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| 1884 | 1 |
| 1887 | 1 |
2 stories matching beggar
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:beggari, begg, eggar, beg, bear, began
- The Mass Departure of Chinese Laborers
After the completion of the Cedar River extension, the Oregon Improvement Company arranged for the mass transport of 1,700 Chinese workers out of Seattle.
- The Tragedy at Cle Elum
A head-on collision between a work train and a locomotive leaves construction workers dead and local physicians scrambling in the wake of the worst accident on the Northern Pacific line.