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| 1858 | 1 |
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| 1861 | 3 |
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| 1877 | 19 |
| 1878 | 10 |
| 1879 | 4 |
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| 1882 | 6 |
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| 1885 | 25 |
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| 1889 | 31 |
| 1890 | 5 |
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| 1899 | 16 |
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| 1903 | 57 |
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| 1928 | 1 |
4 stories matching mother
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:motherlod, moth, motherhood, motherland, motherless, smother
- A Father Returns from the Skagit to Claim His Own
A man arrives from the mining camps to marry the woman he fathered a child with, hoping to secure their future after she was jailed for an alleged act of desperation.
- The Mother, The Child, and The Purser’s Zeal
A desperate mother is arrested in Seattle after a daring escape from the hospital, exposing the cruelty of rigid legal intervention in the 1870s.
- The Ghost of the Puyallup Valley
A traveling account reveals a local man's elaborate deception, as his supposedly dead family is found alive and well at the Puyallup station.
- The Puritans Might Have Been Horrified, but Seattle’s New Opera House is Open
A new cultural landmark opens on Commercial Street, sparking a debate on whether theater remains a 'penal offense' or a sign of progress.