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Newspaper
Chehalis Bee
Location
Chehalis, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1897
Page
13
The piece traces the role of presidential spouses across eras from Adams to Garfield. It notes the Philadelphia start of the executive mansion, late occupancy by Adams, and how each First Lady influenced receptions, hosting style, and social life.
A fragment describes a pocket‑sized cycler match gun for lighting bicycle lamps using a spring‑driven jaw mechanism. It shows a cut illustration and explains how to place a match in a channel to ignite the lamp wick, noting simple operation and compact size. The text then shifts to social anecdotes about First Ladies, manners, and White House receptions, mentioning Mrs. Madison through Mrs. McKinley, with notes on memory, posture, and hosting style.
Market notes discuss wheat supply and price trends with India and Argentina described as weaker exporters. Oregon and Washington prices are listed for flour, wheat, oats, hay, butter, cheese, potatoes, onions, poultry, eggs, wool, hops, beef, mutton, hogs, veal, and other staples. Regional reports from Portland and Seattle provide per ton and per bushel figures, reflecting shifting trade and crop failures affecting prices.
The article traces early efforts to cultivate sugar beets in Oregon and Washington, noting seed imports from Cologne and trials at Alvarado. It cites Mrs. Shaw and G W Shaw on careful cultivation, government bounty support, and comparative climate data showing Oregon’s milder temperatures aiding beet growth.
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