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| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 1 |
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| 1862 | 1 |
| 1863 | 1 |
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| 1877 | 24 |
| 1878 | 17 |
| 1879 | 4 |
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| 1885 | 27 |
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| 1889 | 45 |
| 1890 | 10 |
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| 1892 | 80 |
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| 1895 | 95 |
| 1898 | 6 |
| 1899 | 16 |
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4 stories matching piec
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:pie, piecem, pier, apiec, pierc, pierr
- The Mail Carrier's Perilous Muck
A routine trek between Mukilteo and Priest's Point nearly turns deadly for a mail carrier trapped in the marsh.
- The Case of the Empty Bond: A Cautionary Tale of Corruption in Walla Walla
When an elected official absconded with nearly $20,000 in public funds, the court had to decide if his sureties were still on the hook—even though they had signed a blank piece of paper.
- The Search for Fruitful Soil in the Seattle Basin
A pioneer orchardist shares a nineteen-year struggle to master the stubborn, clay-heavy soils of the Duwamish Valley and the Puget Sound region.
- The Unlikely Remedy for the Smallpox Outbreak
When a Seattle-area family faced a smallpox contagion in the winter, they bypassed medical uncertainty for an old household mixture—and claimed a miraculous recovery.