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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 5 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 5 |
| 1862 | 7 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 11 |
| 1876 | 41 |
| 1877 | 39 |
| 1878 | 32 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 7 |
| 1882 | 10 |
| 1883 | 51 |
| 1884 | 25 |
| 1885 | 24 |
| 1886 | 19 |
| 1887 | 16 |
| 1888 | 19 |
| 1889 | 54 |
| 1890 | 22 |
| 1891 | 32 |
| 1892 | 57 |
| 1893 | 58 |
| 1894 | 99 |
| 1895 | 118 |
| 1897 | 4 |
| 1898 | 6 |
| 1899 | 25 |
| 1903 | 47 |
| 1904 | 46 |
| 1905 | 7 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 4 |
| 1909 | 32 |
| 1910 | 3 |
| 1914 | 1 |
| 1915 | 2 |
| 1916 | 3 |
| 1917 | 2 |
| 1923 | 1 |
| 1924 | 2 |
952 stories matching commenc, in 26 newspapers
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 375 | 1888–1895 | Catalog ↗ |
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 134 | 1882–1887 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Tacoma TimesTacoma · published 1903–1949 | 58 | 1904–1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla · published 1903–1910 | 54 | 1903–1904 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Daily IntelligencerSeattle · published 1876–1881 | 52 | 1876–1880 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound DispatchSeattle · published 1871–1880 | 51 | 1871–1880 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Yakima HeraldNorth Yakima · published 1889–1914 | 28 | 1889–1892 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Olympia TribuneOlympia · published 1890–1893 | 28 | 1891–1892 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Northern StarSnohomish City · published 1876–1879 | 27 | 1876–1879 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Seattle StarSeattle · published 1899–1947 | 25 | 1899 | Catalog ↗ |
| Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen · published 1886–1917 | 17 | 1890–1894 | Catalog ↗ |
| Washington StandardOlympia · published 1860–1921 | 16 | 1860–1863 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-Current | 11 | 1908–1910 | Catalog ↗ |
| Spokane Falls ReviewSpokane Falls · published 1883–1890 | 11 | 1883 | Catalog ↗ |
| Ranche and RangeNorth Yakima · published 1897–1902 | 10 | 1897–1898 | Catalog ↗ |
| Fairhaven HeraldFairhaven | 9 | 1890 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick · published 1914–1938 | 7 | 1914–1917 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick CourierKennewick · published 1905–1914 | 7 | 1905 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound HeraldSteilacoom · published 1858–1864 | 7 | 1858–1859 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Labor JournalEverett | 5 | 1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Oroville Weekly GazetteOroville | 5 | 1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| White Bluffs SpokesmanWhite Bluffs · published 1907–1938 | 4 | 1916–1924 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound Weekly ArgusPort Townsend · published 1876–1882 | 4 | 1876–1877 | Catalog ↗ |
| Pioneer and DemocratOlympia · published 1854–1861 | 3 | 1854 | Catalog ↗ |
| Walla Walla StatesmanWalla Walla | 2 | 1864 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Mason County JournalShelton · published 1886–1927 | 2 | 1889 | Catalog ↗ |