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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1878 | 1 |
| 1883 | 1 |
| 1885 | 2 |
| 1886 | 2 |
| 1889 | 1 |
| 1891 | 2 |
| 1892 | 7 |
| 1893 | 5 |
| 1894 | 3 |
| 1895 | 2 |
| 1899 | 1 |
| 1909 | 2 |
| 1910 | 1 |
| 1914 | 1 |
| 1916 | 1 |
32 stories matching backer, in 8 newspapers
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 19 | 1889–1895 | Catalog ↗ |
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 5 | 1883–1886 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Tacoma TimesTacoma · published 1903–1949 | 2 | 1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick · published 1914–1938 | 2 | 1914–1916 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Labor JournalEverett | 1 | 1910 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Seattle StarSeattle · published 1899–1947 | 1 | 1899 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Daily IntelligencerSeattle · published 1876–1881 | 1 | 1878 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Olympia TribuneOlympia · published 1890–1893 | 1 | 1891 | Catalog ↗ |