City Council Reviews Water Bond Interest and Street Work
Council directs $1200 transfer from Water Ex tension Fund to Water Bond Interest Fund to meet May 1 interest. Leavenworth business group asks city grader to survey all streets improved last year. Dumping ground to be kept sanitary. Warren Construction Co. vows repairs on Front Eighth and Ninth streets when weather allows. Other resolutions proposed but failed for lack of a second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koerner
Leavenworth Business Men’s Association
Warren Construction Co
Eighth
Ninth
Jacobsen
Miller
Ida Bauman
Art Franklin
Herbert McPhee
Third
Cascade Orchard News and Local Labor Debates
Mrs J M Klinkert and daughter arrive from Seattle to reside at the Webster place this summer. W P Preston oversees an orchard tract and builds a dwelling for himself while O C Elliott handles the contract. A Frank Snyder gathering ends with a lively evening of cards and dancing. Farmers and small ranchers oppose the proposed eight hour law, arguing it cannot be enforced in busy season. they claim foreign competition from Japanese and Italians would push American growers out of business.
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J. M. Klinkert
W. C. Welch
Seattle
Webster Place
Mr. Klinkart
Webster Tract
O. S. Hanson
W. P. Preston
C. H. Hartshorn
O. C. Elliott
Frank Snyder
Leonard Harding
Herman Stoltze
Louis Speidel
Chas. Hartshorn
Claud Morrison
Frank E. Bailey
Hoskins
Clara Nicholson
Bertha Stoltze
Kate Harding
John Tvedt
Willie
Henry Harding
Fred Stoltze
Johnny Byron
John Olson
L. C. Crow
Farmers’ Union
Spokane
Influx of Travellers Strains City Hotels
The past week shows growth in visitor numbers as Barclay and Chickamin hotels turned away guests several nights. Local observers note a clear attraction drawing travelers to the area.
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Barclay
Chickamin
Mr and Mrs James Buchanan visit Cashmere with friends
Mr and Mrs James Buchanan travelled to Cashmere for several days this week accompanied by friends.
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James Buchanan
Cashmere
Easter Services and Sermon at Local Church
The Easter program begins at 10 30 A M with a church service and the Easter sermon follows at 8 00. All are welcome. Good music. Rev. Snowden, Pastor.
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Snowden
No preaching service next Sunday
A church announces no preaching service next Sunday with a children’s Easter day service scheduled in the morning at 10 45.
Easter at Congregational Church Promises The Empty Tomb
The Congregational church plans a Sabbath morning sermon The Empty Tomb and an Easter program in the evening. Pastor W V Davis invites all to attend with services at Peshastin at 3 00 PM. The program features two quartets a trio readings and musical numbers by Frieda Gartner Mildred Adams Dr Briggs with accompaniment by Miss Meier and more.
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Peshastin
W. V. Davis
Frieda Gartner
Mildred Adams
Dr. Briggs
Miss Meier
No Bids For State Land At Wenatchee Auction
Nobody appeared at the Wenatchee court house Tuesday morning to bid on 40 acres of grazing land advertised as NE of NW of section 16 township 24 north range 18 east W M and appraised at 400 dollars. The land lies one half mile east of Peshastin and four miles southeast of Leavenworth.
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Wenatchee Court House
Township
W. M
Peshastin
Leavenworth
Five potato diseases reported at Washington state college
Popular Bulletin 62 by Professors Morris Hall and Yi others outlines five potato diseases not previously seen in Washington. It presents preventive measures and treatments. The college Christian Associations run a student employment bureau offering hourly work in town, on the farm, on campus, and in college building care.
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Washington
Popular
O. M. Morris
J. G. Hall
M. A. Yothers
Christian Associations of the College
Mail Train Derailment Near Ephrata Slows Line
Great Northern Express No. 28 derailed at Naylor siding south of Ephrata around 1 pm Tuesday. Second car entered the siding, derailing the last three cars. No injuries. Wrecker from Leavenworth ordered. main line cleared in six hours.
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Great Northern
Naylor
Ephrata
Leavenworth
Weather year records and local business changes
Dr McKeown reports eleven months of precipitation totaling about 20.08 inches. The warmest day reached 108 degrees and the coldest reading was zero. There were 18 days above 90 and 149 readings below 82. A hailstorm occurred May 7 1913. Also notes Glacier National Park relocation plans for Ray Marble and partner. Wells Morris firm dissolved with transfer of assets and stock to A L Morris.
Electric Bitters Cited As Spring Tonic by Illinois Reader
Mrs J C Van De Lande of Kirkland Illinois credits Electric Bitters with preventing a breakdown during three months of nursing a relative. She recommends a month long treatment for stomach liver and kidneys noting relief and offering money back. Tom Burke returns from three months in the Hawaiian Islands.
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J. C. van de Lande
Kirkland
Ill
Tom Burke
Hawaiian Islands
Catholic Ladies Aid Meeting at Mrs Dawson Home
The Catholic Ladies Aid will meet at Mrs C P Dawson's home on April 22. All members are invited to attend.
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Catholic Ladies Aid
Mr and Mrs A Brown Visited Wenatchee This Week
Mr and Mrs A Brown were in Wenatchee for several days this week, staying at a local residence and attending observed social engagements. The brief note records their visit in a rural-urban community society section.
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Mrs. A. Brown
Wenatchee
Sacred Deer of Japan Honored Yet Potentially Harmed
The article describes deer revered in Japan's shrine grounds with strict old laws. tamers capture some annually, cutting off horns in a public spectacle. Spectators buy admission and horns are awarded by lottery.
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Kasuga
Unmarried woman plans evening outing with niece
An unmarried woman prepares for an evening out as a man expects to call, though the plan is complicated by the need to bring along her young niece.
All Night Photo Gallery Gazes and a Crossed Leg Caution
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt notes many train and streetcar travelers sit with legs crossed. A London physician warns this habit disrupts blood flow, causes leg swelling and sciatic pressure, and may create bodily lopsidedness. He advises resting legs to restore balance and natural circulation.
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London
Ameri can astronomer links interstellar matter to comet motion
An American astronomer proposes that interstellar space contains matter. friction would slow lighter bodies like comets relative to heavier planets if not a vacuum. He notes changes in a comet's farthest orbit point and says observations support the hypothesis, as reported by Popular Mechanics.
Rough Training at Eton Described by Old Boy
An early 19th century Eton alumnus recalls harsh routines of the boys. They rose at 5 on freezing mornings, swept floors, walked to the pump for a wash, ate meager meals, and slept in dismal cells, all for parents unable to pay for private rooms.
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Eton
England
Egyptians not Negroes nor Semites, says Huxley
The New York American quotes Professor Huxley stating Egyptians are not Negroes or Semites. He suggests Dravidian and Australian peoples resemble them less, and the builders of the pyramids belong to a distinct ancient race, neither Aryan nor Turanian nor Negro.
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Professor Huxley
Central
India
New York
Explorer's Remarkable Feat and Barrie Echoes
The Glasgow News recalls Sir James Barrie’s affection for explorers and praises Joseph Thomson of Dumfriesshire for pioneering work in Africa. It highlights Thomson’s famous feat of taking a bottle of brandy into the heart of Africa and returning with it intact.
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James Barrie
Edinburgh
Joseph Thomson
Dumfriesshire
Cleaning a Tarnished Silver Teapot with Washing Soda
The article advises placing a large piece of washing soda inside a silver teapot and filling it with boiling water. After boiling for one hour over a spirit lamp the interior should brighten without harming the silver.
Aviator Breaks Propeller Threatening Fatal Freefall
A radio-era aviator tells a newspaper reporter passenger that the flight is doomed as the propeller breaks. The reporter fears water and admits he cannot swim, while voices express alarm and urgency in this dramatic exchange from Lippincott's.
Strength in the Arms and Arm Strength Equality
The study notes equal arm strength in women occurs nearly twice as often as in men. It also observes more men than women show greater strength in the right arm compared with the left.
Contractor Faulkner Wins Cottage Contract North of Town
Building contractor Faulkner says he has the contract to build a cottage on C. G. Smythe’s land north of town for a tenant who will manage the place. He will also erect stock sheds and a concrete reservoir to conserve spring water piped to Smythe’s residence and to the tenant house and stock sheds. Smythe aims to create a model ranch.
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Faulkner
C. G. Smythe
Mr. Smythe
Looking for Cheap Land in Upper Wenatchee Valley
Real estate notice touts cheap land near Leavenworth and Peshastin with multiple tracts listed. Lot 2 an irrigation 28 acres, Lot 6 40 acres with orchard, Lot 8 42 acres with new orchard, plus 10 acre Merritt tract and 35 acres near town. Echo Leavenworth invites inquiries.
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Echo
Leavenworth
Merritt
Wash
July marks key independence and liberty moments worldwide
The passage notes several pivotal July events: the independence of multiple nations, Simon Bolivar's efforts culminating in Venezuela, Colombia's freedom from Spain on July 20, France’s Bastille storm on July 14, and Spain's Santiago capitulation on July 16 in Cuba.
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Simon Bolivar
Venezuela
Colombia
France
Bastille
Santiago
Cuba
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Yellowstone National Park
Lewis River
Walla Walla
Chelan County
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Wenatchee Republic
McKeown
Albert G. McKeown
Co-operative Observer
Ray Marble
Glacier National Park
Mr. Marble
Rafe King
Rocky Mountains
Wells & Morris
A. L. Morris
A. L. Wells
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Northside
J. E. Faulkner & Son
King’s City Drug Store
E. G. Wheeler
Prop
The
Leavenworth Furniture Company
Wenatchee Valley
Chiwaukum
S. E
Winton
F. T. Motteler Feed Store
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