Byron Millett
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- Oct 26, 1891When Olympia Readers Argued About Inequality and the MachineAt a Unitarian class in 1891 Olympia, seventeen adults debated Henry George, concentrated wealth, and whether machines were turning workers into automatons.Olympia, WA
- Oct 26, 1891A Hatchet Charge, a Mayor's Household and a Chinese Worker in CourtIn 1891 Olympia, a Chinese man known as Jim was arraigned for an alleged hatchet attack on an Olympia News clerk, with the mayor's wife among the first bondsmen.Olympia, WA
- Oct 28, 1891A Lincoln Judge Buried: Olympia Mourns C. C. HewittThe bar and superior court adjourn as pioneers honor the ex-chief justice of Washington Territory, remembered as a plain, honest man who served from the bench through stormy years.Olympia, WA
- Dec 22, 1891Olympia Debates How Far the Law Should Reach Into a Man's GlassAt Liberal Hall, the Unity Club argued the limits of temperance legislation — whether the state may police private drinking or only the liquor traffic itself.Olympia, WA
- Apr 16, 1892Workingmen Open a People’s Forum—and Hear That Olympia Sits on a VolcanoTwo hundred residents packed Columbia Hall for the first of a series of public-question meetings, where speakers warned of hard times and one declared the city was on the edge of an eruption.Olympia, WA