Supreme Court Rules Fire Clauses Do Not Bind If Factory Burns
Leavenworth State Bank v Wenatchee Valley Fruit Exchange and Cashmere Apple Co held a fire clause in a manufacturing contract does not obligate buying on the open market after a mill fire. The Supreme Court granted full 14 000 dollar judgment to the bank, reversing lower 85 cent on the dollar award.
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World
Superior Court of the State
Leavenworth State Bank
Wenatchee Villey Fruit Exchange
Cashmere Apple Company
Peshastin Lumber Company
Wiliam Grimshaw
Chelan County
Editor's Lament on Rising Prices and Scarce Provisions
An anguished, period voice laments widespread profiteering as ordinary items grow unaffordable. The speaker cites 13 cent loaves and rising costs for bread, flour, meat, and dairy, pleading for basic sustenance amid economic hardship and scarcity. The piece casts rulers and grocers as exploiters, underscoring daily struggle.
Chips and Splinters Spring Seed for Fall Crop
Test seed for this spring is advised to ensure a fall harvest. Milk cannot be substituted by many manufactured substitutes. A home garden plan is suggested for reliable production.
Taxpayers urged to request conferences in advance
The Collector of Internal Revenue for Washington urges taxpayers to request conferences with income tax officials in advance to avoid delays and extra costs. Taxpayers should send facts and conference purpose to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and await notice by letter or telegram.
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Collector of Internal Revenue
Burns Poe
District of Washington
Income Tax Unit
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Washington, D. C
Social Roundup from Blewett and Nearby
Mrs Sands visits her mother at Blewett this week. Mrs J B Schons is bedbound with a light flu attack. Mr and Mrs Morgan spent Mor day in Leavenworth. Otto Anderson H A Anderson Bjork and families with Curtis Chase shared Sunday dinner. Mrs H A Anderson hosted dinner for Mrs Heath's birthday with Sands Larson Bjork Chase Otto Anderson and Heath present. Otto Anderson Bjork and Mrs Fredrickson with Walter Anderson enjoyed Saturday at the Heath home.
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Mrs Sands
Ruth Larson
Bjork
Chase
Otto Anderson
Heath
Fredrickson
Walter Anderson
Agricultural study courses prepared for rural schools
State education departments plan to introduce two year courses in agriculture in elementary schools. The U S Department of Agriculture collaborates with state education agencies and colleges to prepare outline courses for Ohio Wisconsin Maryland Virginia Arkansas and North Carolina with a similar one for Oklahoma. Courses emphasize seasonal topics local adaptation and home project work with one plant and one animal project per pupil each year.
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State Departments of Education
Office of Agricultural Instruction
United States Department of Agriculture
State Board of Health Imposes Strict Return Ban
The State Board of Health issued an order prohibiting stores from receiving goods once taken out for try on fitting or short use. Clothing, wearing apparel, hair goods, brushes, rubber goods, blankets, sheets, pillows, mattresses, bedding or books cannot be returned under the regulation with heavy penalties for violations.
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State Board of Health
Lime Sulphur Home Made Spray Effectiveness Compared
Extension horticulturist E G Wood states the key is formula and method, not concentrate test degrees. Home mixes using 100 lb sulphur 50 lb lime 50 gal water yield about 80 percent polysulphides, while factory sprays can reach 32 degrees.
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Wood
State College
Farmers face wider income tax reporting after rules change
Farm profits shrink while exemptions rise prompting more farmers to file returns this year. RN Miller of the State College extension notes Washington information shows returns required on gross income of five thousand dollars or more regardless of net tax. Married exemptions rise to two thousand five hundred with greater dependent allowances. Tax blanks have been changed.
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RN. Miller
Extension Service
The
State College
Washington, D. C
Farm records urged to ease income tax time
Mr Miller urges farmers to use a farm account book yearly, based on inventory rather than cash basis, to simplify income tax preparation and ensure accurate information across years. The change may be hard for some to read but improves long term recordkeeping and tax readiness.
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Miller
Zion seeks Bible astronomy teacher to spread flat earth creed
Zion overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva says the movement needs a competent instructor to teach Bible astronomy in Zion schools. He promises salary, housing, and publishing support to promote the flat earth doctrine and debunk Copernican ideas. He ridicules the globe model as absurd.
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Zion
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Hercules
Testing cattle drive down tuberculosis in herds nationwide
U S Department of Agriculture inspectors report strong declines in tuberculosis after multiple tests in badly diseased herds. Initial 26 percent reactors dropped to 6.9 percent after six months, 2.8 percent after another six months, and 1.8 percent in a further check.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Centralia Passes Plan to Maintain Memorial Building
Centralia voters approve funding to cover all memorial building maintenance costs. The move reduces county quotas by 40 percent and cuts the overall fundraising target by 100000 dollars. The Centralia Memorial is an American Legion initiative started by the Legion.
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Centralia
Centralia Memorial
American Legion
The
Legion
Legion building drive gains swift national support
Legon committees shaped the plan while the State Department backs it and delegates push the measure to the National convention. The convention approves a $10,000 appropriation and orders a rapid fundraising effort to finish the building by May 1, 1923. State Commander Cunningham and Director Jackson return optimistic about broad district mobilization.
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Legion
State Department
Cunningham
American Legion
Jackson
Man Wins $1500 in Alienation of Wife Affections Case
William Housden sued Edward D. McQuarie near Chelan for $500 alleging McQuarie pursued his wife and sent gifts. A jury awarded $1500 damages. McQuarie did not appear at trial. The couple had several children and reportedly lived together in California in 1921.
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William Housden
Edward D. McQuarie
Housden
McQuarie
Chelan
Illness Delays Mrs Wallace Hospital Admission
Mrs Chas Wallace has stayed in Seattle awaiting an operation but flu prevalence delayed admission until this week.
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Chas. Wallace
Seattle
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Oliver Typewriter
Franklin Lbr. Co
Team Black Geldings
Jack Ruth
S.C
Wenatchee City
Wenatchee
L. TI. Armstrong
Renton St
Echo Office
W. G. Schannach
Franklin
Peshastin
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