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  1. Olympia's Streetcar Franchise Shell Game

    A franchise extension granted on a promise of negotiations turns out to be empty—and the editor wants electric cars for the capital.

    Dec 3, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyFollow the Money · Boom & Bust · City Hall

  2. The Eastern Oregon After the Fire

    A board of survey finds the burned steamer's machinery ruined and its safe intact, while the crew buries the ship's cook.

    Dec 3, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyWork & Pay · Disasters

  3. Forty-Three Old Soldiers at Orting — and the Olympia Women Furnishing Their Rooms

    The state soldiers' home that legislators once laughed at now shelters 43 Civil War veterans, and cities across Washington are racing to outfit their quarters — Olympia's Relief Corps is fitting up an 'Olympia room.'

    Dec 11, 1891The Olympia TribuneWashington Soldiers Home, Orting, OrtingCity Hall

  4. Olympia's High School Bond Fight, Priced at 25 Cents

    The Tribune urges voters to approve a $40,000 school bond, rebutting claims of contractor influence and calculating the cost to a $7,000 homeowner at about a quarter.

    Feb 23, 1892The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyCity Hall

  5. The City Can Tear It Down: The Supreme Court Backs Seattle's Fire Limits

    Daniel K. Baxter put up a twenty-foot shell of wooden posts wrapped in corrugated iron inside Seattle's fire limits. The state Supreme Court said the city could knock it down without ever going to court — and municipal building codes came out of it stronger than before.

    Jan 16, 1892The Olympia TribuneSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

  6. The Chief's Daughter in the Shadow of the City Named for Her Father

    A San Francisco Chronicle correspondent visits Princess Angeline in her Seattle shack and finds the city proudly carving her father's face on a new business block while his daughter lives on charity.

    Apr 9, 1892The Olympia TribuneSeattle, King CountyExclusion & Resistance

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