Jackson Brothers Face Fire With Quick Thinking
An 7 80 alarm at box 48 prompts fire alert after smoke fills room at 208 Third Street. John and Carl Jackson, two Italian residents, wake to flames and use water buckets from a nearby cask to douse the blaze from the roof, aided by the back porch crew, preventing wider damage in Olympia.
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Third
Main Streets
Los Angeles
Third Street
Columbia
Ronaldo Moses
John Jackson
Carl
Losane
Jackson
Olympia
Missing Old Veteran Notice of Possession and Estate
Charles Honick of Olympia Washington disappeared from his residence on December 26 1891 with no known relatives in the state The Geo H Thomas Post No 5 G A R will seek appointment of a special administrator to preserve Honicks property for heirs if found The notice is authorized by Post Commander W H Ropers and Adjutant R B Cranparn to all possession holders of Honicks personal property
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Fradquartirs Garoran
H. Tomas
G. A.R
Onympia
Wash
Charles Honick
Honick
Geo. H. Thomas Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Thurston Suey
W. H. Ropers
R. B. Cranparn
Fall Injures Young Worker at East Side Home
Oscar Quale, employed by Eugene Horton, fell from a roof on the east side yesterday. He struck his abdomen on a picket fence, leaving him in critical condition. The incident occurred at the same house where a painter died last summer.
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Oscar Quale
Eugene Horton
Mr. Horton
Olympia Abstract and Title Insurance Case on Appeal
The Olympia Abstract and Title Insurance Company appealed from Justice Rathbun's court to the superior court yesterday. The company had supplied A W Guislu with an abstract of title to property on Capital Hill, but omitted certain instruments of record. Guislu refused to pay, claiming the document was not an abstract, and the company sued to recover the charged price.
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Olympia Abstract and Title Insurance Company
A. W
Guislu
Olympian Steamer Arrives for Overhaul on Puget Sound
The Union Pacific steamer Olympian, one of Puget Sound's largest and most handsome ships, arrived at Percival's today and will be thoroughly overhauled on the gridiron.
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Olympian
Union Pacific
Puget Sound
Percival’s
McKenny to Open Olympia Coal Yard With New Wharf
McKenny's Coal Yard led by General T. J. McKenny will soon open in Olympia supplying all coal sizes. Several hundred tons are en route. The yard sits on the long wharf beside a newly built splendid dock.
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McKenny
T. J. McKenny
Olympia
Storm Rages As Colby Sinks At Harr's Dock
Severe storm hits the region with winds up to 40 miles per hour. The steamer Colby sinks at Horr's dock after a night of heavy rain and high tides. Northern Pacific tracks are washed out and the 1 am Portland train is canceled.
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Colby
Harr’s
Portland
Columbia Street
Northern Pacific
Olney
Dakota
Kansas
Northern Pacific Railroad
McCabe
City
Nesqually
Port Townsend
Horr’s
Shelton
Odympia Foundry and Machine Company
Horr’s Dock
Cle Mlum
Thish Lake
Lake
Cle-lum
Haston
Cle-Elum
San Francisco
Ocean
Washington
Oregon
Fort Canby
California
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Tacoma to have next congressman says Puyallup editor
Deputy U S attorney P C Sullivan from Tacoma predicts Tacoma will nominate and likely elect the next congressman. He cites Baker as a leading candidate and praises his western pluck and industry. Sullivan also notes Senator Allen as a fit for circuit judge and likely to gain a creditable name if offered the judiciary.
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P. C. Sullivan
Tacoma
United States
Puyallup Herald
Baker
Allen
Secret league to assassinate the czar uncovered in Russian Poland
Police report a large number of arrests in Russian Poland after the discovery of a secret league aimed at killing the czar. Many connected with the plot may flee the country as frontier guards tighten controls and more arrests are expected at the border.
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St. Prererssure
Poland
Notice to Attorneys and Clerks in Olympia Washington
In accordance with the court directions the usual motion day for Wednesday December 30 is dispensed with for this week. W H Rozenrrs, County clerk and clerk of superior court.
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Superior Court
Oympia
Wash
W. H. Rozenrrs
Assignee's Sale of Wall Paper Stock in Tacoma
The stock of wallpaper from the late firm of F. T. Knewing & Co. is for sale in whole or part at a sacrifice. Apply to Jno. B. Reed, assignee, 227 St. Helen's Avenue, Tacoma, Washington. December 2.
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F. T. Knewing & Co
Jno
B. Reed
St. Helen’s Avenue
Tacoma
Wash
Keeley Institute Fund appeal to aid needy families
Charitable appeal urges individuals and organizations to donate to the Keeley Institute fund. Contributions placed in a tax box at Main and Fourth, handled by Judge Robinson, Rev. F. H. Drake, and John I. Gowey, aid indigent, worthy recipients with confidential committee oversight.
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Keeley Institute
Women’s Temperance Union
Main and
Fourth Street
Keeley Institute Fund
Jupiter as vast world and possible life in the heavens
The Arena essay by Camille Marmarion surveys Jupiter’s immense size its 88 000 mile diameter and 11 times earth size. It notes a 11 year 10 month 17 day year orbit 700000 miles per day rotation and ponders whether life could exist in upper atmospheric realms or a cooled future Jupiter to compare with earth.
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Cammille Mammarion
Jupiter
Earth
Tobi
Telegraphic Tales and Global Tangles
President Harrison will not pardon Har per the Cincinnati bank wrecker. Sir William Arthur White the British envoy to Turkey died of influenza in Berlin. Ellen Winter was murdered in a Philadelphia broom factory, allegedly by John D. Henney who had seduced her years ago. No indemnity has been paid to Italy for the New Orleans affair and no diplomatic relations exist with either government.
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Harrison
Harper
Cincinnati
William Arthur White
Turkey
Erlin
Ellen Winter
Philadel Fae
Loggers Find Big Fir Near Buckley and Tacoma Meeting Today
In Tacoma the lumber trade faces wet weather and slow work as loggers push markets up. A Buckley find reports a fir tree 82 feet in circumference. Twin stories note Northwest Lumber and meetings of the Lumber Manufacturers Association of the Northwest.
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Buckley
Tacoma
Wash
Puget Sound
Tacoma Lumber & Manufacturing Company
Wade
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company
Michigan
Rainier Power & Railway Comany
Seattle
Western Mill Company
California
Stimson Mill Company
John Hastie
Puyallup
Northwest Lumber Company
Lumber Manufacturer’s Association of the Northwest
Wabash
Northern Pacific
Chicago
Roc Island & Pacific
Iowa
Notable Obituaries and Local Happenings in Pacific Northwest
Spokane sick Mayor Dugene Fellows. Waitsburg founder dead in Dayton aged 73. Spokane County debates new courthouse. The Union City Tribune becomes independent. Pacific coast amateur journalists meet in Tacoma. Ten cars of wheat and sixty of coal arrive in Tacoma. Pioneer John Gorless dies in Vancouver. Joe Kuhn plans Washington visit. Portland perceived safe from Chili warships per Walla Walla Union. Skagit Chief to Everett for hotel use. Peppermint oil project to start in Chehalis county. Gray's Harbor manager Stetson resigns. leaving January. Palouse City to get a newspaper. business men fund a republican paper. Palouse Gazette editor attacks Mulleakey and Godman. Jefferson county land appraisers convene in Port Townsend. Board of health appointment changes in Seattle. Pomeroy Independent letter favors $1500 mineral display grant. Pensions granted to several Washington residents. coal inspectors board formed in Olympia. Arthur HKaton sought for seduction. Bigamy revealed. Woman's Relief Corps to visit soldiers home in Ortre. Hungarian diet passes Austro-Hungary treaties with neighbors. dissolves after.
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Dugene Fellows
Spokane
Washington
Ojley
Walla Walla Union
Portland
Walla Walla
Skagit Chief
Pacific Navigation Company
Everett
C. L. Wenzelk
Chehalis County
G. W. Stetson
Gray's Harbor
Cosmopolis
Palouse City
Palouse Gazette
R. C. Mulleakey
Whitman
M. M. Godman
Columbia
Jefferson County
Port Townsend
H.L. Burkhart
Thomas Fortman
J.B. Hagleson
Seattle
Ferry
State Board of Health
F. C. Conn
Pomeroy Independent
Okanagan
Henry
Hall
Joseph
K. Suett
Abram Garll
Lewis A. Parker
William P. Twomey
Timothy
Paul
Sidney J. Darrah
Oscar Huber
Alexander Ronald
Roslyn
John W. Richards
Thomas Ismay
Bucoda
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Olympia, Wash
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Crisman-Sargent
Olympia, Wase
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A. D. Glover
R. Frost
the Public Schools
Olympia Public Schools
Washington School
Sateen
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Lincoln Schoo
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Strent
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Westside School
Cyrus Walker
Puget Mill Company
Brown & Ferriss
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Hailin Mace
Aichneider’s
Czar
Keeley Fund
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Savite
Jupitar
Jupiter Olympus
Telegraphic Tales
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