Real Estate Transfers in Chelan County 1910 Week Ending Dec 17
The Chelan County Abstract listing shows transfers from Susan J Varney to Randa Vernon and others, with prices from $1 to $11500. Transactions cover Lots, plats, ditches, and water rights in Wenatchee, Leavenworth, Chelan, and nearby districts. Names include Varney, Vernon, Baker, Otis, Etzkorn, Hallenback, Neubauer, Murphy, Merriam, Hale, Mohler, Johnston, Wyatt, Judan, Griffith, Kline, Green, Grident.
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Susan J Varney
Randa Vernon
LH Baumer
J A Baker
W A Otis
R Etzkorn
Millerdale
E S Allyn
J N Cox
Nob Hill
H P McGlothern
P Walker
Hallenback
Neubauer
Wenatchee
J A Murphy
CB Halbert
Wen Park
GS Merriam
H E Case
Merriam’s
A Hale
GA Fletcher
Hale
H Mohler
BN Johnston
Riverview
Skykomish Lbr Co
N E Wyatt
N E Wyatt, Its 20 To 22 B 22. Gnplat Wen
P Weigand
J S Judan
M C Griffith
J C Griffith
AC Kline
F W Kline
C Grident
M L Green
Stillwell
Chelan
W B Moody
M A Reed
Bolencaugh
A H Cody
C E Smith
Belmont
ES Russell
T E Young
G D Patch
J C McGowan
J Edwards
F L Brender
EA King
Franz Freund
Central
F Freund
WC Roach
R E Simons
J B Huff
Same
J A Duncan
Central Ad Leavy
E M Schmidt
J W Elliott
W R Prowell
Chas Cunning
F C Smith
Roy Longshore
Col Bridge
Mattie Smith
Gains Two Congressmen Evergreen State Population Surge
Washington shows a 120.4 percent population rise to 1,141,900 since 1900, ranking first in growth and expected to gain two Congressional seats. Thomas Burke of Seattle is named trustee of Carnegie’s Peace Foundation Fund, part of Andrew Carnegie's vast philanthropy totaling about 180 million.
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Washington
Great American Commonwealths
Census Bureau
National Capital
Evergreen State
United States
Thomas Burke
Seattle
Peace Foundation Fund
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
Tulip Madness How a Dutch Tulip Mania Escalated Prices
In a century of Dutch tulip craze a single year saw 10 million florins in sales. Bulbs traded on the Stock Exchange, shares issued, and speculation soared. A famed tale recalls a man offered 1,000 florins then 10,000 for a black tulip, resisting until a syndicate trampled it in a price race that followed, exposing rival gems.
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Holland
Stock Exchange
Lille
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
the Hague
Odd Name Inspirations in Classic Tales and Ancient Trades
An excerpt discusses Judge Tourgee naming Theron Pardee in A Fool’s Errand after discovering Thereon Pardee in an old Union College curriculum. It notes letters of coincidence and the author’s explanation. The piece moves to Archaic Roman influence and a Welcoming look at Roman-era names in Kabyle months and labor-hiring customs. It ends with a note on London spectacle makers and mentions Madrid Christmas lottery lore.
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Albion W. Tourgee
Theron Pardee
Luther Pardee
Chicago
Union College
Pardee
New York Press
Hlisha
Hlrjah
Africa
Rome
Wide World Magazine
Guild of
London
Carlo Zeno
Italy
London Telegraph
Lottery win changes couple's fortunes in Corunna tale
A mechanic and his wife solve a ticket puzzle after a rejected entry, then learn their £200000 first prize wins. The husband notes the numbers sum to his age, thirty one on Christmas Day, as the couple celebrates.
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Corunna
London Globe
Fennel Compared to Celery in Italian Dining
A New York reader recalls fennel as the Italian counterpart to celery. He notes fennel, or fennocchi, is served like celery with bleached stalks and salt for dipping, praised as a salad or boiled with cream, and evokes childhood memories of his grandmother’s garden.
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New York
New England
New York Sun
African Witch Doctors and Other Old World Notes
A collage of 19th century curiosities covers African witch doctors and their frightening rites, global book trade of long novels, Linlithgow palace’s historic ties, a joke about hardboiled eggs, and a tongue in cheek headline from a St. Louis musical desk.
Must you go
A brief quotation from English as She Is Spoke. The speaker asks if departure is necessary and explains the wife awaits at home and missing the last train would prevent arrival. The note appears in Lippincott's.
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Lippincott’s
Invisible Hairpin Sparks Minor Exchange
A humorous exchange in The Echo features a wife searching for an invisible hairpin she dropped and a husband reacting with a witty remark about anger. The brief vignette captures light domestic humor.
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Chelan County Abstract Company
Evergreen
Seattle Man Peace Fund
Tulip Madness
Madrid
Mlle. de Scudery
Cyrus
la Calprenede
Cleopatre
Linlithgow Palace
Scotland
Linlithgow
Mary
Queen of Scots
James IV
Flodden Field
Regent Murray
Edward I
Falkirk
Toledo
Sharpe
Fiddler
St. Louis
The
Echo
ROYAL
Standard Typewriter
Royal Typewriter Co
Royal Typewriter Building
Marion Street
Seattle, Wash
Lamb - Davis
Electric Cleaner Co
Jackson Boul
Chicago, Ili
Scientific American
L. Wey
VNN & Co
J. Q. Gilbert Peshastin
Blewett
Wenatchee Milling CO
Wenatchee, Wash
Tumwater Savings
Leavenworth
Pioneer Bank
Leavenworth Market
Martin Christenson
Packing House
Emil Frank
Prop
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