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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1876 | 7 |
| 1877 | 7 |
| 1878 | 5 |
| 1879 | 4 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1882 | 3 |
| 1883 | 37 |
| 1884 | 22 |
| 1885 | 30 |
| 1886 | 16 |
| 1887 | 59 |
| 1888 | 27 |
| 1889 | 60 |
| 1890 | 4 |
| 1891 | 46 |
| 1892 | 223 |
| 1893 | 227 |
| 1894 | 203 |
| 1895 | 161 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 4 |
| 1899 | 26 |
| 1903 | 56 |
| 1904 | 789 |
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1907 | 7 |
| 1908 | 1 |
| 1909 | 726 |
| 1910 | 3 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 1 |
| 1916 | 7 |
| 1917 | 1 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1924 | 3 |
2,659 stories, the 400 most mentioned
People 282
- Nelson Bennett1887–190938
- Judge Hanford1891–190929
- Mayor Wright1904–190829
- Judge Arntson1907–190928
- Mayor Campbell1903–190427
- Judge Easterday1909–191026
- Judge Griffin1903–190422
- C. B. Wright1883–189520
- Mayor Linck190919
- Mayor Orr1894–189518
- Judge Snell1903–190916
- George P. Wright190416
- McGregor190916
- Judge Parker1877–190415
- Frank C. Ross1892–189315
- Mayor Huson1892–189415
- Louis D. Campbell1903–190914
- Judge Huston1903–190412
- Judge Chapman1904–190912
- Commissioner Welsh190411
- Giblett1904–190911
- Chief Duley190911
- Wright1894–190410
- Peter Sandberg1899–190910
- John H. McGraw1892–189410
- Alexander Parker1892–189510
- Peter Stanup1891–190910
- Frank Mortimer190410
- Commissioner McGregor190910
- City Attorney Wickersham1894–189510
- James J. Hill1904–19099
- Jim Hill1894–19099
- Conrad19049
- Marshall K. Snell1891–19099
- D. O. Smith1894–19099
- Paul Schulze1887–18958
- Armstrong1893–19098
- Hawley1904–19098
- Chief Malony1904–19078
- Dr. Sargentich1904–19098
- C.B. Wright1892–19048
- Judge Stallcup1893–19098
- Turnbull19098
- Judge Pritchard1893–18958
- Senator Foster1903–19047
- Wickersham1894–18957
- W. H. Fife1882–18957
- Grover Cleveland1892–18957
- Isaac W. Anderson1889–18957
- Harris1893–18957
- Lynn19097
- Henry Drum1887–18947
- Wilkeson19097
- Andrew P. Nelson19097
- Agent Eells1892–18957
- Boggs1893–18947
- Theodore Roosevelt1903–19096
- Governor McBride1903–19046
- Justice Lawrence1887–18896
- Harry Morgan1889–18926
- Stiles1904–19096
- Hugh Wallace1891–18946
- Senator Allen1892–18936
- Jamieson19096
- George Hazzard1892–18946
- Huson1892–19046
- Councilman Conrad19046
- William Howard Taft19096
- Councilman Hawley1904–19096
- Dimmock1904–19096
- Joshua Klein19096
- Rankin19096
- Allen C. Mason1887–19045
- Judge Allyn1887–18925
- Henry Villard1883–18955
- Sherman19045
- Campbell1888–19045
- Chief Fackler1903–19045
- Stewart1899–19095
- Judge Wickersham1889–18925
- Reed1904–19095
- Sheriff Matthews1893–18945
- James Wickersham1885–18955
- Fremont Campbell1889–19045
- Dr. Armstrong1887–19095
- C. W. Griggs1892–18935
- Councilman Hammond19045
- Deputy Coroner Mellinger1903–19045
- Dr. Schug19045
- Stambaugh19095
- A. R. Titlow1892–19095
- Fawcett19045
- J. J. Anderson1904–19095
- Councilman Bellingham19045
- John W. Linck1904–19095
- Dr. Love1904–19095
- Chief Maloney19045
- Welsh19045
- Detective Fitzgerald1904–19095
- Wealthy Ann Baldie19045
- F. H. Baldie19045
- J. L. McMurray19095
- Duley19095
- Doud19095
- Hawthorne19095
- Josua Klein19095
- Capt. Carpenter18935
- Carroll1887–18884
- William Blackman1903–19044
- Henry Hewitt, Jr.1893–19094
- William Baldwin1899–19044
- Baker1895–19094
- Bell19094
- William Jones1904–19094
- H. S. Huson1889–18954
- Robert Wingate1893–18944
- W. H. Harris1894–19044
- Collector Wasson18934
- John G. McBride1892–18954
- Fitzgerald1903–19044
- Edwin Eells1893–19044
- Tommy Santiago Howard1903–19044
- E. W. Taylor1892–19094
- John Reid19044
- L. D. Campbell19044
- Judge Stiles1893–19094
- Manager Dimmock1904–19094
- Congressman Cushman1904–19094
- Hogue1892–18934
- Galusha Parsons1892–18954
- Francis W. Cushman1904–19094
- Attorney General Jones1894–18954
- Norma Hoyt19044
- Arntson19094
- Detective Ashby1895–19094
- Dora Culbertson19094
- McAlevy19094
- Coroner Shaver19094
- Judge Shackleford19094
- A. P. Gillies19094
- Hogberg19094
- B. Bertleson1892–19094
- Stephen O'Brien1892–18954
- City Attorney Murray1892–18934
- Gov. McGraw1894–18954
- Councilman Harris1893–18954
- P. B. Egbert1893–18944
- John McCain18944
- Edward S. Orr1894–18954
- Votaw1894–18954
- George H. Hollidge18944
- Councilman Watson18944
- President Demorest18944
- Charles E. Hale1894–18954
- George W. Boggs1894–18954
- Robert P. Rigney18954
- Coroner Parks18954
- Judge Gilbert18943
- Elwood Evans1883–18913
- John B. Allen1892–18943
- Miller1895–19043
- Mr. Bennett1892–18943
- Chester A. Arthur1884–18863
- Jackson1895–19043
- White1888–19043
- William Welsh1899–19043
- Charles H. Baker19043
- General Sprague1887–18893
- C. H. Hanford1877–19093
- C. P. Ferry1889–19043
- Addison G. Foster1899–19043
- Smith1894–19033
- Jones1876–19093
- B. S. Grosscup1903–19093
- Frank Clark1883–18993
- Samuel Wilkeson1878–18943
- John Burke19043
- Captain Parker1877–19043
- Job Carr1879–18873
- Sadie Brantner18893
- John P. Judson1883–18893
- Dr. McCoy1889–18943
- W. H. Doolittle1889–18943
- P. C. Sullivan1892–18953
- W. B. Bushnell1891–18943
- Lamborn19043
- Schulze1892–18953
- A. Weinberg1885–18953
- President Harris1894–18953
- David Lister1887–18943
- Wiley19093
- M. C. Sullivan1893–18943
- Father Hylebos1892–19093
- Samuel Collyer1892–18943
- Henry Bucey1894–19043
- Inspector Coblentz18933
- Ellis1892–19043
- Dr. Wilson19093
- Kendrick1889–18953
- W. H. Gilstrap1894–19093
- Jacky Smokalem19043
- Geary19093
- H. J. Snively1892–18943
- John S. Baker1894–19093
- Charles Drury19093
- Zwickey18913
- E. E. Cushman1904–19093
- Lincoln Davis19043
- Pete Sandberg19043
- Frank B. Cole1904–19093
- W. P. Sundberg19043
- Officer Moran1894–19043
- Scott Snyder19043
- Royal A. Gove1894–19043
- Charles Bedford1904–19093
- T. B. Wallace1895–19043
- City Engineer Davis1904–19093
- Charles S. Gray19043
- Ben Haverkamp1904–19093
- Frank Pasquale19043
- Joshua Peirce1895–19093
- Chief Lillis1891–18943
- Dr. McCreery1904–19093
- Baldie19043
- Hoenig19043
- Roice19043
- J. T. Woodward19043
- Martenis19093
- Emily W. Hoyt19043
- Horace Gates19043
- Charles B. Wright1883–18843
- Judge Clifford19093
- Lauzon19093
- Van Voris19093
- McMurray19093
- Oliver Hopper19093
- Dora Sauvageot19093
- Councilman Doud19093
- John Ohrstrom19093
- P. C. Warwick19093
- George Botts19093
- A. S. Read19093
- William Crehan19093
- Amos West19093
- Oscar Larson19093
- John J. Duffy19093
- William Fackler19093
- Joe Cannon19093
- Major Kutz19093
- William Hansen1895–19093
- Martha Christian19093
- Anna M. Nelson19093
- H. J. McGregor19093
- J. A. Mitchell19093
- James A. Frace19093
- Heilig18923
- Detective Flannigan1892–18933
- Jumbo Cantwell1893–18943
- Hoke Smith1893–18953
- C. B. Talbot1893–18943
- Theodore Hosmer1893–18953
- Jacob Ralph1892–18933
- Thomas Sing18933
- Maj. French18933
- Collector Saunders18943
- Rydstrom1893–18953
- City Treasurer Boggs1893–18943
- Walter J. Thompson18943
- William McIntyre18943
- Brig. Gen. Curry18943
- Lieut. Col. McCarthy18943
- General Manager Kendrick18953
- Charles A. Barnes18943
- McCain18943
- Edmund Seymour1893–18953
- City Clerk Smyth18953
- Councilman Thompson18953
- Hill1892–19092
- Williams19092
- Steele1887–18882
- W.J. Thompson18872
- McDonald1895–19042
Organizations 118
- Tacoma City Council1884–1909124
- Northern Pacific Railroad1877–1909103
- Northern Pacific1887–190972
- Tacoma Railway & Power Company1904–190936
- Northern Pacific Railway1888–190935
- Tacoma Light and Water Company1891–190432
- Tacoma Land Company1879–190931
- Tacoma Ledger1883–190427
- The Tacoma Times1904–190926
- Chamber of Commerce1887–190924
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1885–190922
- Puyallup Tribe1886–190922
- City of Tacoma1887–190921
- Sunset Telephone Company1904–190917
- Commercial Club1892–190917
- Fannie Paddock Hospital1888–190916
- American Railway Union1893–189416
- Tacoma Police Department1892–190912
- Tacoma News1887–190411
- Tacoma Fire Department1887–190911
- Tacoma Railway and Power Company1904–190911
- Independent Telephone Company190411
- Tacoma Times1904–190910
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company1876–189410
- Board of Public Works1894–18959
- Tacoma National Bank1883–18959
- The Ledger1893–19049
- Post-Intelligencer1883–18958
- Tacoma Mill Company1879–19048
- Great Northern1894–19098
- St. Joseph's Hospital1894–19098
- Stone & Webster1904–19248
- Trades Council1892–18948
- Union Pacific1892–19097
- Democratic Party1886–19047
- Committee of Fifteen1886–18927
- Fidelity Trust Company1895–19096
- Republican Party1891–19046
- Salvation Army1888–19096
- Yakima Investment Company18956
- Tacoma School Board1904–19096
- Ledger1893–19046
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1885–18945
- Merchants' National Bank1889–18945
- People's Party1887–18925
- Light and Water Company1893–18955
- Puyallup Indian Commission1892–18955
- The News1885–19045
- Tacoma Baseball Club1892–19045
- Ferry Museum1904–19095
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad1904–19055
- Boston Steamship Company19045
- Tacoma Tigers1904–19095
- Tacoma Board of Education1895–19095
- Twelfth Street Improvement Club19095
- Tacoma Board of Public Works1894–18955
- Knights of Labor1885–18944
- City Council1887–19044
- Tacoma High School1893–19094
- Alaska Steamship Company19044
- Tacoma Athletic Club1892–18954
- National Bank of Commerce1890–19094
- Bellingham19044
- Great Northern Railroad1894–19094
- Pacific Northwest League18924
- Pierce County Commissioners1904–19094
- Tacoma Trades Council1892–19044
- Northern Pacific railway1904–19094
- St. Paul Tacoma Lumber Company1895–19044
- West Coast Wagon Company1904–19094
- Puget Sound University1893–19094
- Tacoma Grocery Company1895–19094
- Seattle1885–18883
- Seattle Fire Department1887–18943
- Great Northern Railway1893–19093
- Y.M.C.A.1883–19093
- Tacoma1885–18913
- Department of the Interior1885–19033
- County Commissioners1880–19093
- Whitworth College1904–19093
- Canadian Pacific1893–19093
- Tacoma Police1887–18923
- Evening News1891–18943
- Longshoremen's Union1893–19043
- National Guard of Washington1892–18983
- Associated Charities1903–19043
- St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company1891–18933
- Epworth League18953
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers1894–19043
- Washington Supreme Court1892–19033
- Populist Party1894–18953
- Fanny Paddock Hospital1884–18923
- Y.W.C.A.19093
- Tacoma Industrial Company19043
- Ministerial Alliance1892–19043
- Fannie Paddock hospital19043
- Standard Oil1904–19093
- Globe Hotel19043
- T. R. P. company1904–19093
- Washington Match Company1903–19043
- St. Paul mill1904–19093
- Interstate Fair1894–18953
- State Land Commission1894–18953
- T. R. P. Company19093
- Milwaukee Railway19093
- Pure Food Council19093
- South End Improvement Club19093
- Western Engineering Company19093
- Puyallup Indian School1895–19093
- Tacoma Typographical Union1893–18943
- Morning Union1893–18943
- Company G, Second Regiment18943
- Puyallup Indians1892–18953
- Pierce County Superior Court1892–19043
- Southern Pacific Railroad1892–18942
- St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company1903–19042
- Snoqualmie Falls Power Company19042
- Pacific Coast Steamship Company1891–18942