Inauguration Prep and State Institutions Report in Olympia
Olympia prepares for Governor-elect Ernest Lister’s inauguration on January 15 with 5000 guests aboard the Cheyenne naval training ship. The sixth biennial state board report lists 4559 state wards across eleven institutions, with King and Pierce counties contributing major shares.
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Olympia
Ernest Lister
Cheyenne
Olympia Chamber of Commerce
Tacoma
Seattle
Temple of Justice
State Board of Control
M. E. Hay
Western Hospital
Eastern Hospital
Northern Hospital
Institution
Soldiers’ Home
Washington Veterans’ Home
School For
Wahkiakum
Chelan County
Veterans’ Home
School For the
State Training School
State Reformatory
Irrigation Report Highlights U S Farming Use
The Census Bureau details 158713 irrigated farms and 13738485 acres irrigated, about 7.9 percent of farm improved area in states with irrigation. California leads in irrigated farm numbers, Colorado next, Utah third, with San Diego Exposition showcasing irrigation’s utility. Col D C Collier predicts a landmark demonstration of irrigation’s value.
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California
Colorado
Utah
Col
D. C. Collier
New Mexico
Arizona
Mexico
America
San Diego
Ma is Dry and Pa is Wet in Skagit County Times
A humorous poem from the Skagit County Times portrays a household conflict over prohibition. Ma advocates dry laws while Pa defends wets. The lively verse shows verbal spats and exaggerated actions as the couple argues over saloons, alcohol, and town fate.
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Skagit County
Poems by Poe and Knowles on love and fame
A fragment of Poe's Love Triumphant laments a lost beloved with imagery of a green isle and eternal streams. It is followed by Knowles’s meditation on lasting beauty amid ruined empires and the silent power of love, ending with the line Ye who love have learned it true and a signature note.
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Charon
Pacific
Frederic Lawrence Knowles
Daney Repartee Between Tugboat Captain And Barge Skipper
A clash of insults turns to a rough scuffle as tugboat captain and coal barge skipper exchange barbed jibes. They threaten each other before recognition and camaraderie return, ending with an offer of a beer and friendship in Popular Magazine.
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Bill
Popular Magazine
Poetic Voices and Echoes From Distant Rooms
A collage of verse excerpts and dialogue passages shows longing and memory. Helen Hay Whitney laments a lost beloved and a rival, while Henry Cuyler Bunner and William Canton contribute reflections on love and home. The piece evokes dusk, mist, and the call of comrades.
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William Canton
New Year Church Services Invite Congregation
A Methodist church invites attendance at worship and pledges to advance the Lord’s Kingdom in the new year. The Congregational church notes Sabbath sermons titled Over a New Road and A Code for 1913. Pine Flats preaching at 3 30 PM. L J Ave Lallemant and Rev W V Davis listed as pastors and service times.
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God
Christ
Max A. Jeffords
Congregational Church
Pine Flats
L. J. Ave Lallemant
Sunday Sittings Appointments and Framing Service
Call to set Sunday sittings for those unable to visit on weekdays. Bring in large and small pictures of all kinds for framing.
Advertised Letters at Leavenworth Post Office Week Ending Dec 30
Uncalled letters list for the Leavenworth post office includes M W Bohn, C A Carroll, James G Landen, Phil Maswally, J C Davis, as posted by postmaster.
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Leavenworth
Bohn M W
Carroll C
Landen
James G
Maswally
J C Davis
Free Scholarship in Echo for a fully paid college seat
The Echo offers a fully paid $100 scholarship in a first class business college for an ambitious student. Visit the Echo to learn how you can obtain it with no money required. No fake. Also, the Echo invites readers to print their next job.
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the Echo
Bids Sought for 600 Foot Tunnel North of Leavenworth
Wenatchee Park Land & Irrigation Co invites bids by 10 a.m. January 10, 1913 at Room 3 Halbert Block Wenatchee Wash for a tunnel about 600 feet long on the irrigation canal line about 13 miles north of Leavenworth Plans and specs available at the company or Beaver Creek engineers office A certified $800 check accompanies each bid and is returned on contract signing The right to reject any or all bids is reserved.
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Wenatchee
Wenatchee Park
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Lister
I. M. Howell
C. C. Aspinwall
Chehalis
Supt
Aspinwall
Charles W. Wappenstein
Wappenstein
State University
State College
Cheney
Bellingham
Ellensburg
Bellingham Normal School
Ellensburg Normal School
Cheney Normal School
The
Census Bureau
United States
Paradise
Edger Allan Poe
Elen
Ilion
Greece
Solomon
Babylon
Barbary
Spain
Helen Hay Whitney
Ted
Henry Cuyler Bunner
Lutheran Church
R. E. Marble
Front St
Kodaks
Kodak
Owyce Copyrights &c
Munn & Co
Scientific American
All Newsdealers
New York
F St
Washington
D. C
Ibrown’s Business College
Brown’s Business College
Pine St
ST. Louis, MO
Lake Wenatchee
GEO. Liverly
Harlan Eugene Read
Std & Pine Sts
ST. Louis
Grocers
Crescent Manufacturing Co
Seattle, Wash
Manifold Typewriter
Echo
Savage Arms Company
Savage Avenue
Utica, New York
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Heinz’s
Leavenworth Market
Pure Lord
Chas. Eckhart, Mgr
the Palace of Sweets
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