Summer Normal School Concludes Six-Week Session
Montesano correspondence notes the Summer Normal School ending last Friday. Haying slows street activity while town reports a bear hunt and a copper mine interest. Fire destroyed two barns insured at $400 with total loss near $800. The Elma baseball team defeats Hoquiam 24 to 4 aided by an umpire.
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The
Herald
J. W. Hall
H. B. Marcy
Bell
Aberdeen
Mary McNeil
Newman Levi
Equitable Savings Loan Association
Savage & Schofield
Henry Linconmire
Michigan
J. W. Scannell
Walston
John H. Taylor
Messrs Wilson, Hoover and Sells
Fairfax
Wash
H. H. Trask
L. L. Trask Co
Lima
Ohio
J. F. Medcalf
Mr. Medcalf
C. H. Kiehl
Seattle
M. E
Fred Johnson
Daisy Smith
Oakville
Ben Martin
R. H. Wade
Elma Rabbit Park
Elma
Houiam
Grays Harbor Jetty Improved as Deep Channel Advances
Capt. Harry Taylor reports substantial progress on Grays Harbor improvements. The Inner Harbor survey shows a deeper channel across the bar with depths up to 29 feet, increasing permanence of deep water once secured. Total appropriation reaches 705000 with 334980 unexpended and 295000 needed for completion.
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Harry Taylor
Washington
War Department
Washington, D. C
Grays Harbor
Taylor
Variegated Cut Worm Declares War on Western Gardens
The State Agricultural College reports a widespread outbreak of variegated cut worm in Western Washington. Entomologist Prof. Chas. V. Piper outlines prevention and treatment methods, urging immediate spraying with Paris green and detailing dry and wet application ratios, equipment, and timing for best results. He notes many worms are near pupation but advises hand collection where feasible for rapid results.
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Washington
State Agricultural College
Chas. V. Piper
Bay View Addition farm sale with house barn cattle poultry
One and one quarter acres all cleared and in cultivation with a small house and barn in Bay View Addition. Includes one cow 225 chickens household goods and tools. Will be sold cheap if taken quickly. Inquire of J F Rawlings or Evans drug store.
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Bay View
J. F. Rawlings
Evans Drug Store
Reward Offered for Damage to Chehalis River Booms
Ellyr Witson Bros. & Co. offers 500 dollars for the arrest and conviction of any person cutting lines or turning adrift rafts or boom sticks tied to their wharf or boom on the Chehalis River. The notice seeks to protect property and maintain river working gear.
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Chehalis River
Ellyr
Witson Bros. & Co
Carl Schurz on imperialism and the 1890s campaign
The eminent German American Carl Schurz calls imperialism a moral crisis rivaling the Civil War. He argues the coming campaign will decide whether the United States remains a republic or becomes an empire, condemns McKinley’s policy, and questions the administration’s censorship and treatment of the Filipino war.
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Carl Schurz
Interior
Hayes
Whho
Schurz
Washington
Lincoln
McKinley
United States
Bryan
House of Representatives
The
Anti-Imperialiste
Mr. Schurz
Morality and Imperialism Collision in US Debate
Interview with Schurz critiques McKinley era policy in the Philippines. He argues volunteers, voters, and allies were betrayed, condemns imperialist expansion as theft of independence, and urges a peaceful, principled alternative honoring democracy. He cites commerce, the Monroe Doctrine, and potential international agreement to avoid foreign entanglement.
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War Department
Lentz
Schurz
Washington
Lincoln
Mr. Schurz
Mr. Schurs
Republic
Cuba
Philippine Islands
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W. A. Freeburger
American Lake
Ora Herriman
Pauline Jones
Hoquiam
Carl Seafort
Ed. Whitmash
South Bend Light & Water Company
E. C. Kibbe
Whatcom
F. G. Demming
Nim Herriman
Tom Osborne
O. H. Pearson
John Coombs
Ed. Robbins
Humptulips
Capt. Taylor
Inner Harbor
Chehalia
Satie
I. Harris & Sons
Ade Later
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