Eastern Apple Growers See Awakening in Quality and Packing
The article notes renewed eastern emphasis on fruit quality and grading led by Berkeley County West Virginia. A Martinsburg show spurred prizes for best five boxes, with large local apple stocks and prices at $3 to $5 per barrel, reflecting strong demand for good stock despite a larger supply.
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Berkeley County
West Virginia
Berkeley County Horticultural Society
Alex Clohan
Martinsburg
Martinsburg Board of Trade
West Virginia Experi
Ment
Echo
Washington sees potential bumper fruit crop in 1910
F. A. Huntley state commissioner of horticulture returns from a Washington fruit district tour and reports favorable conditions for a heavy crop next year. He notes heavy snow east of Washington benefits fruit and unless severe weather or frosts hit before spring, Washington will yield a bumper crop in 1910.
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F. A. Huntley
Washington
Messrs
Siverly and
Bates
Wenatchee
Wenatchee Valley
Tax Assessors Meet to Discuss Railroad Taxation Reform
Spokane hosts the twelfth annual convention of the county assessors on January 10. Pierce County Assessor Harry V. Railsback leads a drive to reform tax laws, arguing current methods unfairly shift railroad terminal property taxes to larger counties while shortchanging others. Governor Hay and the state tax commission attend. program includes Railsback on Assessment of Railroad Property and talks by Frost Rockwell Parish and others.
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Washington
Spokane
Harry V. Railsback
Pierce
Assessors’ Association
Railsback
Tacoma
Pierce County
King
Hay
State Tax Commission
J. S. Frost
T. D. Rockwell
T. A. Parish
Brookhaven couple travels by wagon to Alaska exposition
T. J. and Jessie Gatts of Brookhaven completed an unusual round trip in a covered wagon from Brookhaven to Seattle for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition and back.
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Brookhaven
Miss
T. J
Jessie Gatts
Seattle
Chimney Explosion Injures Two Men in Tenement Scoop
In New York on New Year Eve Isaac Kessing a chimney sweep lowered his partner Albert Glickman down a tenement chimney when an explosion sent Glickman flying into the air and tumbling onto the roof. A lantern exploded and the chimney toppled after the men were briefly injured. A doctor treated them and they were sent home.
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New York
Isaac Kessing
Albert Glickman
Glickman
Kessing
Ice cream gelatine debate unsettles Chicago food panel
In Chicago the state food commission led by Dr. T J Bryan investigates ice cream and evaporated milk. Manufacturers argue gelatine adds nutrition and should be used as a preservative, while avoiding public disclosure. A Denver bride asks a grocer about the porter house steak in a light anecdote.
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Chicago
Taft
State Food Commission
T. J. Bryan
Stump Clearing Contest Near Seattle Draws Interest
George E. Boos of the Washington Logged-Off Land Association reports growing interest in a land clearing contest near Seattle. Companies will demonstrate stump pulling and consumption devices with explosive tests set for January. Participants must provide operators, price lists, and demonstrate safe handling as observers photograph and document methods and costs.
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George E. Boos
Washington Logged-Off Land Association
Seattle
Boos
Oleomargarine Sign Displayed In Restaurants
L Davies state food and dairy commissioner prints cards warning that oleomargarine is served here. Signs show Oleomargarine in heavy type about one and a half inches high to alert patrons and ensure compliance with state law.
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L. Davies
Third unit added to plant near Wenatchee
The Leavenworth electric plant adds a four thousand horsepower reserve unit to its two running units. The extra unit ensures continuous operation and minimizes interruptions, amid unusually cold weather and prior misstatements in Collier's Weekly about the plant's location.
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Leavenworth
General Electric Co
Robert Herzog
Gentle
Elephant arrives dead at San Francisco freight depot
A Cincinnati consigned elephant to a local amusement park arrived dead after a freight bill of 1025 was added to a 2000 purchase price. Purchasers mourn the unproductive asset and seek to avoid charges by declaring the carcass perishable, while the railroad demands full freight despite appeals.
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San Francisco
Cincinnati
Won't Die Till Ireland is Free
Mrs Catherine Cleary of Missouri, reputedly the state’s oldest woman, celebrated her ninety ninth birthday on New Year’s Day. She vows to live until Ireland is free and to reach at least 120 years old. Cleary has been in St Louis for seventy five years, having come from Tipperary.
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St. Louis
Catherine Cleary
Missouri
Ireland
Tipperary
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Wenatchee River
Lake
Chelan County
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White River
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Oliver Bates
Ezra Meeker
Denver
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Collier’s Weekly
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