Fury of Blizzard Ravages Texas Fruit Belts
A norther swept across Texas with heavy rain as temperatures plunged from 70 to 34 degrees. Fruit trees in full bloom face imminent ruin while early gardens may be destroyed amid widespread agricultural and commercial disruption. Dispatches from northern Texas describe sleet and severe weather threatening crops and livelihoods. A detailed map history publication is offered by The Phoenix Insurance Company through T N Ford with strong financials highlighted.
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Dawes
Tex
Texas
Comunsus
Kan
Northern
Phoenix Insurance, Company of
Brooklyn
T. N. Ford
Neely
United States
Ford
Phoenix
America
Messrs. Brown, Craig & Co
San Francisco
Fourth Street
Olympia
Fraternal Strife Over Church Ties and Slavery Pledge
A 19th century Chicago Inter Ocean page laments fraternal relations with the church associated with slavery urging the church and government to address racial wrongs. It questions republican pledges and asks why the church does not expunge its past and reconcile white Christian unity with Negro Christians.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Egypt
Church
Republican Party
Daily Denver Sun Reveals First Anniversary Edition
The Daily Denver Sun marks its one year anniversary on the 6th with a 32 page flagship issue. The edition features Cluskey Cromwell a noted poet raconteur reporter and columnist and includes contributions from several Pacific coast compositors.
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Denver Sun
Cluskey Cromwell
Pacific Coast
Notice of Street Assessment in Olympia Streets
Be advised you are notified that Olympia city special assessment rolls for graveling Columbia Street from Union to Eleventh and from Tenth to Union are collected. Delinquent after March 31 1892. Listing includes Annie Gowey T J McKenney Julia Blinn Ida Bryant Rowena McMicken Mary Dolan Georgiana Nord Mark Hartsock Mary E Webster Jacob L Brown with respective parcel descriptions and amounts.
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City of
Annie
Gowey
N. Cor
Olympia
Union St
T.j.mckenney
Julia BE Blinn
Ida A Bryant
Rowena J. McMicken
J. Dolan
Georgiana's
GEO
Savidge
Mary E. Webster
Jacob L. Brown
Olympia Special Assessment for Adams Street Grading
Notice of the Olympia special assessment roll for grading Adams Street from Third to Fourth Street. Names listed include Louis Bettman Amelia Bettman Robert F. Whitham John Byrne with assessed lots and amounts. city marshal dated March 9, 1892.
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Olympia
Adams Street
Third Street
Fourth Street
Louis Bettman
Amelia Bettman
Robert F. Whitham
John Byrne
Savidge
Dissolution of H. Carpenter & Co Partners with Albert Waddell
The partnership between C. H. Carpenter and Albert Waddell under the firm name H. Carpenter & Co. is dissolved as of March 10, 1892.
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Albert Waddell
Rochester Woman Seeks Pension For Son Believed Dead
Washington March 16 General Greenleaf of the Rochester district prepared a private relief bill aiding Miss Boles whose Rochester son, long thought dead from incipient consumption, was later found alive in Iowa. The pension office clerk, reviewing filings, discovered the son’s name tied to Mrs Boles claim and the two applications were processed together revealing the confusion in the pension records.
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Washington, D. C
Greenleaf
Rochester
N. Y
Boles
Miss Boles
Gen. Greenleaf
New York
Iowa
Mles
Paris Rife With Searches After Barracks Blast
Paris authorities intensified a crackdown after the Loban barracks explosion. Prime Minister Loubat ordered searches of anarchists residences, issuing twenty warrants mainly against foreign agitators. Secret guards were placed at public buildings and posts, with increased Bank of France security.
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Paris
Loban
M. Loubat
Bank of France
Palais Industrie
Multiple Global Events Reported In Daily Wire News
Reports from across the globe note a Canada railway strike near confirmed probability while Kentucky bans lottery ticket sales as a felony. Philadelphia refineries face sugar trust outreach. Edinburgh archbishop William Smith dies. New York judge rules Edward Field insane. Axtell Alberton trot for 10000 dollars. Berlin’s Emperor William regains strength. Isle of Wight wreck claims ten lives. Paris fears political maneuver masked as terror. Italy-U S diplomacy to resume. Texas caucus shows Mills set for Senate win. Union Pacific January earnings show gains. Maretta UK banking firm seeks segregation liability. Glasgow cattle market reopens after foot and mouth scare. Methodist conference forms national evangelist union in Pittsburg. Cumberland Lancashire miners push Monday resumption. Yorkshire seeks holiday. Durham resists. Rhode Island GOP slate lists Brown and Bull, Utter, Burbanks, Clark, and Sam as statewide ticket. Springer shows slow recovery. Missouri Senate approves redistricting. world’s fair expenditure panel heads to Chicago.
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Sime
Canadian Pacific
Kentucky
Senate
Military Academy
Sugar Trust
Philadelphia
Edinburgh
Wm. Smith
New York
van Brunt
Edward M. Field
Axtell
Alberton
Berlin
William
G. Hudson
Isle of Wight
Paris
Italy
United States
Texas
Mills
U. S
Union Pacific
Court of Chancery
TPC
Segsiyer
Maretta Company, Limited
London
Glasgow
Methodist Church
Pittsburg
Cumberland
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Durham
D. Russell Brown
Rhode Island
Col
Melville Bull
Geo. H. Utter
Robert Burbanks
Sam Clark
Springer
Missouri Senate
House
Chicago
Dr King's New Discovery Offered By Local Druggists
Advertised druggists authorize sale of Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with a money back guarantee if no benefit after a fair trial. Trial bottle free at Acme drug store Marr and Ross proprietors. Large sizes 50 cents and 1.00.
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Dr. King
Acme Drug Store
Marr & Ross Proprietors
Weather update with mild today and light coastal rain
The maximum reached 62 and the minimum 42 with clear skies and little temperature change. Light rains were reported on the Coast and in California with no change expected tomorrow. Observer B Otnny notes.
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California
B. Otnny
Witty Rastus Speaks On Edison Cowcatcher In Dialect
In a playful aside, Rastus ponders a future device to corral swift trains and the so called mate among animals, imagining a magical cowcatcher to tame wild speeds and creatures. The remark blends humor with a sly jab at invention.
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Rastus
War Concert Invitations For City Singers
Eighty invitations were issued to the citys leading singers to participate in a War concert. The first program will be held Wednesday evening at the Congregational church.
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Congregational Church
Sullivan Both Writes and Hits
The Washington Post notes Charles Mitchell combines talk with power, suggesting his speaking prowess mirrors his punching ability and could elevate him to a top boxing status.
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Sullivan
Washington Post
Charles Mitchell
Jack the Ripper linked to Liverpool killings traced to Williams
Police pursue a Liverpool case tying a Melbourne arrest for murder to a hidden family grave in Rain Hill. Williams may be the famed Jack the Ripper as his Liverpool visits align with Whitechapel killings and a victim description matches him. In Birmingham Hill rally welcomed by Democrats. In Wieliczka a clash kills two Russians.
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Jack the Ripper
Hitechapel
Williams
Promnce
Hill
Birmingham
Ala
Senator Hill
Hill Club
Opera
Hewitt
Blaine Makes Progress in Washington Room Activity
Blaine shows signs of waking and attempting to sit up in his room, with aides reporting improving movement and potential readiness for increased activity as officials note gradual recovery.
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Washington
Blaine
The Forum March Issue Sets Silver Debate in Spotlight
The March number marks the seventh year of The Forum and announces new periodical ventures. It features two papers on the silver question by Bland and Leech, with Leech arguing Europe would dump silver under free coinage. Further extensive discussions from leading writers are planned for upcoming numbers.
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Congress
Bland
Leech
Mint
Europe
Forty Niners Gather in Washington to Honor Pacific Coast Trail
Notables from the Pacific coast including Judge Luttrell and Judge Searles join A. C. Buell at Chamberlin's recalling the Forty Niners. Senators Stanford Felton Stewart Jones and others who mined in Trinity Basin are noted as present in spirit though not here.
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Washington Post
Pacific Coast
A. C. Buell
Chamberlin
J. K. Luttrell
Robert Murry
J. B. Hobson
Joe McKibben
Niles Searles
Leland Stanford
Charles M. Felton
J. W. Denver
St. Clair Denver
George C. Gorham
John B. Clark
Sacramento
Hallett Kilbourn
Albert J. le Breton
William Stewart
John B. Jones
Trinity Basin
Alex. M. Kennedy
Stephen J. Field
Screme Court
Washington
Olympia Power Station to Be Replaced by Thomson Houston A C Unit
The Olympia Light and Power sub station on Main Street will be abolished and replaced with a 1500 light alternating current Thomson Houston machine at Tumwater. The 900 light capacity station will be removed, bare wires updated to insulated, and the station remodeled with new wiring.
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Olympia Light and Power Company
Main Street
Thomson- Houston
Tumwater
Seeds labeled Please report results draw odd seed replies
The Washington agricultural department warns that all seed packages carry Please report results. Citizens reply with humorous mislabeling, saying onions grew as poppies and used poppies to flavor soups.
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Boston Herald
Agricultural Department
Washington
Olympia Theater Announces a Busy March Lineup
The Olympia theater lists Spider and Fly United States Marine Band Corinne All the Comforts of a Home Frank Daniels Gus Williams J H Wallack Two Johns Carroll Johnson Thatchers minstrels Carter's Fast Mail Natural Gas The Country's Mishaps Gruiskeen Lawn Jane and the Jeans as first class plays. Beginning Tuesday March 15 the City of Seattle steamer will be laid up for repairs with Premier taking over the Whatcom route and Eliza Anderson removed from the Hyerett route. At G G Camp Pur G F & P A.
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Olympia Theater
Spider and Fly
United States Marine Band
Corinne
Frank Daniels
Gus Williams
J. H. Wallack
Two Johns
City of
Seattle
Whatcom
Premier
Eliza Anderson
Hyerett
G. G. Cuanpurr
G. F
P. A
Judge Approves Final Account in Ruth Estate Case
Judge Robinson approves the final account of B F Ruth the executor of the will of Thomas Tinklater. George Mottman files an inventory in the estate of Hooch Hart with no further details provided. Edith M Young estate bond fixed at 300 dollars for assignment to A H Young.
Laying the Rails on West Fourth Street Line
Work of laying rails north on the West Fourth street grade began today and will proceed along the road as grading allows. One shipment arrived yesterday.
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West Fourth Street
Fresh State News and Political Moves Across Washington
Spokane reports standing room only in hotel lobbies while Tacoma forms a new Knights of Pythias lodge. Walla Walla’s Union names Mrs. Alice Houghton and backs the next Republican state convention in Olympia. Ocosta vies for centennial events as Gray Harbor towns plan. Olympia continues rapid growth with two electric street railways and capital-area expansion. Spokane dispatch notes Will Visscher, famed poet and lecturer, arriving after a Keely cure at Dwight, claiming sobriety, and his election as president of the Bichloride of Gold club.
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Spokane
Knights of Pythias
Tacoma
Walla Walla Union
Alice Houghton
Walla Walla
Northern Pacific
Will Visscher
Dwight
The
Bichloride of Gold Club
Hope for Senator Morrill in Illness Struggle
Washington reports no change in Senator Morrill's condition as his family maintains hope.
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Seniator
Morrill
Washington
Food for Russians Welcomed by American War Steamer
A Russian port scene recalls the Indiana arriving from Philadelphia with flour and famine relief for Russia. The Star Spangled Banner and salutes open a reception as officials from the Strashh and Concordia greet the ship. Leaders of relief and American consuls attend the welcome.
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Indiana
Libau
Strashh
Digidoff
J. M. Crawford
St. Petersburg
Count Bribrinskion
Famine Relief Committee
Bernholdt
Riga
Bac
Concordia
Bourse Committee
Strasch
Bloodshed Looms After County Murder and Lynching
Governor Francis orders Taney county sheriff to summon a posse to arrest all involved in the deputy sheriff Williams murder and Bright lynching last Saturday. If a posse cannot be formed, state aid will be sent. Bloodshed will follow. A baseball player burglar killed on a moving train in Wilmington, one officer wounded.
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St. Louis
Francis
Williams
Bright
Taney County
Wilmington
Del
Buenos Ayres dispatch notes Pelligrini visit to Admiral Walker
A Buenos Ayres dispatch reports President Pelligrini and a cabinet member visited Admiral Walker’s squadron at La Plata and invited him to visit the Argentine navy. Chicago Produce Market reports steady to firm wheat corn oats pork lard and barley prices with May and cash quotes.
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New York
Buenos Ayres
The
Herald
Pelligrini
Admiral Walker
la Plata
Chicago
President seeks swift British reply on Behring Sea modus vivendi
Washington dispatches report Acting Secretary Wharton to inform the British minister of the president’s desire for a prompt decision on renewing last year’s Behring Sea seal fisheries modus vivendi. Britain’s response will shape American naval and revenue cutter deployments by May, as arbitration over jurisdiction proceeds and Congress reviews related Behring Sea actions. The Havana post notes Cuba’s revenue drop, tariff concerns, and anti treaty sentiment.
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Washington
Wharton
United States
Behring Sea
Lord Salisbury
Great Britain
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
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ERS
Olympia, Waset
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Olympia, Washington
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Corner
Columbia
Mary L. Page
F.G. Blake
Millard Lemon
ROBT
Olympia, Wash
Puget Sound Brewery
Scholl & Huth
Prop
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Racoma
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s&The Reliable Jewelers
B. Hared
D. C. Bates
D,d. Bates
Harned & Bates Brothers Undertakers and Funeral Directors
West Sixth Street
West Side Mill Company
Lime City
Fourth-st
Kansas
Geo, Savidge
Telegraphic Tales
Viena
Wieliczka
Galicia
Probate Matters
Fresh State News
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