Picturesque Leavenworth Promises Outdoor Paradise
Leavenworth, about 1000 residents, sits at Tumwater Canyon on Great Northern rails located 150 miles east of Seattle and 23 miles west of Wenatchee. The region offers hunting, fishing, mountain climbing, pine forests with game, snow capped high peaks, flowers in valleys, trout-filled rivers, and a near perfect climate. The town has pure water and electric lighting, with good hotel accommodations and reasonable rates.
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Leavenworth
Great Northern Railway
Tumwater Canyon
Seattle
Wenatchee
Wenatchee River
Court House Transcripts Show Local Property Transfers
Chelan County abstracts list weekly real estate filings from Leavenworth Wenatchee and Garden Home Additions plus a marriage license from Wirth Channel to Florence Harter. Transactions include various lot purchases with prices from $1 to $2500 and assignments among residents and companies.
Extraordinary Wheat Yields Reported in Washington
Washington farmer C. B. Kegley near Pullman reports a record 55 bushels per acre from 60 acres of Forty Fold wheat with a potential 60 bushels if saved. His red Russian field averaged 43 bushels per acre. He emphasizes benefits of cultivating summer fallow, noting higher crops on well cultivated fallow land.
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Washington
C. B. Kegley
Pullman
Kegsley
Kegley
Million Acre Orange Grove Planned In Rio Grande Valley
B F Yoakum of St Louis and partners plan a vast orange grove on valley lands near Hidalgo Texas following irrigation ready acreage. California growers say climate and soil favor orange production here below frosts. Lincoln County wheat harvest estimated at 11 million bushels worth 7.15 million dollars with rail and threshing costs outlined for 1910 era transport to coast markets.
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Hidalgo
Texas
B. F. Yoakum
St. Louis
Brewsville
Mexico
Rio Grande
California
Florida
Californias
Mr. Yoakum
Lincoln County
Linecoln
Red milk cow in Pennsylvania draws state scientist interest
An extraordinary cow on Stanley Brunges’s dairy near here yields bright crimson milk that turns red hours after milking. The University of Pennsylvania is observing the animal after state veterinarians marked it unique. Also recounted are a counterfeit bill incident and a testimonial promising King’s New Discovery for coughs with a 50c to $1 price range.
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Pennsylvania
Kansas
England
America
Stanley R. Brunges
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Wreck Delays Westbound Train After Gravel Train Crash
A gravel distributing work train on the Great Northern derailed on a steep grade near Vulcan, the air brake failing and the engine losing control. It struck an eastbound train backing into a siding, overturning seven gravel cars and four of shingles. No injuries, crews jumped to safety, but a five hour delay affected the westbound passenger service.
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Great Northern
Va'ear
Vulcan
Peculiar disappearance blamed on Dr King's pills
J D Runyan of Butlerville Ohio reports his indigestion and biliousness vanished after using Dr King’s New Life Pills. He says they relieve dizziness sour stomach headache and constipation. Guaranteed at Leavenworth drug store for 2 cents. Echo home news subscription only 1 year.
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Geo. A. Eyler
Cumberland
Leavenworth Drug Store
J. D. Runyan
Butlerville, C
Flow Poets Are Born and Ella Wheeler Wilcox Theory
Ella Wheeler Wilcox argues poetic talent is inherited or sparked by suppressed parental tendencies. She recalls starting prose and rhyme at age eight and writing at thirteen, driven by constant verse and early editor payments. Persistence and repeated submissions finally yielded success, including a $75 prize for a rejected story.
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Ella Wheeler Wilox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Japans stance on peace terms and regional power plays
The article reflects on Japan's insistence not to allow a triple alliance to dictate peace terms, recalling past unequal settlements with China and Russia, and notes American neutrality and public health quips while advertising a local sale near the L. W. Bloom residence with a business property offering 20 percent annual rent.
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China
Germany
France
Russia
Adachi Winnosuke
Togo
Nippon
Port Arthur
United States
Japan
Envelopes for Farmers Advertised at Low Price
Farmers and all readers offered envelopes printed with name and address for 75 cents per hundred to ensure return mail if undelivered. The notice promotes affordable mailing supplies and reliability for correspondence.
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George Keating
The
Tumwater Light & Water Company
OPERA
Spokane
Tholin & Smith
L. Lamb
C.R. Lamb
G. E. Lamb
See
P. Davis
Treas
Mer
Clinton
Minneapolis
Minn
Leavenworth, Wash
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Chelan County
John Smith
Deed H
Leavenworth , Ashington
L. Lab
W. H. Hadley
Tumwater Savings Bank
Leavenworth, Washington
Court House News
Court House
Chelan County Abstract Co
Jas Keeth
S Keeth
Leavenworth Dist
Anna M Woods
St. PM & M Ry Co
Win Douglas
S E
Wen Dev Co
E Morse and Wheeler
J Huntsinger
R F Holm
Chas J Anderson
Hunter and Young
Alex McNeil
W L Franks
Wen
Wirth
Florence Harter
Orange
Echo
Norway
Roumania
L. W. Bloom
D. H. Mayar
Opera House
Postoffice
E. Chelefeu
Prop
A. A. Tholin
Old Reliable Barber Shop
AL Pesch
Bellingham Bay Brewery
Big Rock
Geo. L. Hoppe
Stoke’s Ice Cream
Chas. A. Stevens Bros
Mary A. Bloom
Model Market
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