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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1900 | 3 |
3 stories matching worker
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:work, worketh, woker, worki, corker, porker
- 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 Tenderloin Primary: How Tom Humes Won the City
Corruption, colonized voters, and the struggle to reform Seattle's municipal government at the turn of the century.
- 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.