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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1876 | 7 |
| 1877 | 3 |
| 1878 | 1 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 3 |
| 1884 | 1 |
| 1885 | 4 |
| 1886 | 3 |
| 1887 | 2 |
| 1888 | 2 |
| 1889 | 5 |
| 1891 | 2 |
| 1892 | 12 |
| 1893 | 18 |
| 1894 | 17 |
| 1895 | 5 |
| 1898 | 3 |
| 1899 | 6 |
| 1903 | 7 |
| 1904 | 3 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1908 | 2 |
| 1909 | 9 |
| 1911 | 1 |
122 stories matching despair, in 20 newspapers
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 54 | 1889–1895 | Catalog ↗ |
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 15 | 1882–1887 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Tacoma TimesTacoma · published 1903–1949 | 8 | 1904–1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla · published 1903–1910 | 7 | 1903 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Daily IntelligencerSeattle · published 1876–1881 | 7 | 1876–1878 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Seattle StarSeattle · published 1899–1947 | 6 | 1899 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Northern StarSnohomish City · published 1876–1879 | 3 | 1876 | Catalog ↗ |
| Adams County NewsRitzville · published 1898–1906 | 3 | 1898 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-Current | 3 | 1908–1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Labor JournalEverett | 2 | 1909–1911 | Catalog ↗ |
| Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen · published 1886–1917 | 2 | 1894 | Catalog ↗ |
| Pullman HeraldPullman · published 1888–1989 | 2 | 1888 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Yakima HeraldNorth Yakima · published 1889–1914 | 2 | 1892 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound HeraldSteilacoom · published 1858–1864 | 2 | 1858–1859 | Catalog ↗ |
| Washington StandardOlympia · published 1860–1921 | 1 | 1861 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Oroville Weekly GazetteOroville | 1 | 1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick CourierKennewick · published 1905–1914 | 1 | 1905 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Olympia TribuneOlympia · published 1890–1893 | 1 | 1891 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound Weekly ArgusPort Townsend · published 1876–1882 | 1 | 1876 | Catalog ↗ |
| The RanchSeattle · published 1902–1914 | 1 | 1904 | Catalog ↗ |