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Newspaper
Olympia Tribune
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1892
Page
2
The Olympia Tribune lists daily and weekly publication options with subscription terms and delivery details. It notes office addresses at 509 and 511 Main Street and provides advertising deadlines and contact information for the publisher J. Mirspaven.
The Daily and Weekly Tribune covers national and local politics with endorsements for Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid. Letters to the editor are welcome under real names, and public notices announce newspaper circulation claims and correspondent guidelines. The piece attacks Engineer Lemon charges, calls for a fair oath-bound investigation, and criticizes the prior engineer tied to Councilman Sickels. The Tribune supports Millard Lemon's integrity amid claims of past misconduct by his predecessor.
The article recalls Thomas Fortune's beer denial suit in New York and Henry Downing's rejection at a Brooklyn restaurant, both linked to race. It predicts litigation and notes Downing's Democratic ties. It also comments on tariffs, a Seattle Northern Pacific update, and a 19th century electoral shift with J M Barber ousting a free trade foe.
An extended column notes shipping lines in Eastern routes with fast connections and mutual traffic agreements with Northern Pacific. It criticizes old Weaver Field speeches and discusses vice presidency chances, Tammany politics, and reactions to the World and Inter Ocean takes on the Chicago World’s Fair timing. It also mentions Senator Au burn’s Sunday closing vote and Squire’s habitual absence.
An analysis of Kipling’s shifting fame and his tactic of insults to rekindle interest. It notes his decline in popularity, the motive to provoke, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s critique, followed by warnings about counterfeit medicines and sellers.
Northern waters yield a 30 foot nearly perfect skeleton of Rhytina stellari on Copper Island. It is the second specimen known, with the czar of Russia owning the other. Albatross officers paid natives 150 for the find. scientists prize it as a rare extinction relic. Last live sighting was 1730. two expeditions since found only bones.
Thurston county Republican central committee calls a county convention at Columbia Hall Olympia for July 30 1892 11 a.m. to elect delegates nominate a legislative ticket county officers and center committee. Primary elections will be held July 27 from noon to 7 p.m. with ward by ward delegate counts and voting sites listed.
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