Trinidad Agent Held Up by Five Robbers
Five hoboes beating their way from Minneapolis to the west robbed Great Northern station agent Linquist at Trinidad earning $50. Two suspects, J Thompson and Bill Marvin, were captured by locals and handed to officers. Three others were believed aboard a freight car at Columbia siding. officers pursued but found no trace when the train arrived, presumed to have jumped.
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Minneapolis
Great Northern
Trinidad
Columbia River
Linquist
J. Thompson
Bill Marvin
Wenatchee
Columbia Siding
Wenatchee Station
Caboose
Leavenworth
Ferguson
Land Deals Near Peshastin Highlight Apple Belt
Land sales near Peshastin show Beecher buying and selling multiple tracts east of Leavenworth. An eighty acre ranch with orchard history fetched 12000, a 40 acre parcel sold for 14000, and a later 40 acre deal attracted a 15000 bid. The area near Peshastin is famed for apple growing and Chelan county prize winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. P. Beecher
Chas. Gibbs
Leavenworth
Mr. Beecher
C. S. Craig
Craig
Peshastin
Chelan County
Postponed County Horticultural Society Meeting
The Wenatchee based County Horticultural Society has postponed its gathering from December 12 to December 17 due to a smallpox outbreak in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Horticultural Society
Wenatchee
Resume Work in Chelan Consolidated Copper Tunnel
Water shortage halted tunneling at Chelan Consolidated Copper Co. on Red Mountain. Recent rain and snow have restored flow, enabling C. F. Buckingham to plan an immediate drive of the tunnel with a large winter crew. stockholder H. G. Krollpfeifer will join and stay at the mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelan Consolidated Copper Co
Red Mountain
C. F. Buckingham
Seattle
H. G. Krollpfeifer
Buckingham
Leavenworth Couple Married in Victoria Ceremony
The marriage of F. A. Losekamp and Mrs. Mae McLure was solemnized in Victoria on November 26. The Rev. Arthur Beauland of the Church of England officiated. Losekamp is a longtime Leavenworth figure, once a prominent merchant and now a large property owner, while Mrs. McLure has lived here four years and cares for her son Emery Ross, a veteran Great Northern railway engineer. The couple plan to spend the winter in Southern California and return to Leavenworth next spring.
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F. A. Losekamp
Mae McLure
Victoria
B. C
Arthur Beauland
Church of England
Losekamp
Leavenworth
Booth sells Bon Ton restaurant to Mrs Julia Sadoske
Chas Booth reports finalizing the sale of the Bon Ton restaurant to Mrs. Julia Sadoske on Tuesday. Sadoske takes immediate possession and Booth thanks patrons for their support during his tenure in the restaurant business.
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Chas. Booth
Julia Sadoske
Smallpox scare leads to school closure and city quarantine
Health authorities declare a smallpox outbreak prompting three weeks of school closures and bans on churches and public meetings. The World reports rapid inspections and isolation of suspected cases, with Livery Barn and Cottage Hotel fumigated and quarantines enforced. Congressman Hepburn criticizes railroad practices and calls for stock regulation amid rising concerns of overcapitalization and market manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Salvation Army
Daily World
Eagle Livery Barn
Cottage Hotel
Watson
Corbin Nominated for Superior Court Judge in Che lan County
A. N. Corbin born Tekamah Nebraska February 4 1870 is the Republican choice for the Che lan County superior court judge seat. Educated in country schools Fremont normal and at Stanford he practiced law in Tekamah served as prosecuting attorney and since 1904 has lived in Wenatchee where he was named U S commissioner. Also notes a green corn chowder recipe and Douglas county wheat growers plan a cooperative grain elevator at Wenatchee.
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A. N. Corbin
Chelan County
Tekamah
Neb
Fremont Normal School
Col. L. W. Osborn
Samoan Islands
Corbin
Edson Rich
Omaha
Union Pacific Railway
West Point
Nebraska
Leland Stanford, Jr., University
Wenatchee
United States
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Builders Hardware
Geo. Keating
Debord & Abbott
Wn Galice
Springdale
Ss. P. Beecher
Washington
Star Livery
East End
Front Street
Lake
L. Lamb
Clinton
Iowa
PINE
C. R. Lamb
Minneapolis, Minn
G. E. Lamb
P. Davis Treas
Mgr
Leavenworth, Wa
Mld
Pala
Emil Frank
Prop
J. E. Grant
Bohnsack & Myers
Manifold Typewriter Paper
The
Echo
P. Beecher
Chelan Consolidated Mine
Congressman Hepburn
Union Pacific
Harriman
Alton
England
Congress
Wall Street
Douglas County
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