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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 5 |
| 1858 | 4 |
| 1859 | 6 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 7 |
| 1862 | 7 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 3 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 11 |
| 1876 | 70 |
| 1877 | 60 |
| 1878 | 51 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 14 |
| 1882 | 19 |
| 1883 | 78 |
| 1884 | 41 |
| 1885 | 72 |
| 1886 | 38 |
| 1887 | 41 |
| 1888 | 45 |
| 1889 | 128 |
| 1890 | 16 |
| 1891 | 84 |
| 1892 | 247 |
| 1893 | 172 |
| 1894 | 218 |
| 1895 | 234 |
| 1897 | 2 |
| 1898 | 10 |
| 1899 | 44 |
| 1900 | 14 |
| 1902 | 4 |
| 1903 | 73 |
| 1904 | 95 |
| 1905 | 4 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 39 |
| 1909 | 122 |
| 1910 | 40 |
| 1911 | 31 |
| 1912 | 13 |
| 1914 | 18 |
| 1915 | 15 |
| 1916 | 49 |
| 1917 | 21 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 8 |
| 1924 | 11 |
| 1925 | 7 |
| 1929 | 3 |
2 stories matching hour
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:houri, honour, hou, houk, hous, houch
- The Railroad Barons and the Range Wars
Northern Pacific executives visit Yakima to defend their controversial new land-leasing system against local sheepmen.
- The Book-Keeper and the Plumber Who Milked Twenty-Six Cows Before Breakfast
Two Spokane office men built a dairy on the Spokane River without quitting their day jobs — and sent Hoard's Dairyman the receipts, down to the price of bran.