Market Bounty Brings Hams Bacon Lard and Eggs
A bustling market listing shows meats and staples including hams bacon lard butter and eggs with poultry and seasonal vegetables offered by vendors.
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 26 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Olympia Tribune
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1892
Page
1
A bustling market listing shows meats and staples including hams bacon lard butter and eggs with poultry and seasonal vegetables offered by vendors.
Trains depart for Portland via Gate City Centralia and Chehalis at 9:00 a.m. with a 9:00 a.m. Gate City connection for Montesa no and Grays Harbor. Tacoma and Seattle trains run at 9:02 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Arrivals include 9:02 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. from Centralia Chehalis Montesano and Grays Harbor.
Leave Olympia at 8:40 a.m. and 1:50 p.m. arrivals at Olympia 10:50 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The 8:40 a.m. train connects at Tenino with the Northern Pacific from Seattle and Tacoma for Portland, arriving Portland at 3:00 p.m. The 1:50 p.m. train connects at Tenino with the Portland to Tacoma and Seattle train at 3:05 p.m.
Daily and holiday routes list departures from Portland area lines to Tacoma Seattle and Olympia. Multnomah runs 6 30 a m to Tacoma Seattle except Sundays with returns at 6 30 p m. Clara Brown serves Olympia on Tue Thu Sat at 9 a m with returns 5 30 p m Mon Wed Fri. Willie shuttles to Olympia from Shelton daily except Sunday 6 30 p m with Shelton to Olympia 5 30 a m connecting to Multnomah. Kamitchie and Shelton Doctor depart daily 8 a m returning arriving 1 d p m.
A timetable listing arrivals and departures for Pacific Northwest regions including Grays Harbor Coast Tacoma Lower Sound Tumwater Tenino and routes to Oregon British Columbia Eastern Washington and California with various daily and weekend service times.
Sealed proposals in triplicates for delivering fresh beef and mutton to the U S Army subsistence department will be received until March 24 1892 at offices listed for posts including Boise Barracks Fort Canby Fort Sherman Fort Spokane Fort Townsend Vancouver Barracks and Fort Walla Walla. Bids subject to usual conditions may be rejected. contracts no guarantee beyond congress appropriations. Blank forms available from this office or the A C S at posts.
Notice to architects of Olympia district No 1 Thurston county requests plans and specifications for a stone or brick high school building not to exceed 25000 dollars to be located on south 14 of block 68. Bids due March 21 1892 at 10 am. Board may reject all bids. Joseph Chilberg district clerk. Olympia Wash March 1 1892.
Notice of dissolution by mutual consent of Alfred Thompson and M. E. Mumford governing the partnership Thompson Mufford. Dated Olympia Washington March 4 1892.
Theodore Hiertz shot his wife four times then killed himself after luring her from his sister in law’s house on Alder street. The woman died and Hiertz died shortly after the shootings amid domestic trouble. Sheriff and coroner investigated at the scene.
Hoquiam March 8 A sighting by the tug Traveler on Gray's Harbor bar suggests the Big River schooner, nine weeks overdue, wrecked near Peterson's point with five crew presumed dead. The vessel owned by A Anderson of San Francisco and chartered to Northwestern Lumber, left January 7 for Knappton mill. The Printer will proceed to the scene for examination.
Stevens Point sits on Wisconsin Central lines as a lumber hub supplying vast pine from the north for miles. The Wisconsin River, nicknamed Old Wisconsin, powers mills and routes thousands of acres to the city with major car shops on the Central. Tours and tickets are available through G F McNeill in Minneapolis or James C Pond in Chicago.
Thursday evening a group of townspeople visited the bachelors Fred Riggs G M VanAtta Ed Smith J B Day and B B Smith at their rooms in the Coates block. Women visitors joined in curious scrutiny of their culinary skill and cleaning prowess.
The United States coast survey steamer McArthur will depart Butler's Cove tomorrow for Eagle harbor near Seattle. Lieutenant Ray in command will take the steamer Ernest and two steam launches. During the visit residents of Olympia enjoyed hospitality from the officers and crew.
A Big Transfer, AOD, and Mary L. King sold 20 acres to George E. Draker of Fremont Town for 10000 dollars in North Olympia.
Washington March 8 Charles Tracey of Albany leads anti free silver coinage Democrats in denouncing the speaker's ruling. A.P. Fitch of New York City backs him as readers insist the journal be read each morning prior to business. Democrats warn the move risks a dangerous precedent and protest the timing of the resolution.
Reports on chicken thefts at Puyallup the Aberdeen to Olympics railway shaping up notable deaths including John Fudge and Chief Southault at Spokane political heat in Seattle elections a large timber cut at Cosmopolis 220972 feet port town coal arrivals at Tacoma land openers debate in Puyallup reservation quarantine planning at Port Townsend a dramatic cougar attack on Ed Birch in Walla Walla and unrest among unemployed in Leipsic with police intervention.
August Belmont & company ordered $250,000 in gold coin for shipment to Europe tomorrow from New York. The deal signals a major transfer of bullion as part of wartime finance and international trade, with the metal consigned for cross ocean delivery.
A global snapshot: a Khedive aims at the Soudan. earthquakes shake Messina and Lenari. Brakeman Teaters and Fireman Buckalls die in a Rockville Indiana wreck. cholera hits Herat. a Wisconsin husband kills wife then himself. Guadalquivir floods Spanish towns. Avondale Parnell sale denied. Mrs Annie Semmes dies in Mobile. Ah Loy and Ah Hing arrested in San Francisco. Chinese bribery attempt alleged. French village raid by Guignon students. petitions for arbitration before Parliament.
The Senate coast defenses committee urges leaving the factory location decision to a president-appointed expert board due to coastal site disputes. It notes possible small repairs facilities at Benicia and on the Columbia or Puget Sound, with a $1,000,000 appropriation for building and machinery. Irving M. Scott discusses production aims and coastal site strengths.
A four man gang bound and gagged J K McMillan the Baltimore and Ohio dividing conductor, stole his watch and money, and forced the telegraph operator to surrender before blowing open the safe. The four fled empty handed as trainmen arrived. General Schofield escaped injury after his carriage overturned in Washington.
In Santa Fe New Mexico March 8, Rodigo Martinez returns from Old Mexico to find his mother alive and his sweetheart free. In disguise with rival Dallston he is lured to his mother’s home where she fatally stabs him. She then kills herself. Dallston escapes aided by the sweetheart.
Washington state land commission led by Forrest Weir and Reed asks Congress for a relief bill to allow reservations for selecting 660000 acres of public lands. They cite private squatters rights and survey delays as hampering allocations, risking multi million dollar losses in future land funds. The commission plans to request authority for interior department reservations to enable selections.
Grading near the Port Townsend Southern crossing and Clark House on Reserve street is progressing. Jackson and Weyer plan moving their shingle mill to Porter Creek near Elma after stock is used. Funeral of Mrs. E. Burlingame well attended with Rev Hoagland leading services and pallbearers named.
The final $40,000 in city bonds are being signed and sealed before delivery to Capital National Bank. M. J. Lord, the cashier, will forward them to New York, with $115,000 already en route. The bonds, sent as valuable papers, remain closely guarded and the express cost is much lower than shipping actual money.
Col Rob Mitchell of Portland announces the celebrated American band of Providence Rhode Island will perform at the September exposition. The band is among the five great bands in the country and includes ten nationally known soloists and a celebrity soprano.
The day reported a high of 58 and a low of 47 with 10 inches of rainfall in 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Washington saw general rains and coastal fog with brisk south winds. A fire in Chico Cal and Curco Cal destroyed most machinery on D. M. Reavis ranch, thought incendiary, insurance $20,000. California grain market notes wheat at 1.68 1/2 per bushel.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.