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Newspaper
Olympia Tribune
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1892
Page
3
Letter to the editor discusses municipal governance in 1892 Olympia. Critiques a mayoral plan to acquire tide lands, questions constitutional limits, and urges a businesslike, nonpartisan city administration with minimal offices and independent governance. Mentions mud flat issue and fiscal risks to taxpayers.
Archibald Adams offers fruit and garden land five and ten acre tracts south of town with easy terms. Fred Thompson advertises residence property with horses wagons and a large safe. A Ellis' furniture store at Fourth and Adams invites buyers to con vince they can get a bargain.
A citizen statement urges election of a non partisan ticket to resist partisan meddling. Judge Robinson is praised for ability and integrity. Council candidates T H Phipps William Hildebrandt J C Rathbun J J Ballweg Olaf Frisch C P Giles are highlighted as capable, economical choices aligned with a reform platform opposing wasteful salaries and land speculation.
A dated roll lists district by district legislators in Washington with names and party affiliations. It notes republicans 75 democrats 28 populists 8 and includes a local court anecdote about Judge Robinson denying naturalization to 24 foreigners, contrasted with a suggestion for Judge Langhorne to adopt similar standards.
The article lists the first to thirty fourth senate districts with district names, representative names, party affiliations, and home cities. It notes holdovers from the last senate including O Neill McCroskey Smith Eshelman Forsyth Cooper Claypool Hasterday Van De Vanter Frink Forrest Dyer Kinnear Rutter Hastings Edens Kinnear Sergeant and mentions Edens Kinnear served in the Union army. It also gives a brewery sale notice near Tacoma to Seattle on the Northern Pacific railroad with 2600 barrels annual capacity and directs inquiries to Jno B Reed receiver in Tacoma.
An advertisement claims Swayne’s Ointment cures tetter eczema itch and all facial and body eruptions and suggests asking a druggist. It promotes Bucklin’s Arnica Salve for wounds and skin eruptions and guarantees money back if not satisfied. Available at Acme drug store and Marr & Ross Proprietors.
A historic ad notes Castoria used for a child and later by a grown woman and her children. Separately, Arthur Ellis stages the largest furniture sale in Olympia at the corner of Fourth and Adams Street, promising extensive offerings.
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