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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1900 | 3 |
3 stories matching work
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:worki, woodwork, worker, workin, workabl, workday
- Explosion Targets Japanese Workers
A home housing Japanese laborers in Wenatchee was destroyed by explosives to intimidate them away from a coal chute project.
- The Struggle for Household Help at the Turn of the Century
A Seattle employer recounts the candid, often frustrating process of interviewing domestic workers in 1900.
- A Young Ward of the Philippines
A young Filipino boy, orphaned and brought to Seattle by a veteran, finds a new life in the home of a local merchant.