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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1877 | 4 |
| 1883 | 1 |
| 1885 | 1 |
| 1887 | 1 |
| 1888 | 3 |
| 1889 | 2 |
| 1892 | 11 |
| 1893 | 5 |
| 1894 | 4 |
| 1895 | 1 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 8 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1903 | 5 |
| 1904 | 2 |
| 1908 | 1 |
| 1914 | 2 |
| 1915 | 1 |
| 1916 | 1 |
| 1917 | 3 |
| 1919 | 1 |
60 stories matching spray, in 14 newspapers
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 23 | 1888–1895 | Catalog ↗ |
| Ranche and RangeNorth Yakima · published 1897–1902 | 9 | 1897–1898 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick · published 1914–1938 | 5 | 1914–1917 | Catalog ↗ |
| The RanchSeattle · published 1902–1914 | 5 | 1903–1904 | Catalog ↗ |
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 3 | 1883–1887 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Northern StarSnohomish City · published 1876–1879 | 3 | 1877 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Yakima HeraldNorth Yakima · published 1889–1914 | 3 | 1889–1892 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla · published 1903–1910 | 2 | 1903 | Catalog ↗ |
| White Bluffs SpokesmanWhite Bluffs · published 1907–1938 | 2 | 1916–1917 | Catalog ↗ |
| Washington StandardOlympia · published 1860–1921 | 1 | 1861 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Daily IntelligencerSeattle · published 1876–1881 | 1 | 1877 | Catalog ↗ |
| Vashon Island News-RecordVashon · published 1919–1954 | 1 | 1919 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Colfax GazetteColfax · published 1893–1932 | 1 | 1900 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Lynden Tribune (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-Current | 1 | 1908 | Catalog ↗ |