Town Notes from Wenatchee Seaport to Seattle Business
Town column records residents visiting Seattle on business and family travel. Names include Charles Freitag and son, William Briskey, George Beam, Mrs. Wettstein, Miss Bertha Ilan, Anthony Sheridan's recovery from diphtheria, and local builders planning new work. Delays on westbound trains due to cold weather and heavy snows in Dakotas and Montana. Special GN train with executives tours terminal work for a new pot project this summer.
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William Briskey
Mission
Rs. George Beam
F. Wettstein
Berthallan
The
Dakotas
Montana
Great Northern
Seattle
T. Slade
P. E. Ward
H. A. Kennedy
George Emerson
T. J. Claris
Doctor Smith Enters Governor Race from Enumclaw
Dr J J Smith of Enumclaw president of the Washington state senate formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. He stressed district support from the Thirtieth and King County delegates, with allies hoping Ballinger's Seattle mayoral bid none the less shapes county or state politics.
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Smith
J. J. Smith
Enumclaw
Washington State Senate
Dr. Smith
Judge D Ballinger
Seattle
Ballinger
Judge Ballinger
King County
Assessors Raise Tax On Railroads In Three Day Meeting
Spokane convention of county assessors ended after a stormy three day session. First class railroad trackage was set at 1.40 a foot, later raised to 1.50 despite earlier action. Rolling stock rate increased from 25 to 40 cents. Signatories include W M Kenny Kittitas and others across Washington.
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Spokane
W. M. Kenny
Kittitas
Peter Summersett
Lewis
S. ’. V. Messenger
Garfield
S. G. Noble
Lincoln
E. E. Watson
Island
James Downing
Cowlitz
C. E. Buttles
Chelan
S. E. McClurken
Franklin
Harry Coonse
Yakima
Clarke
Louis Walton
Adams
Rt. A. Wilson
Asotin
Charles F. Will
Douglas
F. M. Willmarth
Okenogan
F. J. X. Miller
Thurston
Wilbur Hopkins
Columbia
C. A. Olson
Jefferson
R. A. Maxfield
Clallam
I. G. Willey
Mason
Democrats Digging The Panama Canal Row Backfire
Democrats in the Senate pushed a resolution for all Panama papers, exposing foreign intrigues. The records show Germany sought a strategic island, European powers pressured Colombia, and France planned ships near Colon to guard the canal. The saga suggests European manipulation aimed to derail isthmian control by the United States.
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Panama
United States
Senate
Panama Canal
Panama Republic
Colombia
Germany
Colon
France
Republican Committee Call for Seattle Convention
Republican State Committee chairman Ellis Morrisson calls a meeting in Seattle on Saturday the 27th. He says the committee will convene about mid February to allow time for Committee members to sound their counties and decide whether to hold one or two conventions.
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Methow
Great Northern
Hill
Okanogan
Palmer Mountain Prospector
Ellis Morrisson
Republican State Committee
Seattle
Morrison
A Peculiar Defense and a Guilty Verdict
The North Yakima dispatch reports Harry Williams found guilty after nine hours deliberation for robbing a gate at Northwestern Improvement Co in Kennewick. Prominent witnesses testified he took four grains of cocaine causing a mistaken belief about the station and train, allegedly leading to looting a safe contents.
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Harry Williams
Northwestern Improvement Company
Kennewick
Paradise Lost Sends Bachelor to Pieces Club Severs
A playful note records the Bachelors Club sending the groom a copy of Paradise Lost to break him up. Colorado poetry evokes a dusky eve and celestial cigars. An old lady dislikes church music until a neighbor recalls David singing, triggering Saul’s javelin humor.
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Bachelors Club
David
Saul
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Charles Freitag
Son
Anthony Sheridan
W. W. Walker
Naw
Frank Shotwell
Mud Creek
Craig
Mercantile Company
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Dwight Darling
A. J. Linville
Philiin
Wenatchee
Lake Wenatchee
Linville
L. W. Bloom
Adams & Burke ‘Hall
F. A. Losekamp
Leavenworth
J. M. Beamish
Everett
Tacoma
Portland
Mrs. Wettstein
Rs. Beamish
Nancy Johnston
L.N. Johnston
Genesee
Idaho
Jd MA
I. N. Johnston
Mr. Waldenberg
Echo
Jake Wenatchee
Douglas County
Hartline Standard
Howler For Reform
Walla Walla
Messrs. Mayor & Laden
Big Bend
Lesueur
Minn
St. Paul
Oscar Wilte
Wilte
Mr. Wilte
Roche
Dayton
Republican Committee Call
P-I
North Yakima
Colorado
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