Picturesque Leavenworth City Guide Feature
Leavenworth sits about a thousand residents near Tumwater Canyon, 150 miles east of Seattle and 23 miles west of Wenatchee, at Wenatchee River head. A hunter and fisher paradise with pine forests high snow, flowers in valleys, trout in streams, pure water, electric lighting, and reasonable hotel rates for a few weeks of hunting fishing and mountain climbing.
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Leavenworth
Great Northern Railway
Tumwater Canyon
Seattle
Wenatchee
Wenatchee River
Saloonkeeper Kircher Draws Press Spotlight at Wilson Creek
The Odessa Record notes Blue Front saloon owner R. Kircher gains favorable mention after a recent Big Bend Chief item. It quotes his pledge to refuse service to drunkards minors and to support families, while outlining who he wishes to trade with and the tax he pays for liquor sales.
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Odessa
R. Kircher
Blue Front
Wilson Creek
Big Betd
World’s Largest Cheboygan Sawdust Pile Grows
In Cheboygan Michigan a vast sawdust heap draws curious visitors. The pile stretches 1080 feet by 875 feet with a 3625 foot circumference, reaches 20 to 50 feet high, and covers 12 acres. Originating from one lumber firm since 1877, it once resisted interior burning and now fuels plans to make charcoal ethyl alcohol or oxalic acid.
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Cheboygan
Mich
Methow seeks a seven month term female teacher
The Methow records show five women taught since the school moved to Methow, four later engaged to be married and now living nearby, all initially strangers. The clerk was told to advertise for a lady teacher for a seven month term, inviting districts to share if they can beat Methow’s record.
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Methow
Bravery and power line notes from a bygone era
The piece praises Engineer Tyler of the wrecked Twentieth Century Limited for brave, selfless action turning on air brakes and warning the fireman to jump, while noting other engineers’ fidelity to public safety and company duty. It cites US water power for electricity, a Philadelphia graft figure, and a reform whirlwind in Philadelphia with lingering thefts.
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Carnegie Hero Fund
Tyler
Twentieth Century Limited
Jim
Mississippi
Philadelphia
New Life Pills Declarant Claims Remedy For Indigestion
J. D. Runyan of Butlerville Ohio attributes his strange indigestion and biliousness to Dr King s New Life Pills He says they are a perfect remedy for dizziness sour stomach headache constipation etc Guaranteed at Leavenworth Drug Store price 25c
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Geo. A. Eyler
Cumberland
Leavenworth Drug Store
J. D. Runyan
Butlerville, C
The Value of Railroads and Their Tax Valuation
A census bureau bulletin reports the commercial value of U S railroad property at 11 144 852 000 with regional figures and notes the tax valuation percentages for several states California 263 Idaho 11 0 Washington 14 3 Oregon not stated Alaska 100 000 Oregon 75 661 000. It breaks out equipment values for Pullman cars 51 000 000 and private cars 72 000 000 and explains the estimate seeks total national wealth rather than a basis for taxation and depends on whether states tax full commercial value or only tangible property.
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Census Bureau
United States
Alaska
California
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Japs Show the Chinese How Says West Learnings Rise
European reports from interior China describe a surge of reform and Western learning as Japan’s victories spark a national push. The Chinese government drives schools and seeks qualified teachers while relying on Japanese instructors. Edison outlines a calm productive philosophy amid global science and industry.
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China
Russia
Japan
Imperial Government of
Vassar Graduation Sparks Matrimonial Forecast
More than half of the Vassar graduates this season are engaged to be married. If trends continue, women’s colleges may push summer hotels and matrimonial bureaus to new competition.
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Vassar
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