Northwestern Fruit Exchange aims to unify Pacific Northwest fruit trade
Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana growers back the Northwestern Fruit Exchange to end market glut and wasteful competition. R H Parsons of Medford elected president with Portland HQ and branch offices to serve key markets. Co operative stores planned across Washington state to cut costs for farmers and shoppers.
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Oregon
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
Washington
Idaho
Montana
R. H. Parsons
Medford
Portland
Washington State Grange
Central Labor Council
Seattle
Commission Trust
Commission
Western Avenue
Northwest
Seattle Produce Association
Trust
Grange Union Co
President Taft appoints colored man as Washington port collector
The article laments Taft’s choice of a Black appointee to run the Washington port, arguing white workers in government will face discomfort and that whites cannot quit their jobs. It claims balance favors advancing Black officials but warns against placing a Black administrator over white women in federal offices.
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Emma Smith DeVoe
Lynden
Whatcom County
George Washington
Reno
Jack Johnson
Taft
Washington
Woman’s National Daily
Political Patters on Miles Poindexter and Wilson’s Claims
A 1910 telegram to Miles Poindexter urges him to champion a square deal against stand-patters. The piece also quotes a Seattle Times clip challenging John L. Wilson’s self-credit for funding and harbor improvements and ends with a satirical verse about aging in politics.
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Miles Poindexter
U. S
Spokane
Seattle
Wash
United States
Washington
David
Washington State
Sue F. Vernon
John L. Wilson
United States Senate
Seattle Times
Wilson
Spokane Airship Promises 35 Passengers and Speed
Spokane inventors W. S. Coyne and George Foster secure patents for an airship designed to lift 38 000 pounds and carry 35 passengers. The helicopter type craft would rise from the ground and travel up to 75 miles per hour with five 100 horsepower motors and a twin-saucer body.
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United States
W. S. Coyne
George Foster
Spokane
Wenatchee Lake Yarn and a Gun on Trips
A Wenatchee World anecdote recalls Oliver Bates, a stage driver from Chiwaukum to Lake Wenatchee, who reports a buck chasing his team and dog until Bates decides to carry a gun on every trip. The humorous tale ends with the vow to always have a firearm along.
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Oliver Bates
Chiwaukum
Lake Wenatchee
Oliver
Mr. Buck
Bates
Wenatchee World
Credit to Whom Credit is Due
Congress ends its long session with praise for Taft while credit is split with Democrats and insurgent Republicans. The railroad bill gains from leaders like Cummins and La Follette, though critics warn insiders shaped it. Secretary Wilson plans Washington fruit farming after leaving office, seeking 20 acres near Hayden Lake for ten to twenty acres of fruit land.
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Congress
Taft
Aldrich
Elkins
Wickersham
Smoot
Root
White House
Cummbhs
Iowa
Clay
Georgia
la Follette
Wisconsin
Sims
Tennessee
Borah
Idaho
James Wilson
State of Washington
Inland Empire
Spokane
Wilson
Hayden Lake
West
Washington, D. C
Baptist Pastor Credits Advertising for Spokane Growth
Rev. Jas W. Kra mer of the First Baptist church says public ads and promotions drew people to sermons in Spokane. He defends lively outreach while rejecting ragtime or vulgar preaching, arguing a thriving church runs like a humming factory with active energy.
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Spokane
Jas W. Kramer
First Baptist Church
Pioneer Day Highlight at Spokane Interstate Fair
The Inland Empire’s pioneer tale takes center stage at the Spokane Interstate Fair October 3 to 9 with a Pioneer Day feature in the Educational Department. Oldtimers and younger generations alike will hear thrilling accounts of early settlement and life in the region.
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Inland Empire
Spokane
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Marjorie Mahr
Althe
State Taxpayers’s League
League
Taxpayers League
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Cosgrove
Thomas Burke
Tacoma
Senator
Hector
Wenatchee Lake
Preacher
Harrington
Harringtons Best
Harrington Wheat Belt
the Harrington Milling CO
the Leavenworth Mercantile Company
Leavenworth
Smith Premier Typewriter CO
Third Avenue
Seattle, Wash
Graham
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