Proclamation of Wenatchee County Republican Convention
Capt Charles Johnson leads a strong Lakeside ticket at the Wenatchee Rarey hall convention on April 9 1904 with L H Bowman as chair and detailed committee appointments. Resolutions praise Roosevelt and pledge party allegiance while nominating Johnson for representative and a full slate for county offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Johnson
Lakeside
Rarey Hall
Wenatchee
L. H. Bowman
Central Committee
R. F. Holm
Deed H. Mayor
Leavenworth
Ira D. Edwards
H. C. Keeler
M. F. Sanders
C. B. Reed
Niles Sorenson
D. A. Beal
Charles Johnston
James
H. Chase
J. A. Fansler
W. W. Thompson
Z. A. Lanham
J. E. Ferguson
E. E. Shotwell
W. T. Rarey
Amos Peters
J. H. Miller
S. W. Phillips
Chas. F. Brown
N. N. Brown
Ellsworth
France
John D. Dill
W. R. Prowell
A. A. Stevens
Edward Ferguson
A. F. Nichols
Committee On
Republican Party
Roosevelt
John D. Atkinson
Korean Heating System Courts Cold Winters in Homes
A writer from Korea describes a central furnace system in houses with a network of pipes and flues beneath the floor leading to a distant chimney. Pipes are protected by plaster bricks and oiled paper, creating a durable, linoleum-colored carpet. Shoes are removed before entry to maintain the clean, heat efficient dwelling. The straw fed furnace provides cooking heat, eliminating extra fires during harsh winters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Fragmented Walnut Moral in Pulpit Riff
A clergyman uses a fresh green walnut as a sermon object lesson to critique political and religious factions. He discards the soft shell and finds the kernel rotten, drawing a sharp condemnation of perceived church divisions and compromised belief.
Woes of a Giant Realities of American Life for a Circus Star
George Auger an eight foot tall circus giant from Europe finds New York difficult to live in. He complains Gotham is not fit for giants and plans to rent two flats and break partitions to sleep and hide. His voyage aboard La Bretagne and his appetite and clothing size highlight his size troubles in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Auger
Europe
Gotham
Anger
Hugo
America
la Bretange
Cardiff
First strawberries in Seattle and big bursts of news
Glimpses from the week include Seattle locals spotting the season’s first berries, speculation on John D. Rockefeller in high society, a Dakotas blizzard delaying trains and injuring livestock, and 3000 settlers moving through St Paul and Minneapolis toward the northwest.Reports on Wilbur’s planned 22000 public school investment, the Plymouth to London railway run, Riverside’s bridge fund, Norris finding a gold nugget, and political races in Missouri and California. Also notes on a Berlin firm ordering 80000 magpies, Governor Hill’s stance on rail control, a Los Angeles bigamist confession, McBride veto of a tax commission bill, and Graves’s defiant jail cell act under indictment.
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Keating
Washington
G. W. Hoxley
Smith’s
J J. King
Leavenworth, Wash
Lewis J. Nelson
John B. Adams
Wash
S D. Griffith
Wenatchee, Wash
Frank Reeves
Chelan County
Court House
Free Reeves
The
Wenatchee Canal Company
J. A. Gellatly
Mission and
Palouse Streets
L. H. Turner
Prop
Tumwater Lodge
L. H. Laden
M.W
John W. Laden
Geo A. Blacksedge
A. O. U. W. Leavenworth Lodge No. 82
Amanda Martin
H. Lottie Doyle
Louise McGuire
Independent Order of Forresters
Forresters
R. M
Tumwater Tribe
R. O. Johnston
A. P. Sheridan
Paris Green
City Drug Store
A. E. King
Chas. Johnson
C. E. Buttles
Carl Christenger
Peter Wheeler
J. B. Holmes
Mission
Henry Cross
E. Riste
I. A. Navarre
Dr. McCoy
Conrad Rose
J. A. McArthur
Entiat
Columbia
L. M. Hull
Colockum
Claud
Cagk
Chiwaukum
Peshatin
S. P. Beecher
J. E. Shore
C. E. Gray
Thos. Bollman
Chelan
J. Berrier
Stehekin
W. P. Robinson
Blewett
R. F. Brown
Petrel Davis
G. N. Watson James H. Chase
P. W. Ferguson
I. D. Edwards
F. M. Scheble
A. S. Lindsay
N. J. Wing
J. D. Green
Jos. Darnell
Korea
Seattle
John D. Rockefeller
Dakotas
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Northwest
Wilbur
Plymouth
London
Riverside
Okanogan River
Colville Indian Reservation
Norris
St. Louis
Missouri
Berlin
Moscow
Russia
President Hill
Great Northern Railway
Rockefeller and
Harriman
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Los Angeles
California
McBride
Tax Commission
Charles W. Graves
Des Moines
Iowa
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