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| 1861 | 1 |
| 1862 | 4 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1872 | 3 |
| 1876 | 21 |
| 1877 | 19 |
| 1878 | 12 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 3 |
| 1882 | 7 |
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| 1884 | 2 |
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| 1886 | 11 |
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| 1889 | 21 |
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| 1894 | 30 |
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| 1899 | 12 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 8 |
| 1904 | 15 |
| 1905 | 1 |
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2 stories matching didn
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:dido, didio, didra
- One Can of Prunes, Five Carloads of Orders
A journalist-turned-farmer with ten acres of unsellable strawberries builds a canning business in Olympia — and discovers that a pretty label sells middle America on Puget Sound fruit.
- The Bunco King of Riverside Avenue
A Wisconsin farmer falls for a classic card-sharping trap in downtown Spokane, while local firemen demand more pay for shoveling coal.