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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 1 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1878 | 1 |
| 1885 | 7 |
| 1886 | 3 |
| 1887 | 2 |
| 1888 | 1 |
| 1889 | 4 |
| 1891 | 8 |
| 1892 | 7 |
| 1893 | 10 |
| 1894 | 7 |
| 1895 | 1 |
| 1898 | 1 |
| 1899 | 1 |
| 1903 | 1 |
| 1904 | 8 |
| 1909 | 4 |
| 1910 | 1 |
| 1914 | 1 |
| 1916 | 5 |
| 1917 | 1 |
77 stories matching illicit, in 14 newspapers
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 34 | 1888–1895 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Tacoma TimesTacoma · published 1903–1949 | 12 | 1904–1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 12 | 1885–1887 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick · published 1914–1938 | 5 | 1914–1917 | Catalog ↗ |
| Washington StandardOlympia · published 1860–1921 | 2 | 1862 | Catalog ↗ |
| Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen · published 1886–1917 | 2 | 1891 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Yakima HeraldNorth Yakima · published 1889–1914 | 2 | 1892 | Catalog ↗ |
| Coulee City DispatchCoulee City | 2 | 1916 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Labor JournalEverett | 1 | 1910 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Seattle StarSeattle · published 1899–1947 | 1 | 1899 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla · published 1903–1910 | 1 | 1903 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound DispatchSeattle · published 1871–1880 | 1 | 1878 | Catalog ↗ |
| Pioneer and DemocratOlympia · published 1854–1861 | 1 | 1854 | Catalog ↗ |
| Ranche and RangeNorth Yakima · published 1897–1902 | 1 | 1898 | Catalog ↗ |