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2 stories matching methink

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  1. The Great Egg Exodus: Why One Seattle Boarding House Keeper is Trading City Squalor for Fidalgo Island Farming

    In a move that defies the city's booming real estate speculation, Mrs. Johnson abandons her Commercial Street boarding house to launch a poultry empire on Fidalgo Island, proving that sometimes the best investment is a flock of chickens.

    Dec 23, 1876Puget Sound DispatchCommercial Street, Seattle, King County

  2. The Great Exodus: Aberdeen’s Chinese Community Vanishes in the Night

    A local editorial and a sympathetic 'Communicated' letter reveal the forced departure of Aberdeen’s Chinese residents, highlighting both the racial hostility that drove them out and the rare moral outcry against their mistreatment.

    Nov 13, 1890Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyExclusion & Resistance

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