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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 10 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 10 |
| 1860 | 4 |
| 1861 | 18 |
| 1862 | 6 |
| 1863 | 6 |
| 1864 | 8 |
| 1865 | 3 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 25 |
| 1876 | 109 |
| 1877 | 87 |
| 1878 | 41 |
| 1879 | 6 |
| 1880 | 21 |
| 1882 | 17 |
| 1883 | 142 |
| 1884 | 80 |
| 1885 | 73 |
| 1886 | 59 |
| 1887 | 53 |
| 1888 | 71 |
| 1889 | 151 |
| 1890 | 35 |
| 1891 | 129 |
| 1892 | 303 |
| 1893 | 273 |
| 1894 | 240 |
| 1895 | 374 |
| 1897 | 8 |
| 1898 | 19 |
| 1899 | 74 |
| 1900 | 9 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 134 |
| 1904 | 93 |
| 1905 | 16 |
| 1907 | 9 |
| 1908 | 46 |
| 1909 | 163 |
| 1910 | 31 |
| 1911 | 25 |
| 1912 | 11 |
| 1914 | 23 |
| 1915 | 25 |
| 1916 | 62 |
| 1917 | 27 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 16 |
| 1924 | 11 |
| 1925 | 8 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 2 |
1 story matching pass
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:pas, passag, passer, passiv, passov, passabl
- Seattle’s Forgotten Filipino Poets—and the Prejudice They Turned into Verse
A 1928 Filipino Forum essay introduces Narciso Ines and a circle of Northwest poets writing beauty and protest from the margins of Seattle life.