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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1872 | 2 |
| 1876 | 16 |
| 1877 | 9 |
| 1878 | 13 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 6 |
| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 27 |
| 1884 | 14 |
| 1885 | 21 |
| 1886 | 5 |
| 1887 | 23 |
| 1888 | 14 |
| 1889 | 22 |
| 1891 | 14 |
| 1892 | 66 |
| 1893 | 63 |
| 1894 | 53 |
| 1895 | 67 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1899 | 21 |
| 1903 | 7 |
| 1904 | 2 |
| 1909 | 3 |
| 1916 | 1 |
| 1928 | 2 |
478 stories matching play, in 12 newspapers
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 298 | 1888–1895 | Catalog ↗ |
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 95 | 1882–1887 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Daily IntelligencerSeattle · published 1876–1881 | 31 | 1876–1880 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Seattle StarSeattle · published 1899–1947 | 21 | 1899 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound DispatchSeattle · published 1871–1880 | 16 | 1872–1880 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla · published 1903–1910 | 7 | 1903 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Tacoma TimesTacoma · published 1903–1949 | 4 | 1904–1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| Filipino ForumSeattle | 2 | 1928 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Yakima HeraldNorth Yakima · published 1889–1914 | 1 | 1892 | Catalog ↗ |
| White Bluffs SpokesmanWhite Bluffs · published 1907–1938 | 1 | 1916 | Catalog ↗ |
| Ranche and RangeNorth Yakima · published 1897–1902 | 1 | 1897 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-Current | 1 | 1909 | Catalog ↗ |