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Newspaper
Olympia Tribune
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1892
Page
2
The Olympia Tribune lists publication scope for Olympia Tumwater and Thurston County with evening and weekly editions, advertising rates, and submission rules. It specifies deadlines 9 am for ad changes, author name requirements, and carrier delivery options with various pricing.
President Harrison and officials attend a grand Marine Band concert at the Grand Opera house in Washington. The audience rises for My Country Tis of Thee as Sousa leads a farewell patchwork number. Sousa lauds Western music appetite and coast reception.
A Portland dispatch mocks claims that U S war vessels rarely inland up a river noting ships like the Baltimore Charleston and Concord reach deep into inland waters and implying the country can send metal ships far from sea. It contrasts with mackerel tariff anecdotes showing price effects and market dynamics between American and Canadian fisheries.
The medical fraternity increasingly trusts electricity in treatment. Charcot of Paris warned two years ago that electro therapeutics would guide medicine’s future. Support grows worldwide as devices enter routine care, signaling a revolution in several medical branches. Ocosta attracts manufactories, seen as a key to regional prosperity. A tin pail brigade.
The piece argues Ocosta is growing while Olympia lags, urging organized industry to capitalize the harbor and surrounding resources. It notes three water power dams, timber, coal, minerals, clay, a board of trade, and wealthy residents, contrasting Ocosta and Olympia. It also mentions political dispatches, a Willapa Harbor sea serpent report, canal debate, and brief comments on public figures.
Trains depart Portland Centralia Chehalis Montesano via Gate City at 12 30 p m daily. Tacoma Seattle runs 8 30 a m daily except Sunday and 1 55 p m daily. Trains arrive from Tenino at 11 00 a m and 3 59 p m daily with Olympia departures 8 55 a m and 1 30 p m. Sundays have 8 55 a m Olympia departures and 3 50 p m returns with no afternoon train.
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