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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 5 |
| 1858 | 6 |
| 1859 | 5 |
| 1860 | 8 |
| 1861 | 12 |
| 1862 | 10 |
| 1863 | 6 |
| 1864 | 8 |
| 1865 | 3 |
| 1871 | 4 |
| 1872 | 31 |
| 1876 | 112 |
| 1877 | 95 |
| 1878 | 65 |
| 1879 | 10 |
| 1880 | 29 |
| 1882 | 10 |
| 1883 | 129 |
| 1884 | 56 |
| 1885 | 85 |
| 1886 | 49 |
| 1887 | 59 |
| 1888 | 53 |
| 1889 | 199 |
| 1890 | 32 |
| 1891 | 128 |
| 1892 | 337 |
| 1893 | 300 |
| 1894 | 284 |
| 1895 | 310 |
| 1897 | 16 |
| 1898 | 40 |
| 1899 | 76 |
| 1900 | 15 |
| 1902 | 7 |
| 1903 | 178 |
| 1904 | 112 |
| 1905 | 14 |
| 1907 | 15 |
| 1908 | 93 |
| 1909 | 267 |
| 1910 | 76 |
| 1911 | 18 |
| 1912 | 5 |
| 1914 | 57 |
| 1915 | 63 |
| 1916 | 100 |
| 1917 | 69 |
| 1918 | 11 |
| 1919 | 2 |
| 1922 | 5 |
| 1923 | 42 |
| 1924 | 30 |
| 1925 | 18 |
| 1929 | 3 |
2,166 stories matching week, the 400 most mentioned
People 239
- Judge Humes1892–189521
- Judge Langley1893–189517
- Judge Hanford1889–190416
- J. T. Ronald1891–189913
- John H. McGraw1892–189512
- A. R. Gardner1914–191711
- James Hamilton Lewis1889–189510
- Smith1876–190810
- Nelson Bennett1890–189910
- Chief Jackson1892–189310
- James J. Hill1892–19099
- John Collins1876–18959
- Chief Rogers1892–18959
- Thomas Burke1888–19108
- Beriah Brown1872–18858
- H. L. Yesler1876–18928
- Eldridge Morse1876–18788
- Judge Brents19038
- Mayor Phelps1894–18958
- John B. Allen1893–18947
- W. H. White1892–18957
- Henry Villard1883–18957
- Jacob Furth1889–19037
- Sheriff McGraw1883–18867
- Mayor Ronald1892–18947
- M. M. Moulton1914–19257
- Luke Powell1915–19177
- F. A. Blackwell1907–19107
- Brown1877–19036
- Miller1883–18956
- Judge Burke1888–18956
- Lee M. Lampson1914–19176
- E. O. Graves1891–18956
- Watson Squire1885–18936
- A. M. Cannon1883–18946
- Judge Lichtenberg1892–18946
- Coroner Horton1892–18946
- R. E. Pratt1914–19176
- Byron Phelps1894–18956
- Gov. McGraw1893–18946
- Justice Caldwell1893–18956
- City Engineer Thomson1893–18956
- Detective Philbrick1893–18956
- Mayor Orr1894–18956
- Coroner Askam18956
- Dr. Phillips1908–19106
- Andrew Jackson1876–18995
- Governor McBride1903–19045
- Jackson1876–18995
- A. A. Denny1872–18955
- Eugene Semple1889–18955
- Anderson1860–19005
- Grover Cleveland1886–18955
- Dr. J. Eugene Jordan1889–19035
- Levi Ankeny1893–19055
- Senator Squire1891–18955
- Watson C. Squire1886–18945
- Paul Schulze1892–18955
- Davis1877–18955
- John P. Hoyt1889–18925
- McNeill1894–19175
- Rev. Clark Davis1887–18955
- Gordon1878–19035
- Chief of Police Rogers1894–18955
- Prosecuting Attorney Miller1892–18955
- Thomas W. Symons1894–18955
- John W. Considine1892–18955
- Donworth1892–18945
- Sweeney1861–18975
- H. J. Snively1889–19165
- C. E. Duffy1915–19175
- Eugene V. Debs18945
- D. S. Wilkinson1922–19255
- Judge Easterday19095
- Judge Glasgow1893–18955
- Agent Gibbs1907–19105
- S. H. Piles1888–18954
- Theodore Roosevelt1903–19094
- Governor Ferry1891–18924
- Chas. H. Collins19144
- Sheriff Cochrane1887–18894
- McDonald1888–19034
- John Arthur1889–18944
- Wilson1889–18994
- J. Furth18894
- Judge Lewis1876–18884
- Henry Yesler1883–18934
- J.H. McGraw1885–18914
- Roger S. Greene1884–18954
- Col. Larrabee1872–18784
- Clements1916–19174
- Thompson1877–19104
- Ezra Meeker1893–19084
- J. D. Lowman1889–18994
- Commissioner Emery1893–18954
- Mr. Johnson1889–18914
- Turner1878–18954
- John McGraw1886–18934
- C. B. Wright1883–18944
- E. C. Ferguson1876–18854
- Miles C. Moore1889–19034
- James Wickersham1889–18944
- Sadie Brantner18894
- George H. Heilbron1891–18954
- Junius Rochester1889–18934
- James G. Swan1861–18914
- Sheriff Woolery1893–18944
- W. H. Harris1894–18954
- Lynn1886–19094
- Griffith Davies1887–18954
- McBride1883–18954
- J. J. Browne1883–18844
- Adolph Krug1892–18954
- Detective Cave1892–18934
- Detective Cudihee1892–18944
- Dr. Palmer1893–18954
- W. J. Kincaid1916–19244
- F. L. Bash1916–19184
- H. M. Lund1907–19094
- J. B. Clements1914–19174
- Carroll B. Graves1892–19254
- John Flynn1895–19074
- Detective Roberts1892–18944
- James Murphy1892–18954
- Mrs. Fay18934
- Dr. Mitten1893–18954
- Mrs. Hammond1893–18944
- William A. Wilcox18954
- J. N. Glover1883–18844
- Napoleon Hoagland1891–18924
- Capt. LeClerc1908–19094
- F. C. Krause1908–19094
- Henry L. Yesler1893–18953
- Abraham Lincoln1860–18953
- Johnson1883–19083
- Squire1889–18923
- White1884–18923
- Kellogg1854–19143
- Amos Brown1877–18953
- Judge Turner1888–18933
- T. W. Lake1888–19233
- Burke1877–18893
- D. T. Denny1889–18933
- Chief Woolery1883–18843
- John Leary1884–18903
- Dr. Weed1871–18763
- Judge Jacobs1872–18993
- Bailey Gatzert1892–18933
- John T. Jordan18763
- J. Eugene Jordan1892–18933
- Dr. Miller1889–18953
- J. C. Haines1885–18913
- Charles Francis Adams1877–18913
- Thomas W. Prosch1878–18893
- W. D. Wood1892–18953
- Lynch1877–18993
- Bolton Rogers1892–18993
- Campbell1876–19043
- Mr. Denny1877–18893
- Baker1892–18973
- Clark1861–19033
- George Turner1893–19233
- Elisha P. Ferry1877–18933
- E. M. Sly1914–19173
- H. A. Bier1914–19163
- E. C. Kilbourne1895–18993
- Judge Wickersham1888–18893
- McGraw1878–18923
- H. G. Struve1872–18913
- Murphy1890–18923
- Montgomery1872–18853
- Mr. Carr18763
- John L. Wilson1894–18953
- J. M. Carson1892–18943
- Arthur A. Denny1889–18953
- Chief Mitchell1889–18933
- Dr. Calhoun1878–18933
- J. T. Brown18773
- John Thompson18773
- Chief Moses1878–19043
- Butler1892–19113
- Boyle1876–19093
- George Welsh1878–18793
- Mayor Moran1889–18903
- Mr. Ronald1889–18953
- President Cleveland1892–18953
- Isaac W. Anderson1889–18943
- John P. Hott18893
- William D. Wood18953
- Judge Osborn1889–18953
- I. A. Nadeau1889–18943
- John L. Sullivan1892–19093
- J. M. Ashton1891–18943
- Abram Barker1891–18953
- John Wiley1894–18953
- Adams1884–18933
- Kennedy1891–19083
- Ira Bronson18943
- Thaddeus Hanford1878–18853
- Justice Hill18853
- Dr. Morgan1883–18853
- President Harris1894–18953
- Dr. Churchill18953
- George H. Jones1894–18983
- George Donworth1892–18943
- A. B. Wyckoff1892–18953
- John Considine1892–18943
- Andrew F. Burleigh1892–18943
- Judge Griffin1903–19043
- Shaw1861–19033
- M. B. Haynes1916–19243
- Judge Snell1903–19043
- E. P. Marsh19103
- Judge Carey1907–19103
- Mr. Blackwell19083
- M. E. Hay1909–19143
- Miles Poindexter1910–19253
- Judge Chapman1907–19093
- Roland H. Hartley1916–19253
- Judge Richardson1908–19153
- Sheriff Duffy1916–19173
- N. G. Blalock1892–19033
- M. S. Lewis1915–19183
- F. J. Bonn1915–19243
- J. C. Scott1903–19253
- H. E. Robinson1923–19243
- J. C. Lloyd1922–19253
- Wm. Meikle1915–19173
- John B. Denny1884–18933
- Fred M. Weil1922–19233
- Mayor Wright19043
- C. W. Stewart1892–18933
- J. C. Syfford1917–19253
- Nichols19093
- J. A. Rochford1892–19093
- Sheriff Painter19033
- D. H. Carey1892–19093
- Commissioner McGregor19093
- Turnbull19093
Organizations 161
- Northern Pacific Railroad1871–192467
- Seattle City Council1884–192932
- Post-Intelligencer1885–189529
- Northern Pacific1883–190929
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1885–190427
- Oregon Improvement Company1884–189524
- Great Northern Railway1892–191023
- Chamber of Commerce1889–190921
- Tacoma City Council1885–190921
- Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad1907–190919
- Great Northern1892–192218
- Commercial Club1895–191718
- Board of Public Works1892–189917
- Great Northern Railroad1891–191017
- Tacoma Ledger1884–189816
- Everett Trades Council1909–191216
- Panhandle Lumber Co.1907–191016
- Puget Sound Dispatch1871–188015
- Northern Pacific Railway1891–191813
- Fidelity Lumber Co.1908–191013
- Democratic Party1878–190012
- Salvation Army1893–189512
- Idaho Washington Northern Railroad1907–191012
- Union Pacific1883–190910
- Republican Party1878–189510
- King County Commissioners1876–19199
- Providence Hospital1886–18999
- Knights of Labor1885–18939
- Intelligencer1872–18809
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce1892–19048
- University of Washington1885–19168
- Courier-Reporter1914–19188
- Washington State Legislature1891–19238
- American Federation of Labor1903–19298
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1893–19097
- City of Seattle1877–18957
- The Tribune1878–18927
- City Council1883–19157
- Aberdeen Herald1891–18947
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company1876–19097
- American Railway Union1894–18957
- Pend Oreille River Navigation Co.19097
- General Land Office1861–19096
- Hudson Bay Company1854–18956
- Odd Fellows1885–19086
- The Daily Intelligencer1876–18776
- Kennewick Commercial Club1914–19176
- Canadian Pacific1889–19086
- Seattle Athletic Club1892–18956
- Washington State Senate1895–19096
- Statesman-Index1908–19096
- Populist Party1894–19006
- Grant Smith Co.1908–19096
- Idaho & Washington Northern1908–19096
- The Miner1908–19096
- Seattle1876–18925
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1888–18955
- Port Blakely Mill Company1885–18955
- Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1882–18875
- Congress1883–19095
- Daily Intelligencer1876–18805
- King County1872–18955
- Western Central Labor Union1892–18945
- Oregonian1877–18925
- Sisters of Charity1863–18935
- First National Bank1883–19175
- Yakima Republic1897–19175
- Seattle Telegraph1892–18945
- Public Service Commission19165
- Security State Bank1908–19095
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1885–19034
- Tacoma News1892–18994
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1888–18944
- Hudson's Bay Company1858–19094
- W.C.T.U.1889–19094
- Tacoma National Bank1887–18954
- Knights of Pythias1892–18954
- Congregational Church1872–19094
- Bonney & Stewart1892–18944
- Washington Territorial Legislature1862–18844
- Seattle Weekly Dispatch1877–18784
- Northern Star1876–18784
- Blackman Bros.1877–18954
- Board of Aldermen1894–18954
- Methodist Episcopal Church1887–18954
- Bureau of Associated Charities1892–18954
- Sailors' Union1893–18954
- Fremont Milling Company1893–18954
- Benton County Commissioners1914–19164
- Aberdeen City Council1891–18944
- State Federation of Labor1904–19234
- Fairhaven Land Company18904
- Spokane Chamber of Commerce1903–19164
- Seattle Board of Health18954
- Olympia City Council1891–18924
- Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company18954
- Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company18954
- Northern Electric Co.1908–19094
- Idaho Washington Northern1908–19094
- Northern Mercantile Co.19084
- The Seattle Star18993
- Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway1888–18893
- War Department1895–19183
- Canadian Pacific Railway1892–19093
- Pacific Coast Steamship Company1886–18943
- Plymouth Congregational Church1892–18993
- Y.M.C.A.1885–18993
- Union Electric Company1895–18993
- Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad1888–18913
- Fannie Paddock Hospital1895–19093
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1889–18953
- Stetson & Post Mill Company1888–18893
- Seattle City Government1885–18893
- Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1878–18893
- Board of Health1893–18953
- Seattle Coal and Iron Company1889–18923
- County Commissioners1872–18943
- First Washington Volunteers18993
- Western Mill Company1888–18993
- Western Union Telegraph Company1889–18953
- Southern Pacific1889–19093
- Board of Regents1892–19223
- Stetson & Post1877–18893
- National Bank of Commerce18953
- Northern Pacific Coal Company18943
- Board of County Commissioners1889–18953
- Young Men's Christian Association1877–18923
- Miller's Saloon18773
- Board of Trade1884–18893
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union1883–18953
- General Relief Committee18893
- Ancient Order of United Workmen1885–18943
- People's Party1886–18923
- Farmers' Alliance1891–18943
- Fairhaven Herald18913
- House of Delegates1892–18953
- Washington State House of Representatives1895–19093
- Interior Department1889–19103
- Seattle Board of Education18953
- The Ledger1892–19043
- National Guard of Washington1893–18983
- City of Tacoma1895–19093
- House of the Good Shepherd1892–18943
- Northern Hotel18953
- Anti-Saloon League1904–19093
- Kennewick City Council1914–19173
- Kennewick Courier-Reporter1914–19183
- White Bluffs Water company1916–19233
- Keeler Brothers19163
- The Labor Journal1909–19103
- Seattle Theater1894–18953
- Kennewick-Richland Marketing Union19163
- Western Union1883–18913
- First Bank of White Bluffs1923–19243
- State Board of Health1895–19103
- People's Theater1894–18953
- Sumner Iron Works19103
- Wenatchee Valley Fruit Exchange1922–19243
- American Legion19253
- National Guard1894–18953
- Tacoma Board of Education1895–19093