Washington senator election looms over state politics
The Leavenworth Echo reports the Washington legislature faces a long battle to elect a United States senator to replace Allan G. Foster. Candidates include Foster’s successor prospects from Tacoma, Seattle, and Spokane, with regional loyalties and finances shaping the race amid concerns of corruption. The piece notes broad support for an able, honest, Republican man and calls for clean politics in the upcoming election.
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G. Foster
Tacoma
Foster
Sweeney
Spokane
Seattle
S. H. Piles
King County
Jacob Furth
United States Senate
John L. Wilson
Washington
Wenatchee Bridge Urged As Ferry Falls With Low River
Colum bia river at unusually low stage cripples Wenatchee ferry traffic used by Douglas county residents for selling and buying goods. A Columbia river bridge at Wenatchee is proposed. the Commercial club may lead the campaign to ensure success.
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Columbia River
Wenatchee
Douglas County
Wenatchee Poultry Exhibition Set For January 1905
The Wenatchee Poultry Association will hold its first annual exhibition January 4 5 and 6 1905 in the old Great Northern building opposite the Griggs block. Pure bred stock owners may enter for 20 cents. A judge will score entries with blue red and white ribbons for top prizes. Special prizes and exhibits of incubators breeders poultry food remedies and appliances will be shown during the event.
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Poultry Association
Wenatchee Poultry Association
Great Northern
Griggs
State Horticultural Society
Wenatechee Advance
Wenatchee Horticultural Association Set for January Meeting
The association will meet in Wenatchee January 4 5 and 6 with leading state fruit growers present to discuss vital horticulture topics. Local farmers are urged to attend, as the county’s fruit industry is young and benefits from expert insight.
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State Horticultural Association
Wenatchee
Chelan County Teachers Institute Held in Wenatchee
The Chelan County Teachers Institute will be held in Wenatchee January 3 through 6 with instructors Superintendent W. G Hartcraft of King County and Prof. A. C. Sampson of Pullman. The Columbia River is slow, hindering Wenatchee ferry service and prompting calls for a bridge.
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Chelan County
Teachers’ Institute
Wenatchee
W. G Hartcraft
King County
A. C. Sampson
Pullman
Columbia River
Acoss
Wenatche Republic
Cashmere to Get Brick Hotel and Bar on Great Northern Line
Cashmere town council granted Snohomish parties a license to sell intoxicants for 160 dollars in exchange for erecting a two story brick hotel with at least twenty rooms and a bar connected to the hotel. The plan marks a major local development along the Everett Spokane route.
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Cashmere
Great Northern
Everett
Spokane
Snohomish
Germanys Little Military Establishment Seeks 20 Million
The southwest Africa installation asks for a 20 million dollar appropriation for the coming year. Officials blame recent garage troubles for most of the spend and suggest using cash to win acceptance of arbitration by Black chiefs.
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Germany
Africa
Affection in Japan a Deep Quiet Expression
Public displays of affection are frowned on in Japan reflecting refined restraint. A devotee couplee sees deep feeling in private acts such as mourning mothers and preserving letters, while outward emotion is kept private even among close spouses.
Crusty Carlyle An Anecdote of His Disagreeable Disposition
A portrait of Thomas Carlyle’s harsh character recounts his dyspepsia and disdain for fellow writers. An artist’s Royal Academy painting of Carlyle and Mrs Carlyle, bought for £500 by Lord Ashburton, elicits Carlyle’s sharp reply that £500 was £405 too much.
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Carlyle
Ife
Tennyson
Jane Austen
Hallam
Goldsmith
Lord Ashburton
Carlyles
When to Exercise and the Greek Pillars of Strength
The text advises light morning activity if only morning time is available and warns against drawing energy early. It favors afternoon workouts after morning and noon meals and suggests a midday meal for evening exercisers. It stresses exercise should precede bathing, praising the ancient Greeks who linked exercise and bathing as two pillars of strength with Hercules and Apollo as symbolic.
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Hercules
Apollo
Moscow on the map sparks boy’s late lesson debate
In a London Globe note a parent complains after his son Tim is kept in at school for not locating Moscow on a map. He vows to alert the teacher and questions the value of such questions, recalling stories of Moscow’s burning.
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Hoyie
Gabriel
Tim
Moscow
London Globe
Father’s Education Echoes in Jimmy’s Excuse
A teacher comments that Jimmy’s note from his father mirrors his own handwriting. Jimmy replies that his father lacks schooling and he is teaching him. The exchange highlights a clever, humorous child’s-wisdom moment from a local school.
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Jimmy
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