Apple Growing in the East Compared with Northwest
Judge Grimshaw of Chelan county supreme court notes a Pittsfield Illinois apple orchard sold for 258 per acre, 16 years old and well cared for, highlighting how midwest apple growing lags behind Wenatchee Valley conditions. He warns midwestern growers face long waits for bearing, frequent pests and harsh frosts, with limited profitable returns and difficult sales sometimes capped at 250 to 275 per acre.
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Grimshaw
Chelan County
Middle West
Reliable growing sections to be chief supply source
A Wenatchee World note argues that growing areas will become the main supply source as dependable harvests expand. It emphasizes future reliance on these reliable sections for steady availability.
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Wenatchee World
Washington Horses Worth 106 Each
The Washington horse now valued at 106 per head per USDA report. State horse count 305,000 with total value 32,330,000. National totals show 20,962,000 horses worth 2,291,638,000 averaging 109.32 each.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Portal to Palace of Food Products at Panama-Pacific Expo
Description of the South Portal at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. The doorway blends Italian Renaissance form with newer ornament, rising sixty six feet to the top with six foot tall eagles above pilasters. Palaces are grayish cream plaster imitating Travertine marble.
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Palace of Food Products
Pan
Washington Farm Laborers’ Hours and Wages in 1913
The United States Department of Agriculture reports Washington farm laborers work about 9 hours 37 minutes daily. Nearly 37,000 workers are employed with monthly pay of 33.20 dollars with board and 48.40 dollars without board. Nationwide, farm labor averages 13.85 dollars with board and 19.97 without.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Continental
United States
Why Not Tag Washington Bachelors
A columnist proposes a playful policy to tax and tag bachelors in Washington as a solution to social ills. The piece jokes about widows guiding bachelors to marriage, noting about one hundred thousand bachelors in the capital and suggesting tag days to pair them with widows and obtain marriage licenses.
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Washington
Canid
Nation Faces Meat Famine and Price Pressures Across U S
Economic experts study meat costs after a government census shows a 4,183,000 head drop and a $176,530,000 rise in value. On January 1, 1914 the herd stood at 144,507,000, down from 148,690,000 a year earlier. Po-Do-Lax advertises summer constipation relief claiming it increases bile and relieves congested waste. 50 cents at the druggist.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Refused Notices and Meat Supply Figures
Editor notes that subscribers faced refusals due to unpaid balances like John Blank who owed $5.70 and halted his paper. A church visit led to a receipt in full and apology. In other data, the nation’s meat supply fell with hogs 2,185,000 head down, cattle 175,000, sheep 1,763,000, while cattle values rose by $166,688,000 and swine up $9,842,000. sheep declined. Echo ads urged use of want ads.
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John Blank
John
Jesus
United States
Have you anything to sell or trade Echo ad will do
A plain ask for buyers and sellers to use an Echo ad format for quick notices. It invites readers to post items for sale or trade through the service.
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Echo
Nelson files five year proof on Washington homestead claim
William A Nelson of Telma Washington has filed intent to prove up his homestead entry Serial No 01080 for sections 2 and 32 Township 28 North Range 16 East Wil lamette Meridian before United States Commissioner John Koerner at Leavenworth Washington on the Sunday of September 1914. Witnesses named are W R Sears Oliver Bates J D Langdon of Telma and M O Logan of Leavenworth.
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William A. Nelson
Telma
Washington
Township 28
Range 16
Willamette Meridian
John Koerner
United States
Leavenworth
W. R. Sears
Oliver Bates
J.D. Langdon
Wash
M. 0. Logan
W.F. Haynes
State and National Officials List Credited
A compiled reference of government offices and officeholders including President, Vice President Woodrow Wilson, cabinet members such as Bryan and McAdoo, and various secretaries. Also lists U S Senators Jones and Poindexter, Congressman LaFollette, Governor Ernest Lister, lieutenant governor Tom Hart, and state officials like the attorney general and land commissioner.
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Wm. J. Bryan
Wm. G. McAdoo
Kesha
L. M. Garrison
James Reynolds
Spinors
Burleson
State
Secretary
Treasury
Navy
Josephus Papsele
Interior
Aear K. Lane
Agriculture
David F. Houston
Redfield
Wm. B. Wilson
Ernest Lister
Toms F. Hart
I. M. Howell
Edward Meath
Josemine Preston
O. Fishback
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Northwest
San Francisco
Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co
The
Washington Farm Laborer
Rutherford Mercantile Co
Joe Massies
Wenatchee Milling Co
Wenatchee, Wash
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
IL A.m
Tros
P.m
Newcomb
Burgeon
Cariquist’s Jewelry
Attorneys AT Law
N. A. Pearson
Wiest Bik
Ravenworth, Wash
Wm. A. Reneau
G.G. Hannan
Ire
Thomas
Heneau, Thomas & Hannan Lawyers
Wenatchee
P. A. Snyder
Ww. M. McCoy
Columbia Valley Bank Building
DE. G. W. Roxset
Leavenworth, Wash
DR. J. Stillson Judah
Leavenworth Hospital
A. G. Mickeown
Department of the Interior
Waterville, Wash
Woodrow Wilson
Thos. R. Marshal
U. S
W.L. Jones
M. E. Poindexter
W. L. LaFollette
George E. Morris
R. O, Dunbar
Frank H. Rudkin
H,. D. Crowe
A. D. Gose
S.J. Chadwick
Wallace Mount Emmit Parker
Columbia Land District Register
U. 8
WF. Haynes
C. E. Briggs
King’s Drug Store
Chelan County Abstract Co
J. A. Gellatly
W. W. Gray
President Secy
Rainier Beer
Lee J. Howerton
Knights of
Pythias
Firemen's Hall
W. V Davis
A. R. Bown
Jone Brethren
Winton
Wenatchee Lake
Neil Thompson
Prop
Reeves, Crollard & Crollard Lawyers
Reeves
Farmers
B. J. Williams
A N.corbin
Williams
Corbin
Whitney & Hughes Lawyers
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Wash
Lewis J. Nelson
Elliott Block
Residence
J. B. Adams
E. . Fox
Smith Building
Carlquist
Leavenworth, Washington
John E. Porter
Attorney At Law
Notary Public
Hotel
Wenatchee Abstract Company Incorporated
R. W. Vermilya
Mgr
Columbia Vally Bank Bldg
Barclay A. C
P. O
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