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| 1859 | 1 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1862 | 3 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 3 |
| 1872 | 3 |
| 1876 | 34 |
| 1877 | 23 |
| 1878 | 11 |
| 1880 | 3 |
| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 25 |
| 1884 | 18 |
| 1885 | 22 |
| 1886 | 17 |
| 1887 | 9 |
| 1888 | 12 |
| 1889 | 40 |
| 1890 | 10 |
| 1891 | 34 |
| 1892 | 87 |
| 1893 | 82 |
| 1894 | 99 |
| 1895 | 104 |
| 1897 | 5 |
| 1898 | 9 |
| 1899 | 20 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 42 |
| 1904 | 26 |
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 11 |
| 1909 | 34 |
| 1910 | 6 |
| 1911 | 4 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 13 |
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| 1916 | 21 |
| 1917 | 11 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 5 |
| 1924 | 3 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1928 | 1 |
880 stories matching seven
- A Desperate Search for a Missing Seattle Boy
A seven-year-old child vanishes from his home on Second Avenue, sparking a plea for information.
- A Massive Seven-Story Building Planned for First and Seneca
In a $90,000 real estate deal, a new landmark will soon rise on the downtown waterfront, featuring three stories of warehouse space below the street level.
- The Closing of a Pioneer Era
After thirty-seven years on the land, one of Chehalis County's earliest settlers sells his river-bottom ranch for a small fortune.
- Seattle's Unemployed Turn Vacant Lots Into Gardens
A relief committee has placed sixty-seven families on borrowed land and handed out seed, but most applicants live in the north end while most lots are in the south.
- Thirty-Seven Dead at Franklin: Seattle Rallies for the Widows of a Mine Disaster
A day after an explosion killed thirty-seven coal miners in the Franklin pit, the Post-Intelligencer opens a relief fund for the widows and orphans left behind — pleading with readers that the miners' own generosity cannot stretch far enough.
- The Horror of the Seattle Police Dungeon
A man held for seven days without charges in a 'black hole' recounts the squalor, lice, and mental torture inflicted by the local department.
- A Heartbreaking Scene of Poverty
After a mother dies in North Yakima, authorities discover seven children starving in the family home.
- The Search for a Missing Seattle Heir
After twenty-seven years of silence, a missing heir surfaces to claim a $300,000 estate, reuniting a family divided by distance and time.
- Seven Years of Sagebrush
A Highlands farmer transforms raw desert land into a productive bungalow estate.
- A Cougar at Twenty Feet: A Hood Canal Family's Close Call
Walter Bywater was walking a Hood Canal trail with his wife and child when a seven-foot cougar crouched to spring. A Scotch terrier and a quick rifle shot changed the ending.
- The Great Seattle Fire Department Mutiny
Twenty-seven veteran firemen resigned in protest after a political appointment replaced their chief, leaving the city with an untested crew.
- The Colonel’s Campaign Roadshow
Roland H. Hartley kicks off a seven-week statewide tour, bringing a university quartet to belt out campaign ballads and challenging the power of organized labor.
- Tragedy on the Monte Cristo Road
Two more immigrant laborers succumb to injuries from a dynamite blast, bringing the death toll to seven.
- The Great Parliamentary Stall of 1862
After ninety-seven ballots, the Council remains deadlocked, delaying the people’s business for a debate over regional representation.
- A Covered Wagon Arrival on Main Street
A caravan of twenty-seven resilient immigrants completes an arduous journey from Texas, arriving at Seattle’s First National Bank in a fleet of wagons.
- A Woman's Seven-Day Trek Through the Snoqualmie Pass
While critics mocked women’s ability to handle physical labor, one traveler proved the skeptics wrong by hiking the Cascade Range alongside her husband.
- The Silent Stage: Walla Walla Theater Musicians Walk Out
A labor dispute between the Opera House management and the local Musicians' union leaves the stage quiet and the future of live theater in doubt.
- The Seven Titans Controlling the West
A new 'community of interest' among seven massive railroad syndicates threatens to choke competition and consolidate total power over Western freight routes.
- The Tragic Cost of a Pharmacist’s Error
A Seattle family sues for damages after a drug store clerk accidentally sells a lethal poison in place of medicine for their seven-month-old daughter.
- Twenty-Seven Years Later, a Georgia Slaveholder Walked Into His Former Slaves' Seattle Office
Two men who had once been Col. Clinton C. Duncan's property built new lives in Seattle — one a preacher, one an employment agent. He came to call, and they didn't recognize him until they did.
- The Battle Over the Kennewick-Finley Road
A local editor defends the controversial seven-mile stretch of oiled road against critics, citing cost-effectiveness and utility.
- Tragic Household Accident Claims a Young Life
A seven-year-old boy has passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital after a freak accident involving a window sash at his family's home.
- Tacoma Votes to Expand City Infrastructure
Citizens approve a massive bond issue to fund a new City Hall and retire outstanding warrants.
- The Expulsion of Tacoma’s Chinese Residents
A celebratory procession and public speeches in Tacoma mark the return of twenty-seven men indicted for the forced removal of the city's Chinese population.
- The Woodin Mill Burns Down
A fire sparked by a friction belt destroys a major Fairhaven lumber mill, leaving forty-seven men jobless in an already struggling economy.