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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1877 | 1 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1883 | 2 |
| 1884 | 1 |
| 1885 | 19 |
| 1887 | 1 |
| 1888 | 2 |
| 1889 | 1 |
| 1892 | 2 |
| 1893 | 2 |
| 1894 | 3 |
| 1895 | 1 |
| 1903 | 1 |
| 1904 | 1 |
| 1915 | 1 |
| 1917 | 2 |
| 1918 | 1 |
42 stories matching somber, in 8 newspapers
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 23 | 1883–1887 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 9 | 1888–1895 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick · published 1914–1938 | 4 | 1915–1918 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Daily IntelligencerSeattle · published 1876–1881 | 2 | 1877–1880 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Tacoma TimesTacoma · published 1903–1949 | 1 | 1904 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla · published 1903–1910 | 1 | 1903 | Catalog ↗ |
| Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen · published 1886–1917 | 1 | 1894 | Catalog ↗ |
| Pullman HeraldPullman · published 1888–1989 | 1 | 1888 | Catalog ↗ |