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Newspaper
Olympia Tribune
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1892
Page
1
A varied stock list from Sonoma Preserve Co includes ketchups sweet pickles mustards horseradish evaporated apples beans salts soaps nuts and cooking staples along with feed oats rolled barley bran shorts wheat and logging camp supplies with price quotes available before other suppliers.
Riotous fighting erupts at Homestead Works as Pinkerton detectives land to battle locked out iron and steel workers. Casualties mount with multiple dead and wounded amid fires, cannon fire, and river battles as Governor Pattison calls for state troops.
Despondent farmer John D. Wrighter dies by his own hand near Port Ludlow. Tacoma opens new woolen mills, hiring 250 workers, set to start soon. Kent factory fire destroys a furniture plant Sunday night in King county. Mattie Leon jailed in Seattle after killing Leon Richards on Mercer Island April 26. Batavia steamship due in Tacoma from Japan. name planned change to Tacoma. Orcas Island resident P A Gordon duped by green goods scheme. Gold-bearing quartz found near Ohop River on Colonel H F Garretson's land in Tacoma. Attorney General opines that state pene code bans deleterious substances in waters does not cover dumping sawdust in Puget Sound. Tacoma Ledger terms it a sawdust opinion. Fred H McLaughlin ex champion wrestler dies at home south of Seattle. known for heavy smoking.
The report notes Crespo becoming a fugitive amid a Venezuelan upheaval, severe suffering in Arkansas at Red Fork from a recent overflow, and the Chicago steamer stranded on rocks near Kinsale Ireland. It mentions Nob Hill’s Searles Hopkins mansion being transferred to San Francisco’s art association and explorer Stanley along with Richard Chamberlain losing parliamentary contests. Caminetti proposes a California resolution to form a committee on the Pittsburg riot and strike, while the French Chamber approves a 1900 exposition.
Miss Lizzie Savidge visits Seattle while G Kaufman serves on Tacoma grand jury. Emma Reed returns from east of the mountains, and Mrs. W A H Stuart and others head to Alaska. Local travels include yachts and family visits, with several moves to Oregon Montana and Washington towns.
Col. N. H. Owings, chairman, calls another mass meeting this evening in Columbia hall to receive the committee report on the city assessment. The eight member committee includes H. C. Woodruff A. A. Phillips and Hazard Stevens.
The new Dayis Best flour gains favor in the market with claimed top quality. Shoppers are encouraged to try the product as a leading option for baking needs.
A San Francisco report recounts Gracie Gilbert known as Ollie Hutchins fleeing after forging Emma Dick mortgage papers. Detective Cody traced her route from Sacramento to Portland to Olympia and into the Olympic mountains, where she and partner Charlie Gilbert sought a secluded life before returning to California to face charges.
The Morning Advertiser notes Adlai means The Just and asks what Grover means. The Brooklyn Standard Union suggests Grover implies an inhabitant of the grove or woods and predicts Grover will retreat to the woods next fall.
A Quaker mother overhears two children whispering about their behavior. One says I am learning and the other replies not good hopefully, hinting at a desire to improve. The scene unfolds as she listens from the doorway, pondering their earnest exchange.
Zacatecas authorities arrest Frank C. Lawson for marrying thirteen wives since arriving in Mexico and face multiple counts under a law limiting marriages. Navy bids open for Port Orchard dry dock with Matthew Branagan lowest at 418000. Paris to Nantes bicycle race won by Allard in 68 hours 28 minutes. Tragic Big Four freight accident kills two crewmen Richardson and Fielding who slept on the track.
In New York Christians in Council report over 15,000 delegates assigned to hotels with 5,000 more to be placed. About 30,000 delegates will participate as opening services begin tomorrow and run through Sunday afternoon. Prominent clergy and lay members from across the nation are present.
Prof. C. P. Venen and Attorney George F. Stone spoke on educational advancement at the Unitarian church gathering. Venen urged a distinct cabinet head to direct government education, while Stone proposed a Washington education program rivaling other states and positioning Olympia as a top educational center. The discussions have benefited regular attendees.
Two youths find a metal check and jokingly offer it to Pat the Irish porter. Pat buys a beer with the check, but the bartender discovers it is tin and returns it. Pat quips that he thought it was a five.
A young woman drew attention on Broadway wearing a red hat dress gloves shoes and carrying a red parasol on a hot day. The note adds weather details with a 67 degree high and 47 degree low and forecasts fair warmer weather. Olympia voters will gather July 7 at 10 a.m. at a store to choose the state flower. Sawyer and Fluky advertise Davis Best flour at one dollar thirty five.
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