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Newspaper
Olympia Tribune
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1892
Page
2
The Olympia Tribune lists paper details and office hours, delivery and subscription prices, and places selling the Dairy Termune. It reports on local real estate activity along the Big Muddy, remarks on Blaine’s health, and notes weather, saw mills, streetcars, tinplate duties, and treasury statistics critiquing tariff opponents.
Across the continent in Philadelphia the 142nd anniversary of Stephen Girard's birth was celebrated by nearly 5,000 fatherless youths at Girard College. Of them 1,586 are students, with the rest graduates pursuing varied careers as the trustees report a residuary fund of 12,358,148 dollars and annual income of 982,791 dollars while operating costs average 450,000 dollars per year.
The article discusses the shift from decoration day to Memorial Day as the proper term. It notes the finance committee responsible for funding observance in Olympia has not met with expected success, reflecting broader public interest and support issues.
The piece honors Memorial Day as a sacred occasion remembering fallen soldiers who died for the flag and the republic. It urges restraint from frivolity, recalling families, funerals, and the solemn duty to honor those who fought and died for the nation.
A discussion on the U S home market as the best overall market with high wages fueling consumption. It argues wage cuts would shrink purchasing power and harm all classes, while noting improved overall financial conditions, rising exports, fewer failures, and easier mercantile collections. Also a local ad for Argo dining.
Multiple short notices include demands for sales agents in East St. Louis and New York, a request for information on Henry J. Achilles, a job posting for permanent office assistants, and housing/room rental offers in Olympia. Irregular stray lines mix with storefront notices and a local request for a gentleman with a furnished room near Olympia hotel.
Mrs. Sarah M. Black of Seneca Missouri recounts two years of neuralgia affecting head stomach and womb. She describes yellowing of the face dull head foul mouth tastes and palpitations with cold extremities and insomnia. After taking August Flower she reports a wonderful improvement and a complete cure claim from G G Green sole agent Woodbury New Jersey.
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