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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 4 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 2 |
| 1861 | 2 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 12 |
| 1876 | 51 |
| 1877 | 45 |
| 1878 | 29 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 6 |
| 1882 | 10 |
| 1883 | 24 |
| 1884 | 15 |
| 1885 | 45 |
| 1886 | 17 |
| 1887 | 29 |
| 1888 | 23 |
| 1889 | 73 |
| 1890 | 13 |
| 1891 | 56 |
| 1892 | 99 |
| 1893 | 95 |
| 1894 | 156 |
| 1895 | 33 |
| 1897 | 3 |
| 1898 | 6 |
| 1899 | 33 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1901 | 1 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 45 |
| 1904 | 41 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 3 |
| 1909 | 34 |
| 1910 | 6 |
| 1911 | 7 |
| 1912 | 3 |
| 1914 | 15 |
| 1915 | 14 |
| 1916 | 23 |
| 1917 | 14 |
| 1923 | 4 |
| 1924 | 1 |
| 1925 | 3 |
1,113 stories matching might, in 34 newspapers
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 452 | 1888–1895 | Catalog ↗ |
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 140 | 1882–1887 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Daily IntelligencerSeattle · published 1876–1881 | 69 | 1876–1880 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick · published 1914–1938 | 63 | 1914–1917 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Tacoma TimesTacoma · published 1903–1949 | 61 | 1903–1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound DispatchSeattle · published 1871–1880 | 48 | 1871–1880 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla · published 1903–1910 | 46 | 1903–1904 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Olympia TribuneOlympia · published 1890–1893 | 34 | 1891–1892 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Seattle StarSeattle · published 1899–1947 | 33 | 1899 | Catalog ↗ |
| Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen · published 1886–1917 | 32 | 1890–1894 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Northern StarSnohomish City · published 1876–1879 | 24 | 1876–1878 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Labor JournalEverett | 21 | 1909–1912 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Yakima HeraldNorth Yakima · published 1889–1914 | 19 | 1889–1892 | Catalog ↗ |
| White Bluffs SpokesmanWhite Bluffs · published 1907–1938 | 10 | 1916–1925 | Catalog ↗ |
| Washington StandardOlympia · published 1860–1921 | 6 | 1861–1863 | Catalog ↗ |
| Fairhaven HeraldFairhaven | 6 | 1890 | Catalog ↗ |
| Adams County NewsRitzville · published 1898–1906 | 6 | 1898 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Lynden Tribune (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-Current | 4 | 1908–1910 | Catalog ↗ |
| Pioneer and DemocratOlympia · published 1854–1861 | 4 | 1854 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound Weekly ArgusPort Townsend · published 1876–1882 | 4 | 1876 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound HeraldSteilacoom · published 1858–1864 | 4 | 1858–1859 | Catalog ↗ |
| Pullman HeraldPullman · published 1888–1989 | 3 | 1888 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Oroville Weekly GazetteOroville | 3 | 1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| The RanchSeattle · published 1902–1914 | 3 | 1902–1903 | Catalog ↗ |
| Ranche and RangeNorth Yakima · published 1897–1902 | 3 | 1897 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Everett Morning Tribune | 2 | 1901–1907 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Spokane PressSpokane · published 1902–1939 | 2 | 1902 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Wenatchee Daily WorldWenatchee · published 1905–1971 | 2 | 1905 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Leavenworth Echo (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-Current | 2 | 1904 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Colfax GazetteColfax · published 1893–1932 | 2 | 1900 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Mason County JournalShelton · published 1886–1927 | 2 | 1889 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Seattle RepublicanSeattle | 1 | 1900 | Catalog ↗ |
| Coulee City DispatchCoulee City | 1 | 1916 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick CourierKennewick · published 1905–1914 | 1 | 1905 | Catalog ↗ |