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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1876 | 1 |
| 1883 | 2 |
| 1885 | 9 |
| 1886 | 1 |
| 1887 | 2 |
| 1888 | 1 |
| 1889 | 4 |
| 1891 | 1 |
| 1892 | 11 |
| 1893 | 7 |
| 1894 | 10 |
| 1895 | 2 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1904 | 3 |
| 1908 | 1 |
| 1909 | 1 |
| 1915 | 2 |
| 1916 | 1 |
| 1923 | 1 |
61 stories matching purg, in 10 newspapers
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 35 | 1888–1895 | Catalog ↗ |
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 14 | 1883–1887 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Tacoma TimesTacoma · published 1903–1949 | 3 | 1904–1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick · published 1914–1938 | 2 | 1915–1916 | Catalog ↗ |
| White Bluffs SpokesmanWhite Bluffs · published 1907–1938 | 2 | 1915–1923 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla · published 1903–1910 | 1 | 1904 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound DispatchSeattle · published 1871–1880 | 1 | 1876 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Colfax GazetteColfax · published 1893–1932 | 1 | 1900 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Olympia TribuneOlympia · published 1890–1893 | 1 | 1892 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-Current | 1 | 1908 | Catalog ↗ |