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| Year | Stories |
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| 1893 | 2 |
| 1894 | 1 |
3 stories matching yung
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:yun, yunger, yune, yunn, young, yunker
- The Trial of a Shadow Marriage
A Chinese man faces a perjury charge in Seattle after a complex legal battle to reclaim his 'wife' from immigration detention.
- The 'Twin Brother' Defense
A Seattle man facing perjury charges for allegedly smuggling a woman into the country claimed his previous testimony about her identity was just a mistake regarding his twin.
- The Opium Dream of Lee Fook Bow
After surviving a suicide attempt on a train, a Chinese man is convinced he has died, visited heaven, and been reborn as a different man.
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- The Desperado of Port Angeles
A suspected smuggler is captured in Skagit County, reviving rumors of a notorious, armed escape from customs officers years prior.
- Two Loggers Perish in Sub-Zero Tragedy
A falling tree claims the lives of two lumbermen near Elk, leaving their frozen bodies to be recovered by search parties.
- The Fugitive 'Dude'
A local Indigenous man is pursued by the sheriff for an alleged land fraud scheme involving Puyallup tribal property.
- Local Chinese Gardener Targeted for Deportation
Wong Look, a Walla Walla resident of ten years, faces expulsion after being unable to produce his registration certificate.
- Anti-Chinese Violence at King and South Seventh
Two young men, intoxicated and looking for trouble, brutally assaulted two Chinese laborers in a targeted act of racist violence.
- Tacoma High Juniors Dominate Annual Track Meet
Freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors competed at the Y.M.C.A. athletic park to determine the city's track representatives.
- A Missing Paper, a Man Detained at the Wharf
Federal Chinese Exclusion enforcement turned on a residency certificate Yee Wing said he had lost.
- A Dramatic Arrest and a 'Whisky Fit' at the Police Station
A suspect arrested for jumping a boarding house bill and passing bogus checks collapses in his wife's arms while in police custody.