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Newspaper
Chehalis Bee
Location
Chehalis, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1897
Page
3
Chenalis News Notes Sept 24 1897 Editor’s Column
Dan W. Bush, editor and proprietor, provides local notes from Chenalis Washington dated September 24 1897 highlighting community affairs and editorial remarks.
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Dan W. Bush
Chenalis, Wash
Chehalis Area Prices Rise Amid Famine Talk
Prices for hops, lumber, shingles and farm products surge in Chehalis valley with wages up and demand strong. Doernbecher factory runs at full capacity. merchants report improving business and cash purchases despite famine-attribution remarks. Wholesale clearances rise in Seattle Tacoma Spokane and Portland.
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Chehalis
Doernbecher Furniture
Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane
Portland
U.S
Clearanes
U. S
Woolf
South
India
Resignations Rock Washington State College Fusionists Depart
Recents Blandford Windus and Powell sever ties with the state agricultural college. Windus resigns accusing Governor Rogers of inefficiency and delay while Blandford notes inadequate legislative funding. The trio cites disputes over governance and funding as the cause of their resignations.
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Blandford
Walla Walla
Windus
Powell
Pullman
State Agricultural College
Rogers
Doctor Powell
Washington
Populist Farmer Buys Mortgage Sparking Debate
Mr Evans, praised as a good populist, sold his wheat and farm outputs amid India famine concerns and bought an $1100 mortgage on a neighboring populist's farm. His holdings could reach about 450 acres, prompting surprise that a populist forecloses mortgages once thought Wall Street only did. Times have changed.
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CuHaAs
Evans
India
Wall
Lombard Streets
Shipping subsidies aim to restore American carrying trade
The Tacoma News notes the nation pays about 300 million annually to foreign Wessels for transporting U S products. The Republican party pledges to fix this by subsidizing merchant marine, sending the carrying trade back to American vessels and crews.
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Tacoma News
Republican Party
Congress
United States
Willapa Pilot editor rethinks silver and wheat link
The Willapa Pilot editor Colonel Heath backs off the free silver theory he once promoted and now attributes rising wheat prices to supply and demand forces, admitting the earlier stance was misguided amid public debate.
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Heath
Willapa Pilot
South Bend
Governor Rogers Address Published by Tacoma Ledger
The Tacoma Ledger claims to publish the governor address in full as delivered at South Bend’s fair on Tuesday. The governor offers an alibi, stating he was in Olympia and Chehalis that day, and says a late train did not alter the events.
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New
Tacoma Ledger
Rogers
South Bend
Fair
Olympia
Chehalis
Tew
Birth notice teased by Ledger’s early publication style
A Ledger item reflects an enterprising birth notice published earlier by a local paper, noting that the birth announcement appeared in advance by about a week.
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Ledger
State education board sparks uproar over exams and new textbooks
A New State board of education faced backlash as it released exam questions a Philadelphia lawyer could not answer, claiming higher standards while flunking about a third of teachers. The board then changed high school textbooks at the last minute, forcing schools to wait two to three weeks for replacements.
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State Board of Education
Philadelphia
Record of U S exports reach new high for August
Avarst exports of domestic merchandise from the United States reached a record August total of $79,497,820, surpassing the prior August by $12,807,839. For eight months ending August 31 the exports totaled $629,434,373, exceeding 1806's corresponding period by $62,217,587. The tone notes strong gains and favorable money terms.
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United States
Attempted assassination shakes Mexico’s president
An attacker tried to strike Mexico’s president on Friday but was mobbed by enraged citizens. The assailant was hurt by a sharp object as bystanders intervened, and President Diaz may have narrowly escaped serious harm.
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Mexico
Diaz
Yellow fever across gulf coast and Alaska
A terse remark notes yellow fever’s reach from the gulf coast to Alaska, contrasting extreme illness spread with the speaker’s inability to rest amid the health anxiety. The line underscores widespread disease concerns across distant regions.
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Gulf Coast
Alaska
Chehalis City Council Commended for Swift Glanders Action
Chehalis officials receive praise for rapid measures to suppress glanders spread in the city. The council moved decisively to address a horse disease risk, outlining steps and authority used to protect public health and local agriculture.
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Chehalis
Bloomer Ball Batters At Fairground Tryout
A Bloomer baseball event offers a chance to see ball batters next Tuesday after noon at the fair grounds. The item notes a local showcase likely attracting community fans and participants.
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Fair Grounds
Hops Yield in Lewis County Reported by Growers
A detailed tally shows Lewis county hop yards yielding 22 067 boxes in 18 bushel units with numerous growers contributing data. Patterson of Olequa leads with a 70 ton expected crop on 22 acres, employing 700 pickers and multiple support facilities. Auburn area reports rain damage and variable quality across yields.
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Lewis County
Ditmar Bros
Ed Russell
Xavier Meyer
Joe Phillips
T. J. Long
Hugh Roundtree
Turner Roundtree
Pat Roundtree
Harlan Bros
Harlan and Mathis
Ira Johnson
Ed Klaus
Peter Bernier
A. M. Patterson
Olequa
Washington
Patterson
The
Argus
Auburn
California
Gervais
Star
Waterville
N. Y
Times
Glanders Claim Dr Short and Two Mules in Local Outbreak
Monday reports detail veterinary surgeon T B Short's death from glanders contracted while treating a male mule owned by J D Rice. W W Jordan also fell ill but improved. tests found glanders in Rice's other mule and a horse, all destroyed. City council ordered water troughs removed and Dr J T Lee brought in to perform Mallein tests.
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T. B. Short
L. T. B. Short
J.D. Rice
W. W. Jordan
Mr. Rice
Mr. Jordan
Doctor Short
Mr. Short
Jordan
J. T. Lee
Tacoma
Stewart
Dr. Lee
Lee
Fair Grounds
Rice
Messrs
Short
Otrego Farmer Reports Mixed Crop Prices Decline
The Otrego Farmer notes sales of small lots at 15 cents and refusals on large lots. Reports from New York central centers indicate the crop is short by one quarter to one half.
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Otrego
New York
Whitney Trial Verdict and Anecdotes of Old Abe
The jury finds Ira Whitney of Toledo guilty of attempted rape on a girl near Knab. Fred Utter fails to appear for cattle theft trial. One Polehn brother convicted of assault. the other acquitted. A long feature on Old Abe the Wisconsin war eagle, its capture in 1861, service with the Eighth Wisconsin, and lasting fame including 88 battles and extensive postwar notoriety.
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Young Utter
Ira Whitney
Toledo
Knab
Whitney
Fred Utter
Justice Landrum
Centralia
Belet
Polehn Brothers
George Hill
Winston Creek
Polehn
Old Abe
Flambeau River
Ashland
Prince Counties
Sky
Daniel McCann
Eagle Point
Wis
McCann
Mills
Eau Claire
J. 5. Perkins
Wisconsin
Madison
South
Lincoln
Eighth Wisconsin
Corinth
Barnum
Prince of Showmen
Free medical book offered by Dr. Pierce for 21 stamps
Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo offers 500,000 copies of The Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser free, requiring only 21 one cent stamps to cover mailing. The 1008 page volume with 300 illustrations matches the $1.50 cloth edition and is mailed post paid from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association.
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R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. N
Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Unclaimed Advertised Letters at Chehalis Post Office
Week ending September 24 1897 lists names of residents with letters awaiting pickup including Mrs Lizzette Andrews Mrs E M Brown C H Briffith GC Cummings Miss Ethel De Lang GC W Hanson Mrs M A Jenkins E W Klaus Albert Mitschell Mrs Sara J Picket Mrs Annie Rice J W Spriggs Ernet Stein Miss Nelie Tripp Mrs H W Wilson Mrs Hanna Wassen and C E Litipo P M Letters remain unclaimed and advertised for pickup.
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Chehalis
Lizzette Andrews
E M. Brown
C. H. Briffith
GC. Cummings
Ethel de Lang
W. Hanson
M. A. Jenkins
E. W. Klaus
Albert Mitschell
Sara J. Picket
Annie Rice
J. W. Spriggs
Ernet Stein
Nelie Tripp
Eggs Preserved In Clay From Li Hung Chang Era
Li Hung Chang’s commissary carried preserved Chinese eggs for the ambassador’s use. Waldorf steward Mr. Doyle recalls hard boiled eggs wrapped in clay that keep indefinitely. Ducks eggs from Peking and Muscovy are boiled and preserved in charcoal paste, then opened and served cold in the shell.
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Li Hung Chang
Doyle
the Waldorf
New York
New Process Converts Clay To Alumina Free Of Silica
The London Chemist reports a process by Heibling that converts clay into alumina without silica, forming hollow brick like blocks mixed with ammonium and potassium sulphates heated to 70 to 280 degrees C. Ammonia and ammonium sulphate vapors drive off, acid ammonium sulphate forms alumina, silica remains as cement material, and alumina is leached and recrystallized.
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Heibling
London
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claims Cure
One hundred dollar reward offered for cure of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Credited testimonials from Toledo firms West Truax Watpinae Kinnan Marvin attest Cheney's honesty and solvency. Cure taken internally, priced 75 cents per bottle, sold by druggists with a free testimonial.
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Hall
F. J. Chenry & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Watpinae
Kinnan & Marvin
Examination makeup for pupils at the high school
The message asks pupils who missed last year’s final exam to attend the high school on Monday morning Sept 27 for makeup testing. The author, J T Forrest, explains prior placement based on teachers’ recommendations and indicates those under seventy five percent remain in their current grade unless aiming for higher levels.
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J. T. Forrest
Public Lumber Auction at Chebalis Mill Yard
An auction will sell the entire stock of rough and dressed lumber at Mealy Lacy Lumber Co. yards in Chebalis Wash. on Tuesday September 28 1897 at 10 o clock in the morning. The sale aims to close out all stock with rare bargains for buyers.
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Mealy-Lacy Lumber Co
Chebalis Wash
Chehalis Births Quick Report For September
Chehalis area records multiple newborns this week. Nik Auderer welcomes a daughter on September 18. Wm Scheidel gains a son on September 19. John Haller family adds a son on September 23. Mac Wright couple welcomes a son on September 16.
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Chehalis
Nik Auderer
Wm. Scheidel
John Haller
Mac Wright
Railroad Tickets to Chicago and East at Reduced Rates
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, up to and including Oct. 21, 97, the Northern Pacific offers greatly reduced sale prices to Chicago, St. Louis and other eastern points. For more information call or write C. E Rogisson, Agent, Chehalis, Washington.
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Northern Pacific
Chicago
St. Louis
C. E Rogisson
Chehalis
Free Watch Ticket Offer From Murphy and Stuchells
A promotional offer promises a gold watch ticket with every dollar spent at Murphy and Stuchells. Customers receive a ticket based on purchase value, with the free watch as the incentive.
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Murphy & Stuchell’s
Governor Rogeis Reappoints State Veterinarian Dr John Lee
Governor Rogeis reappoints Dr John T Lee as state veterinarian citing eminent service to stock interests. The governor, noting he had never met Lee before, stated the action rests on his proven record. Dr Lee is identified as a Republican.
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Rogeis
John T. Lee
Dr. Lee
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