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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1872 | 8 |
| 1876 | 32 |
| 1877 | 27 |
| 1878 | 12 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 8 |
| 1882 | 8 |
| 1883 | 43 |
| 1884 | 28 |
| 1885 | 33 |
| 1886 | 35 |
| 1887 | 33 |
| 1888 | 25 |
| 1889 | 73 |
| 1891 | 22 |
| 1892 | 91 |
| 1893 | 104 |
| 1894 | 90 |
| 1895 | 106 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 1 |
| 1899 | 47 |
| 1903 | 19 |
| 1904 | 6 |
| 1908 | 1 |
| 1909 | 7 |
| 1910 | 4 |
| 1915 | 1 |
| 1916 | 4 |
| 1917 | 1 |
| 1923 | 1 |
| 1924 | 5 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 3 |
773 stories matching recent, the 249 most mentioned
People 156
- Mayor Ronald1892–189513
- Henry Villard1882–18879
- Grover Cleveland1885–18959
- Judge Langley1893–18958
- Beriah Brown1876–18887
- W. H. White1883–18996
- H. L. Yesler1882–18956
- James J. Hill1893–19035
- John Collins1882–18955
- Mayor Phelps1894–18955
- Andrew Jackson1886–18954
- A. A. Denny1876–18954
- John Leary1883–18934
- Judge Hanford1894–18954
- John H. McGraw1885–18944
- T. P. Freeman18774
- Watson Squire1886–18924
- Detective Cudihee1893–18944
- Dr. Palmer1893–18954
- Eugene V. Debs1894–18954
- Judge Glasgow1894–18954
- Corporation Counsel Scott1894–18954
- Governor Ferry1883–18923
- Hill1888–18993
- Mayor Humes18993
- Thomas Burke1886–19103
- Watson C. Squire18853
- A. A. Osborn1889–18953
- Sheriff McGraw1883–18893
- Robert Bridges1892–18953
- Frank J. Barnard1893–18953
- Chief Rogers1892–18953
- Chief Jackson18933
- Abe Spring1892–18933
- Robert H. Lindsay1894–19103
- Byron Phelps1893–18943
- W. E. Barnard18633
- Collector Saunders1894–18953
- Voigt18953
- Clise18953
- S. H. Piles1893–18952
- Theodore Roosevelt19032
- Harrison1882–18892
- John B. Allen18922
- Will H. Parry1892–18952
- Miller1895–18992
- James1895–18992
- Amos Brown18942
- Sheriff Cochrane1888–18892
- McDonald1895–18992
- Judge Burke1889–18942
- John Arthur1891–18942
- Orange Jacobs1885–18952
- Henry Yesler18852
- D. T. Denny1872–18762
- Johnny Preston18882
- J. M. Frink1894–18952
- George Kinnear1889–18942
- Dr. Weed18762
- Judge Jacobs1876–18992
- John Webster1872–18892
- Gardner Kellogg1885–18922
- Leander Miller1893–18952
- Bailey Gatzert1891–18922
- J. Eugene Jordan18932
- C. H. Hanford1886–18892
- Vanderbilt1876–18882
- Dr. J. Eugene Jordan18892
- Robert Moran1895–18992
- Thomas W. Prosch1880–18942
- Edmond S. Meany1891–18952
- Jacob Furth1893–18942
- J. D. Lowman1888–18932
- Lynch1877–18992
- Taylor1899–19042
- Harry White1892–18942
- Star Reporter18992
- Herman Chapin1889–18952
- Officer Grant1895–18992
- Commissioner Emery18952
- Senator Squire18942
- John Sullivan1876–18822
- John L. Wilson18942
- Alexander Allen1888–18952
- Kline1888–18922
- Councilman Durie1888–18892
- Justice Scott18782
- Chapman18952
- Hanford1885–18862
- Coroner Bagley18772
- James McNaught1883–18952
- Mayor Moran18892
- Prince Bismarck18892
- Kittinger1886–18892
- Davis1877–18922
- Judge Osborn1889–18922
- Thomas Hopkins18892
- George H. Heilbron18922
- Fred E. Sander1892–18952
- J. A. Hatfield1886–18952
- Frank Burns Jr.18892
- Douglas Young1891–18932
- Judge Lichtenberg1891–18922
- George W. Hall1892–18942
- Judge Humes1894–18952
- Jesse Cochran18922
- W. P. Boyd1891–18952
- Major Rinehart1891–18922
- Officer Gardner18852
- James H. Woolery1885–18922
- Coroner Dawson1885–18862
- Jim Turk1886–18952
- Dr. Churchill18952
- Winslow1887–18942
- Sarah B. Yesler1883–18952
- Clough1887–18952
- D. C. Garrett1894–18952
- Chief of Police Rogers18942
- George Donworth1892–18942
- David E. Durie1893–18952
- John Considine1893–18942
- Sweeney18952
- Judge Bell1903–19042
- Rev. M. A. Matthews1903–19092
- Milo A. Root1895–19082
- John Cort1889–18922
- John B. Agen1891–18982
- Deputy Sheriff Nelson1903–19042
- Ferdinand Toklas1892–18952
- George Herbert Watson1883–18942
- Edward Diller1892–19242
- A. F. Haas1892–18942
- Krug18942
- Superintendent Dooley1892–18932
- Melvin G. Winstock1892–18932
- Superintendent Wilson1892–18932
- Thomas Henderson Boyd1892–18932
- Gov. McGraw1894–18952
- Justice Caldwell1894–18952
- Justice Humphrey18942
- Edwin Hall Warner1894–18952
- City Engineer Thomson1894–18952
- Officer Crandall18932
- Ah Look1893–18952
- Acting Mayor Miller1893–18952
- Judge Bellinger1893–18942
- Health Officer Palmer1893–18952
- James Hogan18952
- Assistant Prosecuting Attorney McBride18942
- W. P. C. Adams1894–18952
- S. G. Parker1894–18952
- Hurd18952
- Lovejoy18952
- Detective Hart18952
- Coroner Askam18952
- Representative Johnson19292
Organizations 93
- Seattle City Council1876–189924
- Northern Pacific Railroad1883–190318
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1885–189213
- Post-Intelligencer1882–189511
- Northern Pacific1878–190911
- Republican Party1872–189410
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company1883–189510
- Oregon Improvement Company1883–18959
- Board of Public Works1891–18958
- University of Washington1863–19168
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce1884–18997
- Great Northern Railway1893–18997
- Democratic Party1880–18947
- American Railway Union1894–18957
- Chamber of Commerce1886–18996
- City of Seattle1877–19096
- Seattle School Board1886–18956
- General Land Office1872–18895
- Knights of Labor1885–18925
- Western Central Labor Union1892–19045
- Board of Regents1863–18955
- Bureau of Associated Charities1892–18955
- Northern Pacific Railway1883–18924
- Providence Hospital1886–18994
- The Daily Intelligencer18764
- Seattle Variety Store18774
- Great Northern Railroad1892–18954
- Seattle Athletic Club1892–18954
- Seattle1878–18893
- King County Commissioners1876–18933
- Seattle Fire Department1883–18893
- Seattle Police Department1899–19163
- Pacific Coast Steamship Company1884–18993
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1888–18953
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1888–18943
- U.S. Congress1885–18953
- Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1886–18873
- Seattle Intelligencer1876–18803
- Daily Intelligencer1876–18803
- Oregon Railway and Navigation Company1884–18893
- Dexter Horton & Co.1889–18953
- Grand Jury1885–18873
- Canadian Pacific1889–18943
- Rainier Club1891–19163
- Board of Aldermen1891–18953
- Toklas & Singerman1877–18893
- The Ranch19033
- The Seattle Star18992
- Hall Brothers1877–18882
- Union Pacific1882–18952
- United States Congress1876–18922
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1894–18992
- Sunset Telephone Company1892–18952
- Tacoma1886–18992
- Congress18952
- Pacific Mail Steamship Company18762
- Seattle Dispatch1872–18802
- A. P. A.18942
- City Council1883–18922
- Oregon and Transcontinental Company1883–18842
- Walla Walla Statesman1876–18772
- First Washington Volunteers18992
- Great Northern1893–18952
- King County Medical Society19102
- Seattle National Bank18952
- Port Blakeley Mill Company1893–18952
- New England Hotel1878–18802
- Common Council1878–18842
- Episcopal Church1892–18952
- O.R. & N. Co.18892
- P. F. Collier18892
- Spring Hill Water Company1885–18912
- Knights Templar1892–18942
- N. W. Harris & Co.1891–18952
- Ballard City Council1895–19042
- Ladies' Relief Society1887–18932
- Engine Company No. 11884–18862
- Law and Order Party18852
- Seattle Board of Education1893–18952
- National Guard of Washington1886–18892
- Working Women's Union1887–18922
- First Presbyterian Church1895–19032
- St. Mark's Church1895–19032
- Cordray's Theater1893–18952
- Hyams, Pauson & Co.1892–18932
- Fremont Milling Company18952
- American Federation of Labor1894–19102
- Denny Clay Company1894–18952
- Union Club18952
- Company E1893–18942
- Central Pacific Railroad Company1883–18842
- Pullman Company18952
- The Filipino Forum19292