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Year	Stories
1854	15
1858	10
1859	11
1860	7
1861	17
1862	20
1863	22
1864	14
1865	5
1871	6
1872	35
1876	274
1877	184
1878	141
1879	10
1880	58
1882	45
1883	281
1884	121
1885	244
1886	120
1887	157
1888	147
1889	383
1890	89
1891	309
1892	788
1893	709
1894	650
1895	813
1896	1
1897	20
1898	60
1899	137
1900	35
1902	12
1903	355
1904	297
1905	32
1907	15
1908	128
1909	349
1910	80
1911	29
1912	8
1914	70
1915	78
1916	144
1917	76
1918	12
1919	1
1922	7
1923	41
1924	38
1925	20
1928	5
1929	7

4,479 stories matching two, the 400 most mentioned

People 253

Judge Humes1891–189552
Judge Hanford1889–190950
Judge Langley1893–189535
James Hamilton Lewis1887–189829
Mayor Ronald1892–189427
A. A. Denny1862–189526
John Collins1876–190326
Coroner Horton1891–189426
Thomas Burke1876–189725
John B. Allen1889–189523
J. T. Ronald1887–190423
Prosecuting Attorney Miller1892–189521
James J. Hill1892–190920
W. H. White1876–192420
John H. McGraw1886–189520
Judge Osborn1889–189520
Chief Rogers1892–189520
John L. Wilson1883–189518
Sheriff McGraw1883–188918
Mayor Phelps1894–189518
John Leary1883–189517
George Turner1892–190017
Senator Squire1891–189517
Justice Caldwell1893–189517
Henry Yesler1876–189516
Nelson Bennett1889–190916
Chief of Police Rogers1892–189516
Chief Jackson1892–189316
Judge Glasgow1893–189516
Gov. McGraw1893–189516
Coroner Askam189516
Henry Villard1880–189515
Miller1883–190914
Governor Ferry1876–189214
Judge Jacobs1872–189514
Grover Cleveland1885–190914
Smith1876–190314
Judge Lichtenberg1891–189414
Sheriff Woolery1891–189414
Henry L. Yesler1876–190213
Johnson1878–191413
Judge Burke1882–189513
Commissioner Emery1888–189513
Watson C. Squire1883–189513
Detective Cudihee1892–189513
Byron Phelps1892–189513
James Murphy1892–189513
Chief Hunt1893–189513
Corporation Counsel Scott1894–189513
Dexter Horton1876–189512
Sheriff Cochrane1887–189212
McDonald1883–190312
J. R. Lewis1877–189212
Allen1876–190812
City Engineer Thomson1894–189512
Andrew Jackson1876–189911
Theodore Roosevelt1893–190911
Beriah Brown1872–188411
L. V. Wyckoff1876–189511
Jacob Furth1887–190311
Turner1878–190311
Daniel Leighton1877–187811
Jack McDonald1892–189511
Francis Henry186310
H. L. Yesler1871–189510
Dr. Weed1871–188510
J. Eugene Jordan1889–189610
J. C. Haines1883–189110
Levi Ankeny1893–190710
Jones1887–191710
Elisha P. Ferry1876–189510
E. O. Graves1894–189510
H. W. Light1877–187810
A. M. Cannon1883–189410
Fred Gasch1885–189510
Dr. Palmer1893–189510
Justice Humphrey1893–189410
Judge Lewis1876–18959
Eugene Semple1888–18959
Dr. J. Eugene Jordan1888–19039
Arthur A. Denny1878–18959
E. C. Ferguson1876–18959
Miles C. Moore1889–19159
Thomas W. Symons1891–18959
Judge Brents1903–19049
Eugene V. Debs1894–19089
Thomas Blanck18959
Brown1882–19038
Jim Hill1891–19098
Hill1876–18998
White1876–18998
Judge Turner1887–18938
Wilson1876–19098
Roger S. Greene1880–18958
Anderson1877–19048
Chief Seattle1871–19048
Gardner Kellogg1877–18958
Leander Miller1893–18958
Thompson1877–19108
M. S. Booth1872–18768
Bolton Rogers1888–18998
Lee M. Lampson1914–19248
D. H. Gilman1889–18958
Dr. Calhoun1876–18938
Justice Scott1876–18808
E. S. Ingraham1876–18958
Davis1885–19168
Junius Rochester1886–18938
Justice Von Tobel1891–18928
T. B. Corey1891–18958
John Wiley1891–18958
Judge Arntson19098
Judge Easterday19098
Governor McBride1903–19047
Kellogg1854–19147
Amos Brown1876–18957
John Arthur1885–18957
Orange Jacobs1871–18957
D. T. Denny1876–18957
W. H. Fife1882–18957
Parker1876–18997
Dr. Sparling1876–18927
Clements1915–19177
Superintendent Barnard1893–18957
W. D. Wood1887–18997
Clark1877–19037
A. R. Gardner1914–19177
Peterson1889–19117
Snyder1876–19097
Murphy1888–18957
Paul Schulze1891–18957
John McGraw1885–18947
Charles Anderson1877–18957
John Thompson1877–18957
C. B. Wright1878–18957
Watson Squire1883–18947
Chief Butterfield18897
Robert Bridges1892–18957
I. A. Nadeau1889–18957
Hugh Wallace1893–18947
Judge Rivers1891–18927
L. C. Gilman1887–18957
Wilbur Patten1886–18947
John W. Considine1892–18957
J. J. Browne1883–18947
Judge Griffin1903–19047
Ankeny18957
J. B. Clements1914–19187
Judge Carey1908–19177
John Miller Murphy1862–18927
A. F. Burleigh1892–18957
Collector Saunders1893–18957
Prosecuting Attorney Hastie18957
Dr. Phillips1908–19097
Senator Ankeny1903–19046
Page1876–18956
James1886–19086
Rev. John F. Damon1893–18956
Thomas H. Brents1880–18826
Chief Woolery1882–18846
John Smith1886–18946
Robert Moran1887–18996
Edmond S. Meany1891–18956
J. D. Lowman1892–18996
C. J. Smith1893–18956
Everett Smith1891–18946
John Anderson1876–19046
John Johnson1877–19006
William H. White1876–18956
McGraw1878–18926
Reed1890–19096
Ronald1884–18946
Frank Smith1878–19046
Mr. Wilson1876–18956
Justice Miller18896
Fred E. Sander1889–18956
McNeill1916–19176
James G. Swan1861–18916
Senator Allen1892–18936
John Kelly1885–19036
O'Brien1884–19156
M. C. Sullivan1891–18946
Dr. Sweeney1892–18956
Detective Cave1892–18936
Bennett1895–19096
John F. Miller1889–18956
H. J. Snively1892–19166
M. S. Lewis1914–19186
F. R. Jeffrey1915–19166
Thomas Winsor1894–18956
Ford1884–18956
Senator Hutchinson1893–19096
Detective Philbrick1893–18956
Judge Pritchard1894–18956
General Manager Kendrick1893–18956
Van de Vanter1893–18956
Sheriff Van de Vanter18956
George Marvin Savage1891–18926
Justice Long1908–19096
President Roosevelt1902–19035
Abraham Lincoln1891–19035
Senator Foster1903–19045
Sheriff Canutt1899–19035
Crichton1892–18995
Richard Winsor1892–18995
Williams1876–19095
Mr. Smith1876–18995
Foster1876–18945
Joe18945
James Kelly1888–19035
Sullivan1892–19145
Dr. Minor1876–18875
Daniel Bagley1862–18955
Cyrus Walker1885–18935
Dr. Miller1887–18935
Mr. Colman1876–18885
Victor Smith1862–18885
Ezra Meeker1885–19085
Dr. Smith1883–18995
Thomas W. Prosch1891–18995
Taylor1891–19045
Campbell1892–18955
Baker1889–19035
Mr. Johnson1858–18915
E. M. Sly1914–19175
E. W. Trenbath1914–19165
C. E. Copeland1914–19165
Judge Wickersham1885–18895
Hamilton1887–19095
J. J. McGilvra1878–18955
Hunt1895–19045
J. M. Colman1886–18955
Andrews1876–19165
Chief Moses1883–19045
John Burke1880–19245
J. N. Low1876–18775
Samuel L. Crawford1889–18955
Mr. Ronald1889–18955
James Wickersham1889–18945
D. A. McKenzie1889–18955
Chief Kellogg1890–18925
Thomas Carroll1891–18925
Rev. Clark Davis1891–18955
Adams1884–19045
David T. Denny1883–18955
Griffith Davies1893–18955
McBride1864–18985
Judge Robinson1891–18925
David E. Durie1894–18955
James Hart1892–18985
Charley1876–18955
Frank Johnson1895–19095
Judge Bell1895–19035

Organizations 147

Northern Pacific Railroad1871–1916200
Northern Pacific1878–191687
Seattle City Council1876–192966
Oregon Improvement Company1883–189563
Great Northern Railway1889–192459
Post-Intelligencer1882–189555
Great Northern1892–191647
Seattle Post-Intelligencer1882–192946
Great Northern Railroad1891–190946
Republican Party1880–190934
Knights of Labor1885–189433
Chamber of Commerce1883–190932
University of Washington1863–192932
Tacoma City Council1885–190931
Northern Pacific Railway1883–191628
Democratic Party1876–190928
King County Commissioners1876–190427
Commercial Club1892–191625
Washington State Legislature1891–192525
Salvation Army1888–192224
Seattle Athletic Club1892–189524
Seattle Chamber of Commerce1886–190421
American Railway Union1894–189520
Everett Trades Council1909–191219
Northern Pacific Railroad Company1883–189819
Board of Public Works1892–189918
Seattle Fire Department1877–189918
Providence Hospital1884–189918
People's Party1886–189518
Tacoma Ledger1883–190418
General Land Office1860–190916
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1887–189516
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1887–189515
Fidelity Lumber Co.1908–191015
Union Pacific1885–190914
City of Seattle1884–189913
Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad1907–190913
Seattle1876–188912
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1888–189412
Congress1859–190912
The Daily Intelligencer1876–187712
Knights of Pythias1892–191712
Western Central Labor Union1892–189912
Board of County Commissioners1876–191612
First National Bank1883–190912
Seattle School Board1885–189512
Stimson Mill Company1892–189512
Washington State Senate1893–190912
Olympia City Council1891–189512
Panhandle Lumber Co.1908–191012
Puget Sound Dispatch1871–187611
Tacoma Land Company1879–190911
United States Congress1862–189210
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1888–190910
Odd Fellows1878–191710
Intelligencer1872–188010
City Council1883–190510
King County1872–189510
Bonney & Stewart1891–189910
Bureau of Associated Charities1892–189510
Tacoma News1892–19049
Pacific Coast Steamship Company1886–18999
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad1888–18929
Dexter Horton & Co.1876–18949
Coast Seamen's Union1887–18959
Ballard City Council1893–18959
Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company1885–18929
Methodist Episcopal Church1887–18959
Walla Walla City Council19039
Washington Supreme Court1891–19099
Olympic Athletic Club1894–18959
Seattle Police Department1888–19038
Tacoma Mill Company1879–19048
Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1882–18878
Seattle Intelligencer1876–18958
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1876–18888
County Commissioners1872–19038
Washington Iron Works1883–18998
Grand Army of the Republic1889–18958
Board of Regents1863–18998
Board of Aldermen1893–18958
Sailors' Union1892–19108
Seattle Cedar Lumber Company1893–18958
Denny Clay Company1894–19048
Idaho Washington Northern Railroad1907–19108
Hudson Bay Company1882–18957
Plymouth Congregational Church1889–18997
Port Blakely Mill Company1885–18957
Schwabacher Bros. & Co.1877–18957
Seattle Daily Intelligencer1876–18807
Board of Health1892–19057
Kennewick Commercial Club1914–19177
Canadian Pacific1889–19097
Spring Hill Water Company1883–18897
Washington Improvement Company1883–18947
Seattle Board of Education1894–18957
Tacoma Railway & Power Company1904–19097
Populist Party1894–19007
Seattle Board of Health1892–18957
Municipal League1894–19097
The Ranch1902–19047
The Miner1908–19097
West Coast Improvement Company1893–18956
Tacoma1876–18996
Port Townsend Southern Railroad1888–18946
U.S. Congress1872–19296
King County Board of Commissioners1885–18956
Mackintosh or Stacy18786
Board of Trade1884–18936
Yakima Republic1889–19156
Aberdeen Herald1891–18946
State College of Washington1917–19256
Northern Pacific Railway Company1883–18986
First Bank of White Bluffs1914–19246
Wells, Fargo & Co.1863–18936
Union Trunk Line1893–18956
Populists1894–18956
Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company1894–18956
Olympia Street Railway Company1891–18926
Northern Electric Co.1907–19096
Eshelman, Llewellyn & Co.1883–18895
The Seattle Star18995
Walla Walla Union1876–18885
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1888–18945
Sunset Telephone Company1894–19045
Treasury Department1885–18945
Canadian Pacific Railway1886–18955
Miners' Union1888–18895
Arlington Hotel1883–18895
Hastings & Littlefield18885
Washington State Penitentiary1893–19045
Daily Intelligencer1876–18805
Puget Mill Company1877–18955
Whitman College1889–19045
Union Pacific Railroad1883–18945
St. Joseph's Hospital1892–19095
National Bank of Commerce18955
Territorial Legislature1859–18855
Common Council1878–18955
Eastwick, Morris & Co.1876–18775
Farmers' Alliance1891–18945
Washington House of Representatives1891–18955
Longshoremen's Union1886–18945
City of Tacoma1895–19095
First Presbyterian Church1895–19035
Seattle Consolidated Street Railway Company1894–18955
Kennewick City Council1914–19165