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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 7 |
| 1858 | 5 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 9 |
| 1862 | 10 |
| 1863 | 5 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 4 |
| 1876 | 96 |
| 1877 | 58 |
| 1878 | 27 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 17 |
| 1882 | 18 |
| 1883 | 110 |
| 1884 | 38 |
| 1885 | 82 |
| 1886 | 42 |
| 1887 | 52 |
| 1888 | 65 |
| 1889 | 140 |
| 1890 | 20 |
| 1891 | 94 |
| 1892 | 254 |
| 1893 | 186 |
| 1894 | 203 |
| 1895 | 237 |
| 1897 | 3 |
| 1898 | 20 |
| 1899 | 47 |
| 1900 | 6 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 91 |
| 1904 | 97 |
| 1905 | 5 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 50 |
| 1909 | 106 |
| 1910 | 30 |
| 1911 | 7 |
| 1912 | 4 |
| 1914 | 16 |
| 1915 | 13 |
| 1916 | 45 |
| 1917 | 16 |
| 1918 | 5 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1923 | 12 |
| 1924 | 13 |
| 1925 | 2 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 1 |
3 stories matching reach
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- The Diseased-Poultry Swindle
A Yakima agricultural editor traces how sick birds moved from farmyards to city markets—and demands that the governor and legislature clean up the trade.
- The High Cost of Neglected Apiaries
A local beekeeping expert warns that failing to clear weeds from hive entrances is costing regional producers significant honey yields.
- Six Restaurants, One Sacrificial Lamb: Seattle's War on Fake Butter
Six Seattle restaurants caught passing oleomargarine off as butter cut a deal with the dairy commissioner — but not before white proprietors tried to make the Japanese owner of the California take the fall.