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Newspaper
Olympia Tribune
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1892
Page
2
The Olympia Tribune outlines publication timing and ad changes with deadlines at 9 am for submission. It lists offices at 509 511 Main, distribution points, and carrier delivery options plus available one year six months and quarterly mail rates for both daily and weekly editions.
Judge Gorham criticizes Murat Halstead for a letter on the Sherman Stanton controversy. He quotes Halstead’s wartime attacks on Sherman Grant and Lincoln and argues public opinion would not share Halstead’s views. Gorham labels Halstead’s conduct as petty and cowardly in print.
The death of Senator John B. Barbour of Virginia shocks politics, likely triggering Governor McKenny to seek the seat. Barbour, born 1820 in Culpeper, studied at Virginia and led the Orange & Alexandria and later the Virginia Midland railroads. He served in Congress and the Senate from 1889 until 1895.
The Spokane Review and many state newspapers oppose Seattle’s Lake Washington canal plan. They call it a townsite boom by capitalists and argue Puget Sound already has abundant harborage and that the project is unnecessary and wasteful.
A regional clash over limited appropriations for public lands surveys, new public buildings, reservations, postal service expansion, and river improvements in the Northwest. The piece also notes rhetoric on military funding, a Canadian wheat duty issue, legal spats of notable lawyers, and outlook on Washington state progress ahead of the U S presidential election.
This excerpt proclaims August Flower as a cure for dyspepsia. It claims twenty years of steady growth from a small town to a national presence with honest work and a single purpose: to cure dyspepsia. The promotion names G. G. Green as sole proprietor and Woodbury New Jersey as the manufacturer location.
Train times listed for Gate City routes to Portland Centralia Chehalis Montesano and Grays Harbor points and Tacoma Seattle daily times. Port Townsend Southern departures from Olympia at 7 00 a m and 2 00 p m. Tenino 8 15 a m and 6 45 p m. Multnomah service to Tacoma Seattle departs 6 30 a m daily except Monday returning 6 30 p m. Clara Brown serves Olympia to Tacoma Seattle Tuesday Thursday Saturday 9 00 a m with return Mon Wed Fri 5 30 p m. Willie to Shelton daily except Sunday 5 00 p m leaving, 5 30 a m returning. Kamitchie Shelton-Doctor 8 00 a m departures with 1 00 p m arrival. California and southern states and Grays Harbor Coast lines also listed with 12 20 p m and 2 00 p m connections.
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