Local notices span Hoquiam Elma Cosmopolis and more
Town news from Grays Harbor reports social visits in Olympia and Tacoma. Laborers repair a boat jam after high water. Local officials and merchants update listings as Hoquiam hosts bowling results and shipyard work. Elma, Cosmopolis, and Aberdeen notes cover illness, schooling, burglar prevention, and Hood’s Sarsaparilla endorsements.
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W.rren
Ith
Treas
Land
Richard Arland
Atkins
Con- Grays Harbor Com. Co
Ilinois
Fusion politics and fiscal reforms in early state history
An editorial excerpt discusses fusion era fiscal restraint and budget trimming, arguing savings improved state finances while admitting some deficiencies in public office appropriations. It contrasts past lavish governance with two years of fusion rule and predicts broader geopolitics involving Germany and Russia. A citation credits Austin Bierkower via Lippincott's.
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Commonwealth
Seattle Times
Russia
Germany
Austin Bierkower
Lippincott’s
Lumber trade notes on 1898 import and rail earnings
Manitoba imported over 30 million feet of lumber from the United States in 1898. Railroads report the largest annual earnings in U S history. Prospects and prices rise for logging, sawdust fertilizer debates fade, and a free book offer from Dr. R V Pierce draws reader attention.
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Manitoba
United States
America
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dispensary Medical Association
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