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Year	Stories
1854	10
1858	2
1859	3
1860	1
1861	12
1862	6
1863	2
1864	2
1872	8
1876	40
1877	28
1878	26
1880	8
1882	4
1883	52
1884	35
1885	37
1886	41
1887	39
1888	31
1889	73
1890	16
1891	86
1892	162
1893	180
1894	168
1895	244
1897	7
1898	20
1899	35
1900	6
1902	1
1903	69
1904	81
1905	7
1907	4
1908	21
1909	97
1910	34
1911	9
1912	4
1914	16
1915	19
1916	42
1917	28
1918	1
1922	1
1923	15
1924	7
1925	4
1928	2
1929	4

2,012 stories matching represent, the 400 most mentioned

People 258

John L. Wilson1890–189922
John B. Allen1889–189521
George Turner1892–190418
James Hamilton Lewis1886–189817
Grover Cleveland1885–190916
Judge Hanford1893–190915
John H. McGraw1892–189515
Henry Villard1880–189413
Jacob Furth1889–190412
E. O. Graves1892–189912
W. H. White1876–192411
J. T. Ronald1891–189511
Senator Squire1891–189511
Judge Humes1893–189511
Thomas Burke1883–191010
A. A. Denny1876–189510
Judge Langley1893–189510
Watson C. Squire1885–18949
Mayor Phelps1894–18959
Chief Rogers1894–18958
M. M. Moulton1914–19258
Theodore Roosevelt1903–19097
Nelson Bennett1891–18947
Hugh Wallace1893–18947
Senator Allen1892–19097
Representative Wilson1891–18947
Miles Poindexter1909–19177
Gov. McGraw1894–18957
James J. Hill1894–19096
Henry Yesler1876–18936
Eugene Semple1887–18956
Benjamin Harrison1888–18926
Judge Jacobs1876–18916
Edmond S. Meany1892–18996
Levi Ankeny1893–19086
Elisha P. Ferry1877–18956
H. G. Struve1876–18936
Allen1890–18956
A. M. Cannon1883–18926
Judge Lichtenberg1891–18946
Representative Metcalfe18916
J. J. Browne1883–18946
Rev. D. C. Garrett1893–18956
Steve Judson1892–18946
Representative Doolittle1894–18956
S. H. Piles1893–18955
Governor Ferry1891–18925
Judge Turner1888–18955
John Arthur1885–18945
D. T. Denny1891–18955
Beriah Brown1876–18805
Roger S. Greene1893–18955
John Collins1892–19035
John Leary1883–18935
W. D. Wood1884–18955
John Sherman1876–18955
C. B. Wright1878–18955
John Wiley1891–18955
John F. Gowey1891–18935
Prosecuting Attorney Miller1892–18945
Andrew F. Burleigh1892–18955
Ankeny18955
H. J. Snively1890–18945
Gordon C. Moores1916–19175
Eugene V. Debs1894–18955
Justice Caldwell1894–18955
Abraham Lincoln1860–18894
Page1876–18954
Richard Winsor1892–18954
Councilman James18994
Mayor Humes18994
Amos Brown1877–18954
Judge Burke1889–18944
Wilson1889–18954
Orange Jacobs1876–18954
James G. Blaine1876–18924
Leander Miller1884–18954
Bailey Gatzert1892–18934
J. Eugene Jordan1892–18954
Thomas W. Prosch1878–18994
William H. White1884–18954
Baker1889–19094
Harold Preston1895–19034
C. D. Emery1876–18924
Watson Squire1886–18934
Judge Calkins18914
W. H. Calkins1891–18924
L. C. Gilman18924
Senator Claypool1891–18934
Fred Gasch1893–18954
Hoole18934
Griffith Davies1893–18954
Mayor Ronald1892–18944
Representative Jones1898–19054
F. L. Bash1915–19174
Ole Hanson19094
M. E. Hay1909–19144
Conrad1904–19154
Wesley L. Jones1908–19174
John B. Denny1893–18954
Byron Phelps1894–18954
Frank Mortimer19044
Frank Hanford1883–18954
John Bushell1893–18954
Judge Glasgow1893–18954
John Fairfield1893–18944
Hoke Smith1893–18954
Alderman Jordan1894–18954
Collector Saunders1894–18954
Henry Craemer1894–18954
Mayor Horr1891–18924
J. N. Glover1883–18844
J. C. H. Reynolds1908–19094
Col. Hart18954
Henry L. Yesler1878–18933
Thomas Jefferson1889–18943
Elwood Evans1854–18623
President Penrose19033
Squire18913
Brown1883–18943
Voorhees1885–18863
Miller1883–18953
Geo. F. Richardson19143
Hill1888–18993
White1892–18993
Dexter Horton1876–18953
McDonald1889–19033
Rev. John F. Damon1894–18953
Eben Smith1885–18953
Judge Lewis1876–18883
Thomas H. Brents1880–18823
Anderson1893–18953
Mr. White1884–19173
Val Wildman18763
Chief Seattle1892–18953
John J. McGilvra1878–18953
Gardner Kellogg1872–18953
A. M. Brookes18953
J. C. Haines1884–18913
J. D. Lowman1893–18953
Everett Smith1891–18943
Councilman Jones1889–18993
Councilman Hill18993
Commissioner Emery1894–18953
Campbell1894–19093
Clark1891–19043
L. E. Johnson1914–19163
E. W. Trenbath1914–19163
Woodrow Wilson1916–19183
E. C. Kilbourne1889–18993
McGraw1891–18923
Mr. Milner1886–18883
Judge Orange Jacobs1889–18953
S. Garfielde1861–18723
Turner1893–18953
J. J. McGilvra18953
Jay Cooke1872–18833
President Harrison1876–18923
D. H. Gilman1891–18923
Arthur A. Denny1886–18953
Hanford1877–18953
Andrews1877–19163
Samuel Wilkeson1889–18943
Henry White1889–19033
James Wickersham1889–18943
Judge J. P. Hoyt1889–18953
A. H. Chambers1891–18923
E. F. Blaine1892–18943
Robert Bridges1892–18953
Fred H. Peterson1894–18953
Fred E. Sander1893–18953
Junius Rochester1892–18933
McNeill1916–19173
John R. Kinnear1889–18953
Calkins18913
Harry Clarke18913
Thomas Carroll1891–18923
Rev. Clark Davis1891–18953
E. M. Carr1884–18953
Angus Mackintosh1891–18953
Robert Wingate1893–18943
W. H. Harris18943
T. H. Cavanaugh1886–18923
Henry Drum1892–18943
Morrison1893–18953
M. C. Sullivan1892–18933
McBride18943
Judge Robinson1891–18923
McKenzie1893–19033
Percy W. Rochester1892–18943
W. G. Armstrong1893–18953
S. L. Crawford1894–18953
Judge Dunbar1894–18953
W. C. Jones1894–18953
J. B. Clements1914–19163
Pratt1895–19173
Bash1916–19173
Ferdinand Toklas18953
Mayor Wright19043
A. F. Burleigh1893–18953
Myron H. Ellis1890–18923
A. D. Warner1893–18953
Franklin K. Lane1892–18943
Will H. Thompson1894–19093
Daniel Kelleher1893–18943
Chauncey W. Griggs1892–18933
Joe Cannon19093
John B. Slater1892–19083
Roscoe18933
Justice Humphrey1893–18943
D. Thomas Denny1893–18953
Detective Philbrick1893–18953
Judge Pritchard1894–18953
J. K. Basye18943
Mayor Orr1894–18953
Corporation Counsel Scott1894–18953
Simon Rumpf18943
Joseph Mayer18943
H. R. Clise18953
Charles F. Gloystein18943
Councilman Murphy1891–18923
Goddard18953
Alderman Compton18953
Mayor Appel1908–19093
F. C. Krause19093
Harry Fraser18953
H. H. Jones19093
Marden18953
Dr. B. F. Burch18833
Representative Johnson19293
President Roosevelt19032
Isaac I. Stevens1862–18912
Daniel Webster1877–18892
Andrew Jackson18952
Senator Ankeny1903–19052
Governor McBride1903–19042
F. R. Wall1891–18922
Berry1886–18902
Mr. Robinson1899–19162
Mr. Bennett1888–18922
Chester A. Arthur1883–18892
Councilman Navin18992
Jim Hill1899–19092
Nevin1891–18992
Hutchinson1891–18952
Allen C. Mason1887–19042
Justice Soderberg1887–18882
Frank Terrace1888–18942
Judge Nash1891–18922
Guy C. Phinney1892–18932
Burke1880–18862
Payne1876–19032
Brents1882–18852
Robert Abrams1893–18952
Parker1876–18922
Daniel Bagley1872–18932
William H. Seward1880–18892
Carl Schurz1872–18842

Organizations 142

Northern Pacific Railroad1872–192479
Seattle City Council1883–190336
Republican Party1861–190832
Chamber of Commerce1887–190429
Post-Intelligencer1885–189522
Washington State Legislature1890–192519
Seattle Post-Intelligencer1882–192917
Seattle Chamber of Commerce1884–190317
Northern Pacific1886–191517
Everett Trades Council1909–191217
Oregon Improvement Company1884–189516
Knights of Labor1885–189415
Democratic Party1859–190415
Great Northern Railway1893–191113
Commercial Club1894–191712
University of Washington1891–192411
Western Central Labor Union1889–190411
Great Northern Railroad1891–191011
Northern Pacific Railroad Company1883–189711
Tacoma City Council1893–190910
Sunset Telephone Company1894–190410
People's Party1889–18988
King County Commissioners1878–18957
Northern Pacific Railway1884–19097
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1888–18957
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1888–18957
City Council1883–19037
Kennewick Commercial Club1914–19177
Board of Trade1884–18957
Tacoma Ledger1892–18957
Seattle Athletic Club1892–19097
American Federation of Labor1894–19237
American Railway Union1893–18957
Trades Council1892–19127
Salvation Army1892–18956
Congress1884–19046
Puget Sound Dispatch1872–18766
Great Northern1893–19096
Grand Army of the Republic1885–19106
Interstate Commerce Commission1894–19176
First National Bank1883–19096
Puyallup Tribe1892–19096
Northern Electric Co.1908–19096
Southern Pacific Railroad1884–19045
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1887–19095
The Tribune1878–18955
Standard Oil Company1888–18995
Union Pacific Railroad1876–18945
Tacoma Land Company1886–18955
Washington House of Representatives1891–19095
Public Service Commission1915–19165
Populist Party1893–18985
Olympia City Council1891–18925
Idaho Washington Northern Railroad1908–19105
The Seattle Star18994
West Coast Improvement Company1893–18954
Union Pacific1891–18954
King County1876–18944
Board of Regents1891–18954
Northern Pacific Coal Company18944
Washington Territorial Legislature1861–18834
King County Board of Commissioners1877–18954
Ballard City Council1892–18954
Legislative Assembly of Washington Territory1861–18864
Bureau of Associated Charities1893–18954
Tacoma Railway & Power Company19044
Spokesman-Review18954
Independent Telephone Company19044
Populists1894–18954
Municipal League1894–18954
Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company1894–18954
Fidelity Lumber Co.1908–19104
Seattle1876–18883
General Land Office1885–18953
Washington Standard18613
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1880–19033
United States Congress1877–18923
The Herald1889–18923
War Department1899–19183
Tacoma News1886–18993
Seattle Fire Department18953
Treasury Department1892–18953
Canadian Pacific Railway1893–19093
Y.M.C.A.1894–19173
Union Electric Company1895–18993
W.C.T.U.1885–18993
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1889–18953
U.S. Congress1886–19293
U.S. House of Representatives1882–18923
Schwabacher Bros. & Co.1885–18993
Odd Fellows1882–18993
The Daily Intelligencer1876–18773
Seattle Daily Intelligencer1876–18783
Seattle Dispatch1872–18783
Walla Walla County1876–19153
A. P. A.1894–18953
Whitman College19033
United States Senate1877–19093
Evening Dispatch1877–18783
Common Council1889–18953
Canadian Pacific1889–19083
Seattle City Railway Company18953
Typographical Union1889–18953
Farmers' Alliance1891–18943
Board of Aldermen1893–18953
Washington State House of Representatives1891–19093
Methodist Episcopal Church1894–18953
Committee of Fifteen1887–18953
Longshoremen's Union1893–19043
House of Representatives1885–19093
The Ledger1893–19043
Washington Territorial House of Representatives1854–18873
City of Tacoma1894–18953
Seattle & Montana Railway1891–18953
The Tacoma Times19043
Pacific Power & Light Company1914–19163
Washington State Federation of Labor1910–19223
State Federation of Labor1910–19233
Washington Agricultural College1892–18983
Spokane Chamber of Commerce1898–19143
Kennewick-Richland Marketing Union19173
Northwestern Fruit Exchange1916–19233
Northern Pacific Steamship Company1892–18943
Waitsburg Commercial Club19033
King County delegation1892–18953
Pullman Company1894–18953
Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company18953
Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad1908–19093
Panhandle Lumber Co.1908–19103
Newport Commercial Club1908–19103
Eshelman, Llewellyn & Co.18882
Board of Public Works1891–18952
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway1887–18882
Wells-Fargo1872–18772
Butler Hotel1895–18992
City of Seattle1893–18952
Snoqualmie Falls Power Company1899–19042
Pacific Coast Steamship Company1895–18992
Hudson's Bay Company1854–18612
Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1886–18872
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad18782
Territorial University1880–18832