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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1884 | 1 |
| 1891 | 1 |
| 1904 | 1 |
4 stories matching chess, in 4 newspapers
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:chest, cheerless, chesaw, chesti, che, chessboard
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 1 | 1891 | Catalog ↗ |
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 1 | 1884 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Leavenworth Echo (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-Current | 1 | 1904 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound HeraldSteilacoom · published 1858–1864 | 1 | 1859 | Catalog ↗ |