The Exposition Interlude and Artful Prose Bits
A collage of fragments covers a talky gallery scene with a Welsh or Scottish comment and a plan to cushion a weary visitor amid exhibition rules. It shifts to a dental quip about toothbrush bristles and a painter Joshua Reynolds portrait study of Mrs Siddons, then ends with a note on a Cosmopolitan Magazine order and its huge circulation implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Reynolds
Siddons
Lly
Reynolds
Joshua
van Dyck
Rubens
Rembrandt
Sir Joshua
Joshua Ryenolds
Jeric Keppel
Mumi Scribner’s Magazine
Christmas Morning Visitor
A fur-clad boy arrives on Christmas morning saying he has no gifts but his good nature. He stays by the narrator’s side, sharing prattle and smiles, and the speaker finds his presence a cheering present, embodying the spirit of the season.
Surprising arithmetic and odd housecoat trick
An article blends a math paradox with a clothing removal puzzle and then shifts to local news items. It mentions a vest coat ruse, a Pacific county courthouse, Willapa harbor oysters, Lewis county warrants, a Tacoma Christmas dinner, and other regional notes. Major Clarence M. Barton dies in Oswego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willapa Harbor
Lewis County
A. V. Fawcett
Tacoma
Boisefork
Clarence M. Barton
Oswego
Oregon
Port Angeles
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company
Government Canal
Keokuk
Iowa
Million-Dollar Blaze Hits San Francisco Plants
San Francisco endures a massive fire causing severe losses including the Call and Bulletin newspaper plants. Other notes touch on the revived interest in a trans-Pacific cable due to Hawaiian politics, a Portland smugglers trial with convictions and a requested new trial, shifting Brazilian insurgent conflict, a New York traction prize for streetcar propulsion, and the Santa Fe railroad entering receivership with Joseph Reinhart John McCook and Joseph Wilson named as receivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Call and Bulletin
trans-Pacific Cable
C. J. Mulkey
Wm. Dunbar
P. J. Bannon
Portland
Insurgente
Metropolitan Traction Company
New York
Santa Fe
Union Trust Company
Joseph W. Reinhart
John J. McCook
Joseph C. Wilson
Topeka
State agency buys Chehalis school bonds in bulk
The state land commission purchased for the state fifteen thousand dollars in Chehalis school bonds. William Bobby, an engineer in the Butler block Seattle, escaped suffocation in an elevator pressure incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
State Land Commission
Chehalis
Wm. Bobby
Butler
Seattle
Local News In Hoquiam Westport Advents And Waterfront Work
The town reports New Year celebrations at Land Company hall and a grand ball by the Ocosta Social Club. Notable visits include Miss Cora Lewis of Hoquiam and Miss Myrtle Cummings from Gate City. Mails carrier contract awarded to Frank Peterson for Ovosta and Westport. Breakwater piling begun at Redmond creek dyke and a new saw mill started successfully. Santa and Layport School Tree event described with a lively Christmas program. Public schools finish vacation as spring nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land Company
Johnnie
Cora Lewis
Hoquiam
Myrtle Cummings
Gate City
N. P
H. W. Gumm
Aberdeen
C. R. D. Hall
Sydney Croft
Markham
Frank Peterson
Ovosta
Westport
John Shield
Westport Land Company
Redmond Creek
R. L. Austin
The
Ledger
Ocosta Social Club
McCandlass Hall
Layport School
Layporte
Wishkah
H. Smith
Santa
The Sage Leeves and Phools of Abburdeen Speak
A humorous monologue blends comic musings on fools in Abburdeen and a trader's talk with exaggerated dialect. The piece contrasts small town credulity, tobaccos, and real estate schemes with reflections on education, manners, and a set of quirky anecdotes about daily life and habits. It closes with a sales pitch for Electric Bitters promising health benefits.
County Real Estate Transfers in Chehalis County 1893
Real estate transfers for Chehalis county Washington in the week ending December 20 1893 show numerous parcel trades. Notable moves include J A Graham sheriff selling to TH Halliday part lots in Elma and E F Grant selling multiple lots in Montesano to G M Cochran. Many listings cover Ocosta Hoquiam and cosmopolis transfers with prices and lot descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chehalis County
Wash
J A Graham
Halliday
Elma
J Mullin
O Carlson
Hoquiam
A Myers
E L Harrison
Cosmopolis
Wishkah
F Grant
G M Cochran
Byles
IC Benner
E E Weed
F P Swinson
M C Quinn
L& A
L Calder
Filma
J Starr
K Phelon
Ocosta and Co
Ocosta Land Co
W H Cramer
Ocosta
J C Phelan
Ocos
J F Hiner
H C Cooper
R P Porter
Ocean View
A Lyons
J E Lyons
North Hoquiam
Also Mentioned on This Page
England
Argyll
Cincinnati Com- Gazette
Cosmopolitan
American News Company
Children’s Corner
Pacific County
Olympia
News OF the State
W. A. Daborne
H. Jenkins
Johns River
Arkansaw Scribbler
Sage Leevs
J. Billings Sage
Josh Billings
Abburdeen
Joshway
Sage ON Phools
Man Hoo
Les
Air
Ort Tendi
Ouch
Incisbury
Killisnoo
Alaska
Japan
Atlantic
Strength and Health
Evans & Schroder
Simmons
Gro. W
Erasmus Wilson
Europe
America
Skookum Root Hair Grower Company Dept. R
South Fifth Ave
Berlin
Stephen Ogden
Tacoma, Wash
Reliance Market
Henry F. Scuwas
Prop
Heron
Aberdeen, Wash
Grays Harbor Market
Hans Stoecke
Heron Street
Washington
LB. F. Johnston
J. M. Weatherwax
Hi, A. Waves
Capital
J.M. Weatherwax
B. F. Johnston
Jas, Patterson, Alex. Young
C. E. Perkins
W. P. Book
Samuel Benn
Aes
Thomas
Aberdeen Bank.incorporated
C. T. Wooding & CO
Crags Harbor
United States
Old World
A.J. Kroenert
W. P. Book, Co
F. White
G. 8. Thomas
Savings Department
MME
Kellogg’s System
Mme. A. S. Smith
Pacific Hotel
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