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Newspaper
Olympia Tribune
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1892
Page
2
Official paper outlines subscription rates and ad deadlines for The Tribune Olympia Wash. Readers are urged to send news under real names and place communications by 9 am. Advertisers may find locations to purchase papers in town and notices at multiple local offices.
The senate backs a conference committee substitute that keeps in force current Chinese exclusion laws for ten years and imposes removal to China or another country with tax conditions. Convicted or previously removed individuals face hard labor up to six months before further removal. The house agreed, pending presidential signature.
The article discusses warrants issued against an expired military fund, criticizing the governor and auditor for ignoring the attorney general’s opinion and tying up state money. It shifts to detailing Henry B. Astor’s inheritance and large Astor family fortunes, then touches on canal politics and tariffs dating to Washington.
The text links prosperity and panics to tariff levels from 1832 to 1857, noting gold flows, employment shifts, and credit problems. It cites a local debate over city funds deposited outside the city and recalls Grant's Shiloh march and Buell's concerns as a political caution. It ends with a jab at bosses and ringsters amid the Australian ballot era.
An advertisement urges shoppers to buy flour made at home or the new Davis Best flour sold at $1.35 per sack with a full warranty, claiming quality matches imports.
The city council of Olympia adopts Ordinance 586 licensing and taxing auctioneers peddlers canvassers and sellers of second hand and damaged merchandise. Fees range from five dollars per day to twenty dollars per day with penalties for unlicensed activity and a maximum fine of fifty dollars or thirty days jail. Approved April 29 1892. Attest A L Callow City Clerk.
An 19th century ordinance requires removal of roof moss and bans terra cotta and sheet iron stovepipes inside buildings or near other structures. It outlines fire department notice, a five day cure period, removal at owner cost, and potential fines up to twenty five dollars. The measure authorizes city action to recover costs.
Jesse Barker of Kansas credits August Flower with curing long standing biliousness and stomach pains after fifteen years of constipation. He praises the medicine as a life giving benediction and urges others to learn of its good qualities and benefits. G G Green Sole Manager Woodbury New Jersey confirms distribution.
Train times list daily departures and arrivals for Portland Centralia Chehalis Montesano and Grays Harbor points via Gate City. Tacoma Seattle trains at 8:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. daily except Sunday. Arrival times include Portland Centralia Chehalis Montesano via Gate City 2:15 p.m. daily and Tacoma Seattle 12:40 p.m. daily and 6:15 p.m. daily except Sunday. Other services include Olympia departures for Port Townsend Southern and connections with Multnomah for Tacoma and Seattle, plus Shelton Kamitchie and Chion City routes with varying daily patterns.
Receipts show interest of 104 00 and total disbursements of 634 50 for net profits. Items include advertising 60 00 notary fees 2 42 books 28 41 and interest on overdraft 8 75.
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