Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-11-23
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Built and run by. .Lue +. Vernon
Business rooms Observation-Disclosures Any old place
Editorial rooms Wherever my rent is paid
pieces washed up by the tide. doomed, sawed.
split and piled for perusal and pastime for read
ers OIL the WASHINGTON STANDARD.]
Woman was created from . rib,"
and she has been q bone of contention
ever since.
Divorce, says Alexander Hogeland.
is the curse of the nation. In Pitts
burg. Pa, the real curse is inability
to get 'em.
lent there some means at hand by
which armed Intervention can be
brought about in the family troubles
of Senator Thomas Collier Plat?
"No Peddlers Allowed" is the sign
seen on many houses of tho "upper-
ten" down in Seattle. II is not nee.
essary to have the placard: mo
Babies"
Some Olympia women are afraid
they will appear dull in company un.
less they are always talking. They
would not appear half 90 dull if they
would only keep quiet.
Wholesale desertions from the Rus
sian Black Sea fleet are now being re.
ported. Watch for the announce
ment of wholesale executions by court
martial, soon to be given out.
A strict construction of the law 70.
garding the importation Of meats from
Europe would serve to remind the old
country that the sausage is just as
liable to suspicion as the ham.
The probable shortage of the Amer.
ican cotton crop is causing alarm in
England. But in the United States
we believe that Republican admin.
istration will see to it that the cotton
crop is not short.
In several municipalities East, rules
of discipline demanding promptnesa
and punctuality on the part of en-.
ployes, threatening . reduction in
pay in case of failure to be civil to the
public, and on time, have been insti.
tuted. If this thing keeps up, the
time will come when . man might "a
we'll work as hold q city job.
A magazine writer goes to great
length to show that the woman has
distanced man and has become the
most influential in the worlds affairs.
This is discovery first made by Adam
and recognized more and more clearly
by every successive generation. Wo.
man always was, always will be, the
dominating influence in the affairs oi
the world, civilized and savage.
An Olympia business man who
lives quite distance from the busi.
ness portion of the city, when on his
way home the other night was about
to meet . couple of fellows whom be
suspicioned might be hold.ups, and
he thought he would fool them by
getting down and walking on his hands
and feet go they would think he was q
dog and not molest him. Imagine
his astonishment when he discovered
that the supposed hold.ups were q
couple of boys with coal.oil can at.
tached to q string, hunting q dog to
can. He was not long in picking him.
self up aud making tracks, he running
one way and the boys the other.
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Clipped from the Hobo Banner)
LUE r. VERNON, EDITOR.
"Let US try to discourage every
man who comes to Hobo to 60 into
business. Let US throw the harpoon
into the landlord who rents his build
ing to a newcomer. Let US act
quickly before anybody gets . chance
to get in. Let US put fence around
the town and keep it for ourselves.
Let us make . poor face and com.
plain to everybody to keep them out.
Tell them we have got too many
stores, too many newspapers, too many
churches. too mapy of everything. Lei