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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1876 | 7 |
| 1877 | 7 |
| 1878 | 5 |
| 1879 | 4 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1882 | 3 |
| 1883 | 37 |
| 1884 | 21 |
| 1885 | 30 |
| 1886 | 16 |
| 1887 | 59 |
| 1888 | 27 |
| 1889 | 60 |
| 1890 | 4 |
| 1891 | 44 |
| 1892 | 220 |
| 1893 | 223 |
| 1894 | 200 |
| 1895 | 154 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 4 |
| 1899 | 26 |
| 1903 | 54 |
| 1904 | 784 |
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1907 | 7 |
| 1908 | 1 |
| 1909 | 716 |
| 1910 | 3 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 1 |
| 1916 | 7 |
| 1917 | 1 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1924 | 3 |
2,734 stories, in 23 newspapers
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Tacoma TimesTacoma · published 1903–1949 | 1,514 | 1903–1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 882 | 1888–1895 | Catalog ↗ |
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 166 | 1882–1887 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla · published 1903–1910 | 37 | 1903–1904 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Seattle StarSeattle · published 1899–1947 | 26 | 1899 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Olympia TribuneOlympia · published 1890–1893 | 23 | 1891–1892 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Yakima HeraldNorth Yakima · published 1889–1914 | 14 | 1889–1892 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-Current | 14 | 1908–1910 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound DispatchSeattle · published 1871–1880 | 10 | 1876–1879 | Catalog ↗ |
| White Bluffs SpokesmanWhite Bluffs · published 1907–1938 | 9 | 1916–1924 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Daily IntelligencerSeattle · published 1876–1881 | 7 | 1876–1880 | Catalog ↗ |
| Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen · published 1886–1917 | 6 | 1892–1894 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Northern StarSnohomish City · published 1876–1879 | 6 | 1876–1879 | Catalog ↗ |
| Fairhaven HeraldFairhaven | 3 | 1890 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Mason County JournalShelton · published 1886–1927 | 3 | 1889 | Catalog ↗ |
| Ranche and RangeNorth Yakima · published 1897–1902 | 3 | 1897–1898 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick · published 1914–1938 | 2 | 1914–1917 | Catalog ↗ |
| Coulee City DispatchCoulee City | 2 | 1916 | Catalog ↗ |
| Adams County NewsRitzville · published 1898–1906 | 2 | 1898 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick CourierKennewick · published 1905–1914 | 2 | 1905 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Labor JournalEverett | 1 | 1912 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound Weekly ArgusPort Townsend · published 1876–1882 | 1 | 1876 | Catalog ↗ |
| The IslanderFriday Harbor · published 1891–1899 | 1 | 1894 | Catalog ↗ |