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1 story matching mandarin
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:marin, mandan, mandat, mand, mandamus, mandolin
- Olympia Loses the Capitol: A Letter Writer Predicts the Seat of Government Will Move to Vancouver
A Steilacoom correspondent gloats that Olympia's 'mandarins' overplayed their hand in the territorial legislature — and that the $30,000 Congress set aside for a capitol building will sit unspent while the prize drifts south.