Light and Water Co asks for twenty five year franchise
An ordinance seeking a twenty five year franchise to furnish light and power to Leavenworth was presented to the council by Tumwater Light and Water Co. The council moved to send it to City Attorney Nelson for report next Tuesday. The meeting also covered resignations, bills paid to multiple vendors, and local notices.
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Leavenworth
Tumwwater Light & Water Co
Nelson
Cook
Chas. Mischke
Seattle
Three-Eight-Hour Day: A Call for Split Leisure and Work
John Kendrick Bangs argues in Harper's Weekly for a labor system dividing days into three eight hour parts from 6 am to 2 pm work, 2 pm to 10 pm play, and the rest for rest. He critiques late starts, heavy dinners, and stuffy theaters, urging morning work and afternoon leisure to strengthen family life and personal well being.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Harper’s Weekly
Two Cravings of Women by Cornelia A. P. Commer
A Atlantic Monthly passage argues women seek more than bread and desire a maternal hearth rooted in history. It contrasts traditional domestic roles with a claim that women will engage in mills and offices if needed, resisting superficial modern paths.
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Cornelia A. P. Comer
Atlantic Monthly
Richard Brinsley Sheridan and the O Sheridan name
The text recalls Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan an Irish figure famed for constant money troubles. It notes that at his death in 1816 bailiffs held his house and cites a quip about adding the O to OSheridan while claiming the family owed many people.
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Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
Sheridan
Pianist Brown Invited to Play for Hostess Daughter
A hostess invites Mr Brown, a pianist with a modest reputation, to provide music for her daughter’s performance. Brown agrees reluctantly, acknowledging his growing reputation as a pianist while the scene hints at a personal and social occasion within Stray Stories.
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Mr. Brown
Brown
Their Stroke of Fortune
A proud young mother gazes at her baby and declares fortune lies in the child while the father mutters about luck not knocking twice as a Pear son’s Weekly feature.
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Pearson’s Weekly
State Lands to Claw Back Delinquent Rents Across Washington
Washington State Land Commissioner Clark V. Savidge drives overdue payments on state land contracts and expired leases. Despite no dedicated funds, inspectors target eastern lands during harvest, averaging $10,000 monthly in collections and pursuing full restitution from defaulters.
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State of Washington
Clark V. Savidge
State Bureau of Inspection
State Land Office
Savidge
Local telephone operator cleared to return to work
Miss Snoda Smith, an operator at the local telephone exchange, has been on the sick list for ten days but is now able to be out. Mrs. E A King left Thursday afternoon for Seattle to stay a week or ten days with friends.
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Carl Tarlton
Wm. Dales
Dave Evans
L. O. Taylor
Clinton
Iowa
L. O. Taylor, Jr
Kathryn
Reno
Nevada
A. Royal McKeown
Cashmere
Dr. McKeown
Mrs. Carroll
Seattle
A. Brown
Poetz
W. C Roach
North Leavenworth
Stella Hinman
Miss Hinman
Snoda Smith
E. A. King
Old Settlers Association Row Sparks Circus Talk
A fragment from a Chicago Tribune piece shows a dialogue where a veteran laments changing times and jokes that circuses are better now than in his boyhood, prompting questions about membership status and good standing.
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Greadfather
Old Settlers’ Association
Bobby
Chicago Tribune
Battle on a Brig and Snohomish highway woes
An elderly sailor recalls the brig Heave Ho and a rice hold flood in 1879 proving the rice swelled and defeated pumps as the ship sank after a starry night. Separately Snohomish County cannot fund the Cascade scenic highway due to a court ruling tying up 63000 dollars from taxes this year. Hunters eye opening grouse season next Monday with five birds allowed per day and blue grouse only. C A Thompson H M Luttrel and James Cornelius of Cashmere visited the Echo.
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Ceylon
London
Snohomish County
Puget Sound
Leavenworth
Wenatchee
State Superior Court
Snohomish
Old Englishwoman Opposes Tobacco Meeting Tale
An aged English noblewoman famed for opposing tobacco once witnessed King Edward pass cigarettes at a castle gathering. A neighboring earl and countess shared a cigarette with a bow, prompting the king to recount the tale. The woman vowed never to relax her anti tobacco stance again.
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Edward
New York Sun
Mrs Humphries and Children Visit Old Lineville Home
Mrs S A Humphries and her children departed yesterday morning for Lineville Town to visit the family’s old home and familiar surroundings.
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S. A. Humphries
Lineville
Town
Wenatchee Woman Vida Van Cleave Visits Friends
Miss Vida Van Cleave of Wenatchee spent several days this week visiting with friends in the area.
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R. W. Vermilya
Wenatchee
Vida van Cleave
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Mischke
Dan Ryan
O. B. Robertson
A. J. Cook
Geo. Hoxsey
Yakima Bindery
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Lam- Gendtens
Templin & McKenzie
Col. Eng. & Const. Co
J. C. Davis
Blanche Trent
Glen Smith
Butler Sampson
Miss Nelson
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Lake Wenatchee
Harriett Hathaway
Spokane
John Inglis
Sheridans
C. A. Thompson
H. M. Luttrel
James Cornelius
The
Record
Echo
City of Leavenworth
L. J. Nelson
City Attorney
O. E. Kenyon
Washington
Evergreen State
Eagle Creek
Martin Christenson
Taylor Yocum
Minnie Poeppmueller
Kansas
Leavenworth Land Company
Vienna Bakery
S. H. Knowlton
Massie
East Commercial St
Jones
Smith
Tumwater Savings Bank
Pioneer Bank
Harrington
Majestic Ranges
Wells & Morris
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