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| Year | Stories |
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| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 3 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1872 | 8 |
| 1876 | 17 |
| 1877 | 19 |
| 1878 | 10 |
| 1879 | 4 |
| 1880 | 9 |
| 1882 | 6 |
| 1883 | 18 |
| 1884 | 11 |
| 1885 | 25 |
| 1886 | 13 |
| 1887 | 16 |
| 1888 | 12 |
| 1889 | 31 |
| 1890 | 5 |
| 1891 | 26 |
| 1892 | 111 |
| 1893 | 110 |
| 1894 | 84 |
| 1895 | 106 |
| 1897 | 2 |
| 1898 | 2 |
| 1899 | 16 |
| 1900 | 6 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 57 |
| 1904 | 31 |
| 1905 | 1 |
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| 1908 | 8 |
| 1909 | 44 |
| 1910 | 15 |
| 1911 | 3 |
| 1912 | 1 |
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| 1923 | 1 |
| 1924 | 2 |
| 1925 | 2 |
| 1928 | 1 |
5 stories matching mother
- A Custody Dispute in Whatcom
A mother seeks justice after her husband forcibly seizes their child in an escalating marital conflict.
- Tragedy in Marysville
A mother is committed to the state asylum after an attempted murder-suicide in a woodshed.
- The Desperate Flight from a Domestic Abductor
A mother fighting for custody of her child leaps from a steamer to escape her husband’s attempt to forcibly abduct their daughter.
- The Fugitive Bride of Ellensburg
After a coerced marriage and a secret divorce, a local real estate dealer’s legal nightmare ends in a mysterious chase across the state.
- The Capitulation of Captain Stone
A domestic dispute over custody ends with an arrest and a forced surrender of a child in Fairhaven.