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| Year | Stories |
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| 1876 | 3 |
| 1877 | 3 |
| 1878 | 3 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 2 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 3 |
| 1884 | 3 |
| 1885 | 2 |
| 1886 | 2 |
| 1887 | 2 |
| 1889 | 9 |
| 1890 | 1 |
| 1891 | 6 |
| 1892 | 12 |
| 1893 | 8 |
| 1894 | 16 |
| 1895 | 12 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 1 |
| 1899 | 4 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1903 | 8 |
| 1904 | 5 |
| 1908 | 1 |
| 1909 | 2 |
| 1910 | 1 |
| 1923 | 1 |
2 stories matching choke
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:chokehold, cheroke, choe, chon, choo, chop
- A Printing Office Blunder
A romantic visit to a printing office turns disastrous for a typographer when his fiancée accidentally destroys his hours of labor.
- The Seneca Street Prankster
A pet parrot in Seattle develops a sophisticated and cruel sense of humor, terrorizing a local dog with fake emergency cries.