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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1892 | 1 |
1 story matching burma
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:burmah, bur, burg, buri, burk, burn
- The Elephant-Powered Sawmills of Burma
A visiting mill manager shares tales of jungle timber operations where elephants handle everything from the logs to the finished lumber.
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- Taunts, a Barber Shop, a Pigtail — and Only the Chinese Man Arrested
With Japan at war with China, a gang of Japanese boys mocked a Chinese New Year reveler on South Fifth Street. He chased them into a Main Street barbershop, the Japanese proprietor called the police, and Dong was the one charged.
- Cotton, Flour and Rumors of Rifles: Tacoma's Steamer Sails Into the Sino-Japanese War
As Japan presses for Manchuria, Tacoma's Japanese community shares news from home while a Northern Pacific freighter swaps flour for Boston cotton—prompting speculation about hidden munitions.
- The Tightening Grip of Exclusion
A new federal bill further complicates the lives of Chinese residents by redefining 'merchant' status and enforcing strict registration requirements.
- The 'Boom Town' Bust of Chin Kiang
A cautionary tale of real estate speculation from the pages of 1889 Seattle.
- The Bamboo Pens of Chinese Registration
Deputy collectors report on the process of registering Chinese residents under the restrictive McCreary law in Western Washington.
- Tension Rises at the Cœur d'Alene Reservation Border
Farmers near Fairfield arm themselves as a series of skirmishes leaves both Indigenous residents and white settlers fearing violence.
- A Railroad Clerk's Side Hustle: 150 Pounds of Opium Land in Tacoma
M. M. Perl, chief clerk to a Northern Pacific superintendent, imported prepared opium from China aboard the Kingston—while federal agents seized a rival shipment under an 1881 treaty.
- A Heroic Rescue in Kent
A young boy was saved from being crushed by a heavy engine flywheel when a local woman lifted the massive weight off his chest.