intelligencer1876–18787
Western Central Labor Union1889–18957
Board of Trade1884–18957
Seattle Board of Education1894–18957
Newport Town Council1908–19097
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1888–19046
The Tribune1891–18956
Great Northern1894–19086
Great Northern Railroad1893–19106
Washington State Senate1893–19096
Olympia City Council1891–18926
Board of Public Works1892–18955
Union Pacific1883–19035
United States Congress1862–19165
Port Blakely Mill Company1876–18955
University of Washington1883–19235
Board of Regents1894–19225
Secretary of the Interior1877–19105
People's Party1892–18945
Seattle School Board1893–18955
American Federation of Labor1892–19095
Aberdeen Herald1892–18945
Benton County Commissioners1905–19245
Washington Supreme Court1891–19035
Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad1908–19105
Fidelity Lumber Co.1908–19105
The Miner1908–19095
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1885–19044
War Department1895–19184
Pacific Coast Steamship Company1891–18954
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1888–18954
Intelligencer1876–18804
County Commissioners1876–18804
Grand Army of the Republic1885–18954
Kennewick Commercial Club1914–19164
Seattle General Hospital1895–19034
King County Board of Commissioners1892–18954
Interior Department1884–19044
Washington Improvement Company1883–18954
Anti-Saloon League1904–19164
Kennewick City Council1914–19164
Walla Walla City Council19034
Populist Party1894–18954
Port of Kennewick1915–19174
Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company18954
The Ranch1903–19044
Northern Electric Co.1907–19094
Idaho Washington Northern Railroad1907–19094
Seattle Fire Department1885–18953
Seattle Police Department1885–19033
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1893–18943
Tacoma Mill Company1886–18953
Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1883–18873
Port Townsend Argus1876–18823
Seattle Daily Intelligencer1876–18773
Knights of Pythias1893–18943
Seattle Coal and Iron Company1889–18953
King County1877–18953
Washington Iron Works1885–18883
Whitman College1889–19033
Oregonian1877–18943
Port Madison Mill Company1885–18923
Union Pacific Railroad1889–18953
Territorial Legislature1876–18773
King County Board of County Commissioners1883–18953
Blackman Bros.1876–18853
Merchants' National Bank1889–18943
Spring Hill Water Company1885–18913
Seattle Water Department1894–18953
Ballard City Council1894–18953
Board of Aldermen1892–18953
House of Delegates1892–18953
Washington State House of Representatives1895–19093
Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company1885–18863
Stevens Post1885–18953
Methodist Episcopal Church1892–18953
National Guard of Washington1891–18953
First Presbyterian Church1895–19033
Bureau of Associated Charities1893–18953
Stimson Mill Company1893–18953
Tacoma Light and Water Company1893–19043
Seattle Telegraph1892–18943
Aberdeen City Council18923
Keeler Brothers1914–19163
Spokane Review1891–18923
Northern Pacific Railway Company1897–18983
Prosser Independent-Record19163
Board of State Land Commissioners18953
State Board of Equalization1893–19243
Seattle Board of Health18953
National Guard1893–18953
Keeley Institute1891–18923
Populists1894–18953
Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company1894–18953
Olympia Street Railway Company1891–18923
Stevens County Board of Commissioners1909–19103
Panhandle Lumber Co.1908–19103
Newport Commercial Club1909–19103
Knights of the Royal Arch19083
Northern Idaho Montana Power Co.1909–19103
Seattle1876–18892
Southern Pacific Railroad18952
Wells-Fargo1872–18772
Washington Standard18622
Hudson Bay Company1891–18952
The Herald1892–19082
Tacoma News1886–18952
Sunset Telephone Company1894–18952
Puget Sound National Bank1894–19032
Providence Hospital1894–18952
Union Electric Company1894–18952
Miners' Union18892
Hudson's Bay Company1859–19102
W.C.T.U.1889–19092
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1888–18932
Schwabacher Bros. & Co.1872–18832
Seattle Intelligencer1876–18802
Seattle Coal Company1878–18852
Puget Mill Company1886–18952
Olympia Tribune1872–18922
The Intelligencer1872–18772
Seattle School District1894–18952
Board of Health18952
Walla Walla Statesman1862–18772
Dexter Horton & Co.1876–18922
King County Teachers' Institute18722
United States Treasury Department1886–18942
First Washington Volunteers18992
Whitworth College1899–19042
Port Townsend Leader18912
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad1904–19142