Chehalis Bee enters fifteenth year of existence
The Chehalis Bee marks its fifteenth year of publication, noting steady growth like a growing boy. The Olympian commentary reflects on the paper’s maturation and improved quality as it ages.
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Newspaper
Chehalis Bee
Location
Chehalis, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1898
Page
7
Chehalis BEE Enters Fifteenth Volume
The Chehalis BEE marks its fifteenth volume, praised as one of the brighter country weeklies and a credit to the small city where it is published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Chehalis
Newlands resolution to annex Hawaii passes House vote
The Newlands resolution to annex Hawaii to the United States passed the House by 209 to US. It is understood the Senate will stay in session after a few days' debate until a vote is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newlands
Hawaii
United States
House
Senate
Governors pardon doubles Tugwell and Baker pay
The Olympian notes Governor Rogers pardoned Tugwell and Baker and freed them in fifty days, claiming the act did little more than doubling their wages from three to six dollars daily, prompting critical commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Tugwell
Baker
Haypy
Whitman County Populist Platform Pushes Tax Renewal
In Whitman county the populist convention urged renewing the $300 personal property exemption. The group notes the last legislature raised the exemption to $500 and $000 for realty improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman County
Debts Measured In Wheat Decline Under Populist Reasoning
Populists argued that nominal debt reductions masked real burden, since paying it off required more wheat. The line of reasoning suggests current debt costs fewer bushels of wheat than at the start of McKinley’s administration, implying a drop to under one third the original wheat burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Rates and rail charges spur political action in Washington
An analysis notes Northern Pacific taxes eastern Washington farmers 123 cents per bushel for 400 mile wheat shipments and Chicago lines charge 4.2 cents per bushel for 960 miles to New York. Passenger fares in Washington are five cents a mile. The rates are judged excessive and Lewis county Republicans are urged to send two legislators capable of advancing proper law to reduce these charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Eastern Washington
Chicago
Windy City
New York
Washington
Lewis County
Critics fault McKinley hires sons of their fathers in war staff
The piece argues President McKinley favors political appointees like Harrison Blaine and others to noncombat staff roles in the volunteer army, comparing them to Roy Bryan who would lead a regiment without proper training. It questions whether Bryan’s appointments would have faced more public protest if not ratified and duties assigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Harrison
Blaine
Roy Bryan
Mr.Bryan
Westward expansion praise quoted as national destiny
A passage extols the expansion policy as a continuation of founding principles. It asserts the nation has grown from sea to sea and predicts Hawaii and the Philippines joining under the banner, praising American citizenship and the phrase Westward the course of empire takes its way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jefferson
Franklin
Atlantic
Hawaii
Phillippines
Arlington Times Breaks With Fusion Coalition
Two years after siding with fusion forces the Arlington Times denounces the alliance. It cites widespread discontent with the fusion administration, broken campaign promises, and discord among state officials from the printer’s office to the university, arguing harmony and cooperation are lacking and would not sustain support even if promises were kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Times
the Times
War Veteran Warns Against Paper Money Deception
Tur editor of the Washington Pot-Register recalls Civil War service four years with pay of 160 per month. He notes gold at 2.50 and values for goods at 17 cents daily, arguing depreciation harms soldiers who faced low wages and demand for notes. He urges respect for veterans and condemns depreciated currency and schemes as cheating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur
N Pot-Register Save
Ant
Ereenhack
News declares democratic stance and opposition to fusion
The CerTralia News states it is not bound to any ticket and remains democratic at heart. It opposes populist fusion, pledges to back only fit candidates, and prioritizes people over politics, stressing independence from any single faction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CoLboxEn Bannxister
Certralia News
Rot Ac
Fnionist
Populist Financiering Trial Over Advocate Suit
Mrs. Wuestney sues stockholders of the old Peoples' Advocate in a jury trial before Judge Willis, aiming to recover wages and funds advanced for 1893 and 1894 totaling over 1000 dollars. Defendants include Lewis county Populist stockholders represented by Senator Hill and others, with Forney and Ponder for the plaintiff and BE. F. Winter for the defense. The piece portrays populist financing as doomed to fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Hill
Capt. Aust
John Koontz
Hugh Herren
Chas. Hoveland
I. H. Painter
John Utter
Harmon Reelected Director After Friday Plea
Saturday election results show A. 8. Harmon elected director for three years with 6 votes, despite earlier reluctance to run. Frank Meloy received 22 votes. Miss Newland reelected clerk with 100 votes. Voters approved spending $100 to add ground for outbuildings at West Side school. 86 votes in favor. Also listed are unclaimed letters, warrants payable, and local notices including a Woodmen convention planned for June 1930 in Chehalis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon
Frank Meloy
Newland
West Side
ISYS
Inos
Joan Dawson
Chehalis
Wah
Diested cordial and patent medicines touted in town notice
The piece praises Mrs. Van Acistyn and her millinery, then shifts to a Mount Lebanon Shakers digestive cordial claimed to digest food and relieve indigestion. It mentions laxative Castor Oil in hospitals and urges readers to ask druggists for the Shaker booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebaron
Mount Lebanon
Rockwood Acquitted in Rape Trial Verdict
P M Rockwood was tried this week before Judge Elliott on a rape charge. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty after a short deliberation. Warrants Wanted. State county and school purchased. A U Alexander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwood
P.M. Rockwood
Elliott
A. U. Alexander
A Lake That Never Gives Up Its Dead
W B Harwood notes Lake Superior never yields its dead and bodies of wreck victims sometimes lie preserved in cold water. Survivors are rare and searches by drag or divers uncover remains near shore, as in a past Algoma tragedy where one body could not sink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
St. Nicholas
W. 8. Harwood
Lake Superior
Superior
Lakes
Xia
Soo
Viesel
Asl
BP One
Chehalis Land & Timber
Chehalis
Cae
Cue
Chehalis Avenue
Chenalis Avenue
Park Street
Pacific Avenue
Caseleis Avenue
Onehats Avenue
Etrees Wa Ane Park Street
South Bay
Ios
CheLains Laret & Framber CO
DIO Eouy
Land & Timter
South American horsehair for mattresses and furniture
South America yields fine curled horsehair used to fill mattresses and furniture. On the pampas many horses are bred for manes and tails. After rounds up the hair grows long and tangled, attracting burrs and thistles. When sheared, hair is sold for 89 cents to 4 cents a yard, with finest strands used for horsehair fabrics. A Boston run continues daguerreotypes as the most accurate likenesses despite modern photography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Pampa
Speetrie
New York
Boston
Philadelphia Press
Berlin match cited in Detroit Free Press remark
The Detroit Free Press notes a remark about a brilliant match between Berlin and Miss Goldin. It mentions a former quickly stated factory at Paris now producing toothpicks and turning about 20,060,000 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Goldin
Detroit Free Press
Paris
Postcard Variety Boom Surpasses Eight Thousand Marks
A recent survey notes that over 8,000 postcard varieties have been issued worldwide in the last 35 years. The figure highlights the growth of collecting and the expansion of designs, publishers, and geographic themes in a thriving hobby.
Family drama threads through a tainted confession
A fragmentary page recounts a tense dialogue where a father tests his daughter Daisy about love, while a darker thread hints at revenge and danger. The garbled text preserves names and emotional stakes but omits clear outcomes or setting details.
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