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| Year | Stories |
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| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 3 |
| 1876 | 8 |
| 1877 | 6 |
| 1878 | 5 |
| 1880 | 4 |
| 1882 | 3 |
| 1883 | 8 |
| 1884 | 1 |
| 1885 | 8 |
| 1887 | 1 |
| 1888 | 4 |
| 1889 | 11 |
| 1890 | 2 |
| 1891 | 10 |
| 1892 | 13 |
| 1893 | 15 |
| 1894 | 25 |
| 1895 | 23 |
| 1898 | 3 |
| 1899 | 3 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 3 |
| 1904 | 3 |
| 1908 | 1 |
| 1909 | 4 |
| 1910 | 1 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1914 | 1 |
| 1915 | 1 |
| 1917 | 1 |
| 1923 | 2 |
| 1928 | 1 |
8 stories matching laugh
- The Great Lemonade Deception
A courting couple tries to trick one another in the dark, but a mischievous brother gets the last laugh.
- The Mother Who Chased Her Daughter Off the Train
A stern mother keeps a watchful eye on her daughter during a geological expedition’s outing, resulting in a comical train-platform confrontation.
- A Perilous Game on the Harbor
Local children are testing their luck by building makeshift rafts and navigating the harbor near the depot, to the growing alarm of local observers.
- The Perils of the Victorian Parlor
A late-night rumination on the changing customs of romance in 1876 Seattle, where the 'exclusive' courting of young lovers in the family home was already starting to baffle the older generation.
- The Bachelor's Ruse: A Victorian Love Game in Seattle
A lonely Seattle bachelor attempts to 'test' his ward’s character through a series of elaborate, scholarly letters, only to find himself the one being studied.
- The Perilous Steam Bath of 1876
A Nevadan visitor to a Seattle Turkish bathhouse finds himself in a comedic, sweltering hostage situation over the reputation of his famous family name.
- The Engineer’s Ash-Box Ghost: A Tale of New Year’s Eve Peril
In a column dated October 1870, the Seattle Daily Intelligencer reprints a harrowing tale from an old engineer about surviving a wreck by hiding under his locomotive's ash pan during a blizzard.
- The Man Who Laughed Through the Flames: A Snohomish Tragedy of Love and Loss
When a gas leak ignited his home in Fruitland, Washington, Chandler Chandler didn't run for safety—he shielded his wife from the blast. His subsequent conversation with the doctor reveals a stoicism that defies belief.