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2 stories matching worker

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:work, worketh, woker, worki, corker, porker

  1. The Gold Rush at Nez Perces

    A local captain reports on the booming prospects for thousands of miners seeking quartz gold in the Blue Mountains.

    Apr 27, 1861Washington StandardWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyBoom & Bust

  2. The Threat of Slave Labor in Washington

    A local writer warns laborers that the introduction of enslaved people into the territory could crash wages and destroy the dignity of free labor.

    Feb 9, 1861Washington StandardOlympia, Thurston CountyWork & Pay

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