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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 2 |
| 1876 | 3 |
| 1877 | 4 |
| 1878 | 3 |
| 1882 | 4 |
| 1883 | 10 |
| 1884 | 1 |
| 1885 | 4 |
| 1886 | 3 |
| 1887 | 4 |
| 1888 | 2 |
| 1889 | 7 |
| 1890 | 1 |
| 1891 | 10 |
| 1892 | 7 |
| 1893 | 21 |
| 1894 | 16 |
| 1895 | 15 |
| 1899 | 3 |
| 1903 | 9 |
| 1904 | 6 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 1 |
| 1909 | 4 |
| 1910 | 2 |
| 1911 | 2 |
| 1914 | 1 |
| 1915 | 2 |
| 1916 | 1 |
| 1917 | 2 |
| 1924 | 2 |
158 stories matching joke, in 18 newspapers
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 68 | 1888–1895 | Catalog ↗ |
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 21 | 1882–1887 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Tacoma TimesTacoma · published 1903–1949 | 10 | 1904–1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla · published 1903–1910 | 9 | 1903 | Catalog ↗ |
| Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen · published 1886–1917 | 6 | 1891–1894 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound DispatchSeattle · published 1871–1880 | 6 | 1871–1878 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick · published 1914–1938 | 5 | 1914–1917 | Catalog ↗ |
| Spokane Falls ReviewSpokane Falls · published 1883–1890 | 5 | 1883 | Catalog ↗ |
| Washington StandardOlympia · published 1860–1921 | 4 | 1861–1863 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Daily IntelligencerSeattle · published 1876–1881 | 4 | 1876–1877 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Labor JournalEverett | 3 | 1910–1911 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Seattle StarSeattle · published 1899–1947 | 3 | 1899 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Northern StarSnohomish City · published 1876–1879 | 3 | 1876–1878 | Catalog ↗ |
| White Bluffs SpokesmanWhite Bluffs · published 1907–1938 | 3 | 1917–1924 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Olympia TribuneOlympia · published 1890–1893 | 3 | 1891–1892 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Yakima HeraldNorth Yakima · published 1889–1914 | 2 | 1890–1891 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-Current | 2 | 1907–1908 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Lynden Tribune (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-Current | 1 | 1910 | Catalog ↗ |