Research the archive
Narrow 27,002 newspaper stories by words, years, place, newspaper and subject. See when and where they ran, then download what you find.
Put a phrase in quotes ("rent strike") or leave a word out with a minus (strike -baseball). Old scans misspell names, so when little is found, near-spellings are offered.
Refine1 on
Show the numbers
| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 17 |
| 1858 | 4 |
| 1859 | 16 |
| 1860 | 10 |
| 1861 | 33 |
| 1862 | 20 |
| 1863 | 29 |
| 1864 | 8 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 32 |
| 1876 | 160 |
| 1877 | 127 |
| 1878 | 79 |
| 1879 | 8 |
| 1880 | 28 |
| 1882 | 33 |
| 1883 | 156 |
| 1884 | 120 |
| 1885 | 208 |
| 1886 | 128 |
| 1887 | 134 |
| 1888 | 104 |
| 1889 | 351 |
| 1890 | 68 |
| 1891 | 371 |
| 1892 | 769 |
| 1893 | 766 |
| 1894 | 706 |
| 1895 | 748 |
| 1897 | 34 |
| 1898 | 77 |
| 1899 | 162 |
| 1900 | 21 |
| 1902 | 16 |
| 1903 | 440 |
| 1904 | 269 |
| 1905 | 29 |
| 1907 | 18 |
| 1908 | 100 |
| 1909 | 390 |
| 1910 | 140 |
| 1911 | 47 |
| 1912 | 32 |
| 1914 | 70 |
| 1915 | 72 |
| 1916 | 150 |
| 1917 | 94 |
| 1918 | 14 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1922 | 11 |
| 1923 | 78 |
| 1924 | 57 |
| 1925 | 32 |
| 1928 | 7 |
| 1929 | 15 |
1 story matching state
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:staten, stater, stat, stateli, statewid, statu
- Vashon Farmers Petition for County Spraying Equipment
Island growers urge the County Commissioners to purchase a communal power-sprayer to combat orchard blight.