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--- 1890_news [2025/07/10 13:20] – [January 8, 1890] ehaight
+++ 1890_news [2026/02/18 03:49] (current) – [In Print] ehaight
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 ======January 8, 1890======
-=====News=====
+Washington legislator William Owen Bush introduced a bill at the state house in Olympia to create one or more agricultural colleges.
-  * Washington legislator William Owen Bush introduced a bill at the state house in Olympia to create one or more agricultural colleges.
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-| [[january-8-1890|Jan 8, 1890]]  |[[1890 calendar|Back to calendar]]| |[[april-26-1891|Apr 26, 1891>]]|
+| [[january-8-1890|Jan 8, 1890]]  |[[1890 calendar|Back to calendar]]| |[[february-8-1890|Feb 8, 1890>]]|
 ======January 9, 1890======
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 ======January 11, 1890======
+=====In Print=====
+**Spokane Falls Review**
+"An Agricultural College," 1
 ======January 12, 1890======
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 ======January 19, 1890======
+**Commission Authorized**
+The Review published the text of the legislation authorizing a state-funded agricultural college and school of science. The governor was required to create a three-person commission to select a suitable location, with the first meeting to be in March. The legislation required the commission to finalize their decision by the first of May.
+=====In Print=====
+**Spokane Falls Review**
+"School of Science," 2
 ======January 20, 1890======
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 ======February 8, 1890======
+By a narrow margin, the Washington Senate passed a bill approving Whitman County as the site of the state's agricultural college. The bill still needed House approval and the governor's signature. The //Pullman Herald// reported that the city of Pullman had allocated a 160-acre tract of land and $12,000 in the hope of persuading the state of Washington to build the college there.
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+|  [[january-8-1890|Jan 8, 1890]]  |   [[1890_calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |   [[february-13-1890|Feb 13, 1890]]  |
 ======February 9, 1890======
+=====In Print=====
+**Spokane Falls Review**
+"An Agricultural College," 1
 ======February 10, 1890======
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 ======February 13, 1890======
+===== News =====
+The Washington House of Representatives set aside a bill, passed in the Senate, to create an agricultural college in Whitman County. Representative Joseph Gandy, of Spokane, introduced a bill to create a five-person commission, with members appointed by the governor, to determine, among other things, the location of the college.
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+|  [[february-8-1890|Feb 8, 1890]]  |   [[1890_calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |   [[march-24-1890|Mar 24, 1890]]  |
 ======February 14, 1890======
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 ======March 24, 1890======
+===== News =====
+The Washington State Senate passed a bill that included a provision to combine the proposed state agricultural college and school of science into a single entity.
+=====In Print=====
+**Spokane Falls Daily Chronicle**
+"School Lands," 1
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+|  [[february-13-1890|<Feb 13, 1890]]   |  [[1890_calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |   [[april-26-1891|Apr 26, 1891>]]  |
 ======March 25, 1890======