Pacific Northwest Notes on Post-Intelligencer Shakeup
The Post-Intelligencer faces a leadership change as editor Erastus Brainerd plans to retire amid clashes with new general manager W. W. Chapin. Senator Wilson, en route home, will settle the matter after selling a stake to Chapin. The piece also covers anti-saloon league activity, political maneuvering for Washington Senate, and upcoming state roads and Aberdeen conventions.
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Post-Intelligencer
Erastus Brainerd
Seattle
Senator Wilson
The
W. W. Chapin
Chapin
Brainerd
Pacific Coast
P.I
Fruit varieties listed at Colorado exhibition show
An array of apple and pear varieties is noted including Elberta Stark Lawnsman Red Bird and Bartlett as part of a garden fruit display at a Colorado exposition. Names such as Krummel Philips and Moorvark appear among the lines with references to months and locations in a stray OCR fragment.
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Stark
Stark Nursery
Stark Delicious
Denver
Bo.j. W. Murphy
Glenwood
Iowa
Staelicious
Fruita
Colorado
Wenatchee Wash
Jonathan
Ben Davis
Gano
Mr. Pippin
Ben
Spitzenburg
Newtown
E. H. Favor
Davis County
Utah
Horticulture Courses Expanding to Grade Schools in Washington
State superintendent H B Dewey seeks opinions from teachers on adding horticulture to grade school curricula. The state board at Olympia plans eighth grade options in horticulture agriculture or forestry and introduces manual arts and hygiene across grades. Nature study and home geography emphasized. writing with movement exercise favored through grades six to eight. The board meets in Spokane to discuss high school course changes.
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H. B. Dewey
Olympia
Board of Education
State Board of Education
Spokane
Washington
Curved Bat Draws Northwest League Interest
A Chicago ballplayer invents a concave curved bat for long and short hits. White Sox players tested it last season with balls that curved sharply in flight. Spokane manager Cohn plans spring trials and possible league use. Some Coast players joke about boomerang style twists to loop balls around the field.
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Chicago
War Club
White Sox
Cohn
Spokane
Parseval airship offshore excursions set for 200 mark fare
Berlin reports the Parseval Air Ship Company of Munich plans daily excursions starting May 1 at 200 marks per passenger. The large airship, 6500 cubic meters, 200 hp motors, will travel about 150 kilometers in around three hours at 50 kmh with visits to Ingolstadt Landshut Muehldorf Chiemsee Kufstein Walchensee Partenkirchen Hohenschwangern Kaufbeuren and Donnawoerth. Long voyages priced at 500 marks per passenger with landing agreements.
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Berlin
Parseval Airship Company
Munich
Europe
Ingolstadt-Landshut
Muehldorf
Chiemsee
Kufstein
Walchansee
Partenkirchen
Hohenschwangen
Kaufbeuren-Woerishofen
Donnatwoerth
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News OF
Pacific Northwest
William J. Herwig
Washington State
Anti-Saloon League
Idaho
Yakima
Walla Walla
Boyd
Doty
Anti- Saloon League
Herwig
Mr. Herwig
John L. Wilson
Thomas Burke
John E. Humphries
King County
Poindexter
Robert L. McCormick
Tacoma
Congress
McCormick
Pierce County
North Yakima
Hay
Aberdeen
New York Sun
United States
Black Ben
Carload
Elberta
Carmen
van den Feet Stronal
David
Blenheim
Moorvark
Mission Worden
Niagara
Campbell
Tokay Stark Eclipse Moore
Stark K. Philip
Lincoln
Anjou Bartlett
Royal Tilton
Sterling Ality
Portland
Stark Bro’s Nurseries and Orchards Company
Louisiana, Missouri
Tumwater Light & Water Co. Distributors
Leavenworth’s Light, Water and Telephone Service
S. J. van DE Grift Contractor
Architect
S.J. van DE Grift
Leavenworth, Wash
L.D. Store Co., Agts
Tumwater Savings Bank
Beal Grain A Milling CO
Wenatchees Best
Wenatchee
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Post Intelligencer Co
Seattle, Wash
Post Office
Leavenworth and
Chelan County
Leavenworth
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