Research the archive
Narrow 27,002 newspaper stories by words, years, place, newspaper and subject. See when and where they ran, then download what you find.
Put a phrase in quotes ("rent strike") or leave a word out with a minus (strike -baseball). Old scans misspell names, so when little is found, near-spellings are offered.
Refine1 on
Show the numbers
| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1872 | 1 |
| 1877 | 5 |
| 1878 | 1 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 3 |
| 1884 | 4 |
| 1885 | 2 |
| 1886 | 2 |
| 1889 | 1 |
| 1892 | 6 |
| 1893 | 1 |
| 1894 | 5 |
| 1899 | 1 |
| 1904 | 4 |
| 1909 | 3 |
| 1910 | 1 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1914 | 2 |
1 story matching stifl
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:stif, stiff, stiffi, sti, stiffen, stiffli
- The Black Pall Over Washington’s Future
A proposed decade-long extension for the Northern Pacific Railroad threatens to monopolize the territory's vast timber and mineral wealth while stifling independent settlement.