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| Year | Stories |
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| 1858 | 4 |
| 1859 | 4 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 5 |
| 1862 | 6 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 13 |
| 1876 | 95 |
| 1877 | 79 |
| 1878 | 44 |
| 1879 | 6 |
| 1880 | 24 |
| 1882 | 18 |
| 1883 | 92 |
| 1884 | 40 |
| 1885 | 93 |
| 1886 | 52 |
| 1887 | 60 |
| 1888 | 68 |
| 1889 | 170 |
| 1890 | 29 |
| 1891 | 114 |
| 1892 | 302 |
| 1893 | 254 |
| 1894 | 299 |
| 1895 | 72 |
| 1897 | 5 |
| 1898 | 7 |
| 1899 | 56 |
| 1900 | 9 |
| 1902 | 5 |
| 1903 | 118 |
| 1904 | 104 |
| 1905 | 5 |
| 1908 | 3 |
| 1909 | 114 |
| 1910 | 12 |
| 1911 | 17 |
| 1912 | 4 |
| 1914 | 23 |
| 1915 | 23 |
| 1916 | 60 |
| 1917 | 30 |
| 1918 | 3 |
| 1919 | 2 |
| 1922 | 3 |
| 1923 | 11 |
| 1924 | 9 |
| 1925 | 8 |
3 stories matching back
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:backtrack, bareback, backer, backus, backach, backbon
- The Horror in Happy Valley
A husband confesses to murdering his wife and burying her remains under the roots of a stump, only to be discovered months later after tending to the site.
- A Frontier Rivalry Renewed
84-year-old pioneer N.V. Sheffer sets off on a donkey-drawn cart to reunite with his childhood rival, Ezra Meeker, at the Ferndale settlers' picnic.
- The Outsider Candidate Fighting the Political Ring
Frank W. Bixby of Lynden emerges as a reform-minded candidate for prosecuting attorney, bucking against established county political machines.