Local notes on money making from scattered scraps
Fragmentary text hints at earning money with cheap cash. Mentions papers and a tone of hurried plans. No clear names, places, or dates are readable in the fragment.
02 Feb 1892
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Newspaper
Olympia Tribune
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1892
Page
1
Fragmentary text hints at earning money with cheap cash. Mentions papers and a tone of hurried plans. No clear names, places, or dates are readable in the fragment.
The guide lists trains to Gate City Cheballiv Port Townsend and Grays Harbor with fares around 233. It notes arrival times from Contraita Gate City and Port Townsend with connections to Multnomah region. Service mentions departures from Brown on Tuesday Thursday Saturday and returns on Wednesday Friday with connections to Kamili chum and Shelton Doctor lines.
Fragmented timetable item lists several harbors and coast points with times scattered across the day. Key locations include Tecoma, Lower Sound pointe, Tumwater, Tenino, and southward passages covering Southern Washington regions. The fragment references Pickering with days Monday and Wednesday.
A fragment from El Combate mocks United States power with a boastful description of an American bird displaying tame but terrifying 'AMERICAN HAGLE' and its supposed universal audience among Europe’s leaders. The spoof mentions demonstrations and a White House address in Washington DC.
The New York Press quotes a list of etiquette rules for an ideal refined woman. It cautions against drawing attention, discussing private matters in public, letting doors slam, dropping items publicly, reading mail in transit, naming celebrities, and needing a man to identify her.
An early New York effort to introduce barmaids reports the first female staff in a city tavern. The employer says the girls behaved well and did not drink but endured lewd remarks from male patrons, prompting their dismissal despite overall satisfaction.
The New York World highlights stockings in a silk sandal lace design with open work halfway up the leg. They color match the accompanying slipper, with bronze noted as the favored shade.
A telephone has been placed in the room of Engine Co. No. 2 at Columbia and Fourth streets. The number is 64 and direct communication with the fire department is possible in case of fire.
All kinds of ary wood and bark for sale by the undersigned sizes Bre order D Rexew Office at Foster and ifaw Tel 3.
Feb 2 report describes heavy gales placing the steamer Eider at Herfield ledge in the channel. Lifeboats and crew fought a worsening position as the ship flooded and pounded the rocks. Passengers and mail were saved. 277 passengers were moved to safety and to Bremen via Havel at Southampton.
A fire in Appomattox Virginia yesterday consumed the historic court house records leaving the county in straits as the famed McLaine house near the surrender terms of Lee to Grant faced threats. Other items include a Missouri style resolution on Brice's senate seat and a Creek Nation shooting at Bruner's home with deputies wounded. A Montreal dynamite blast injures three children and a father, and a Minnesota verdict awards 16000 to William B. Lee over royalties for his Zed separator. Rick Headache cured by Dr Miles Nervine.
Six deaths reported in Seattle last month while maritime and civic events unfold across the state. Wetmore whaleback sails to San Francisco. a Col J C Haines monument is planned. U S court to be held. Blaine Tacoma talk scheduled. Tacoma-Port Townsend medical succession noted. Northwest stock breeders convene at North Yakima. voter registrations rise in Seattle. port and rail activity cited with bank clearances. Fires devastate a home near Aberdeen. Kalis mill fire causes $6000 loss. Senate favors Clallam public land sale bill and North Head lighthouse project faces potential rejection.
Washington paves no conclusion on Springer free wool bill while Austria-Hungary elections claim twenty lives last week. A Matamoras buzz over Vizgaya arms search ends without findings. Garza evacuar depredations loom as rangers pursue him. Sooner clause upheld in Oklahoma. Porter shot by son in Savannah. Valparaiso indemnity claim filed. Bank in Dana closes. Barnaby will probate in Providence. California grain market tight at San Francisco.
A feeling among Company A members grows after the rejection of a membership applicant. Reports say a movement aims to form a new company with the rejected applicant as captain, but it would likely face trouble obtaining admission to the guard.
County commissioners indicate willingness to collaborate with Thurston county on a Nesqually River bridge project. Precinct boundary changes include Searce to Buooda, Coal Bank to Tenino, Baker to Gate City, Clear Lake to Ranier.
Ben Turner woke to pistol shots near his home. He reports two men vanished into the woods and a woman vanished as quickly and mysteriously as a specter. He suspects a duel may have caused the incidents.
In Washington on February 2 memorials were presented in the senate over the Columbian exposition. Mitchell reported in the Dubois Claggett contest that Dubois is entitled to the seat and asked the resolutions lie on the table. Vance announced a minority report to be presented soon. Palmer introduced a joint resolution to amend the constitution for popular election of U S senators.
The Campbell case moved forward as Dr Campbell testified for much of the session. Early witnesses included J W Dent Herman Cassidy Wilder Hatch Charlotte Rice and the doctor. Some witnesses had received the treatment and testified about its effects. Others testified that Mr and Mrs Linton referred to them that they used the medicine as directed. Secrees called in attendance described the symptom effects forms of
The special rules of all judges except Judge Hunter at Lewis county and the Spokane judges are printed by the state printer and will go to clerks within days. Judge Hunter follows only the code while Spokane judges have not supplied rules despite a Seattle meeting request and a 30 day publication delay.
Cardinal Manning was abstemious even at grand banquets dining on potatoes and a little meat with water. He opposed wine and linked spirits to destroying poorer homes. He claimed English drinkers suffer brutality while Irish drinkers show viality and framed reform as tougher for English drinkers.
Burglars visited the residence of George P. Roberts on East Fourth street Sunday night and secured a new suit of clothes. Bert W t had laid out money on the fine oak wardrobe, which was sent home Saturday evening, but wearing was postponed. The burglar appears to be enjoying the new outfit.
The Olympia Foundry and Machine Company elected directors: F R Brown J R Chapin S C Woodruff E M French Chas A Burr Capt G B Allen and Frank Tillotson. Directors will organize Friday. General T S McKenny has withdrawn from the company.
Mrs McBride confronts George about why she was not allowed to help carry a burden on Monday. He replies with confusion as she recalls her late paternal warning and her offer to share the load.
The day saw a high of 46 degrees and a low of 30 with rainfall of .00 inches in the 24 hours ending 38 p m The northeast wind peaked at 6 miles per hour Good weather prevailed along the coast and the outlook calls for fair conditions Wednesday from BE B OTXRY Observer
H. N. Shaw of Chambers Prairie returned from Seattle with news of selling his hop crop at the unit pound to Mr. Catlin. The sale marks a notable economic activity in this section of the state as hops become a rising crop and markets respond to demand.
Ducks and sea gulls are frequently found on the Westside bridge as they migrate northward this season. The birds strike telegraph wires in flight and are instantly killed, a common hazard reported by residents nearby.
A movement to bond Better County for first class roads across the county is underway. The proposal will likely be submitted to the county commissioners at the meeting which runs into early next week.
G Noschka transfers his tailoring business from the old stand to Washington street between Fourth and in the Washington club building effective February.
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