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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 2 |
| 1862 | 3 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1872 | 6 |
| 1876 | 10 |
| 1877 | 7 |
| 1878 | 8 |
| 1880 | 4 |
| 1882 | 3 |
| 1883 | 16 |
| 1884 | 6 |
| 1885 | 18 |
| 1886 | 7 |
| 1887 | 21 |
| 1888 | 14 |
| 1889 | 26 |
| 1890 | 1 |
| 1891 | 23 |
| 1892 | 56 |
| 1893 | 70 |
| 1894 | 86 |
| 1895 | 100 |
| 1897 | 3 |
| 1898 | 6 |
| 1899 | 13 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 27 |
| 1904 | 19 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 8 |
| 1909 | 23 |
| 1910 | 4 |
| 1911 | 3 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 7 |
| 1915 | 6 |
| 1916 | 9 |
| 1917 | 10 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1923 | 4 |
| 1924 | 2 |
| 1925 | 2 |
645 stories matching explain, in 30 newspapers
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 342 | 1888–1895 | Catalog ↗ |
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 68 | 1882–1887 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Tacoma TimesTacoma · published 1903–1949 | 30 | 1904–1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla · published 1903–1910 | 30 | 1903–1904 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick · published 1914–1938 | 28 | 1914–1918 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Daily IntelligencerSeattle · published 1876–1881 | 16 | 1876–1880 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Olympia TribuneOlympia · published 1890–1893 | 16 | 1891–1892 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-Current | 14 | 1908–1910 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Seattle StarSeattle · published 1899–1947 | 13 | 1899 | Catalog ↗ |
| White Bluffs SpokesmanWhite Bluffs · published 1907–1938 | 13 | 1916–1925 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound DispatchSeattle · published 1871–1880 | 12 | 1872–1880 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Labor JournalEverett | 10 | 1909–1912 | Catalog ↗ |
| Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen · published 1886–1917 | 8 | 1891–1894 | Catalog ↗ |
| Ranche and RangeNorth Yakima · published 1897–1902 | 8 | 1897–1898 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Yakima HeraldNorth Yakima · published 1889–1914 | 7 | 1889–1892 | Catalog ↗ |
| Washington StandardOlympia · published 1860–1921 | 6 | 1861–1863 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Northern StarSnohomish City · published 1876–1879 | 6 | 1876–1878 | Catalog ↗ |
| Spokane Falls ReviewSpokane Falls · published 1883–1890 | 3 | 1883 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Colfax GazetteColfax · published 1893–1932 | 2 | 1900 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound HeraldSteilacoom · published 1858–1864 | 2 | 1859–1860 | Catalog ↗ |
| The RanchSeattle · published 1902–1914 | 2 | 1902–1903 | Catalog ↗ |
| Pullman HeraldPullman · published 1888–1989 | 1 | 1888 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Ellensburg DawnEllensburg · published 1898–1914 | 1 | 1898 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Colville ExaminerColville · published 1907–1948 | 1 | 1907 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Seattle RepublicanSeattle | 1 | 1900 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Oroville Weekly GazetteOroville | 1 | 1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| Fairhaven HeraldFairhaven | 1 | 1890 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Mason County JournalShelton · published 1886–1927 | 1 | 1889 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick CourierKennewick · published 1905–1914 | 1 | 1905 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound Weekly ArgusPort Townsend · published 1876–1882 | 1 | 1876 | Catalog ↗ |