Real Estate Transfers in Chelan County 1911 Week Ending July 1
The Chelan County Abstract Company lists transfers including J Kuelles to AC Jones, C Gilmore to TH Benton, S Brown to G Johnson, and many others with prices from $1 to $150000. Entries cover properties in Wenatchee Chelan and surrounding tracts, with numerous United States transfers and canal rights. The page ends with reflective lines about a bull and stars, noting fixed virtue in truth.
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Chelan County Abstract Company
J Kuelles
AC Jones
Apple a Day, The Royal Food for Gods of Today
An old excerpt extols apples as healthful, detailing acids that aid digestion and skin, phosphorus for brain energy, and fructose sugars. It portrays apples as daily nourishment equal to ambrosial nectar, claiming regular consumption renews youth and wards off disease.
Buy Local We Live and Trade Close to Home
A call to residents to buy in their own community. The speaker emphasizes supporting local merchants who pay town taxes, fund schools and churches, and contribute to welfare. Buying locally keeps money circulating, aids neighbors in hardship, and strengthens community bonds.
City flags spread as civic trend sweeps towns
Indianapolis adopts a municipal flag and the craze spreads to Buffalo Pink Mink Mich and Yellow Dog Ariz as communities race to display banners for celebrations. Buffalo design remains undisclosed while Indianapolis is humorously linked to a flag featuring a bottle of ink and a pen with whiskers in a Washington Post note.
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Indianapolis
Frank Hitchcock
Buffalo
Washington Post
Advertised Letters Remaining in Post Office List
Postmaster J C Davis notes uncalled letters as of Monday July 3 including Bahr Oscar Coal Mr Carey John L Dye Stule Hodgins Frank Howard Frank Howard Del Martin T A Mudal Ray Oliett C B Ryan Dan Reid J L Savidge J L Strantz Math In calling for same say advertised.
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Bahr
Oscar Coal
Mr. Carey
John L. Dye
Stule Hodgins
Frank Howard
del Martin
T. A. Mudal
Ray Oliett
C. B. Ryan
Dan Reid
J. N. Savidge
J. L. Strantz
J. C. Davis
Radium Safes Protecting the Strange Substance
The article explains radium emitters and the need for protection. It describes a London safe with a three inch lead inner cell and outer safe, designed to prevent emanations loss. The door allows inspection and uses mercury tubes to trap and collect emanations inside the confinement unit.
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London
Los Angeles
Times
Progress and Misery Inventions Bring Costs and Cures
Dr Irving Fisher argues in the New York Christian Advocate that civilization brings benefits and harms in equal measure. He cites houses causing tuberculosis and printing causing eye strain, yet urges not a retreat from progress but fixes like glasses and better ventilation.
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Irving Fisher
New York
Christian Advocate
Scottish Rivers Yield Pearls in Ancient Trade
The article notes pearl fishing in Scottish rivers with some English and Welsh streams also involved though less prolific. It cites historic values and mentions an 1865 German syndicate earning substantial sums, but states the industry is less remunerative today. It also references fears of premature burial and witty quotes from contemporaries.
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Scotland
London Standard
End of the Department of the Columbia Ends in Army Restructure
On the last day of June the War Department ended the Department of the Columbia which had existed since 1885. Headquarters at Vancouver Washington was abandoned and clerks reassigned. Barracks may still house troops while the army splits into three divisions Eastern Middle and Western with Western HQ moved to San Francisco.
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War Department
Department of the Columbia
Vancouver
Wash
San Francisco
Leavenworth
Chelan
of Washington
Guy A. Hamilton
Chelan County
State of Washington
Pacific Highway Convention to Convene in Portland
Automobilists and good roads workers plan to attend the Pacific Highway Convention in Portland August 4 and 5 under the Portland Automobile Club. Representatives from major Pacific coast cities will travel by auto to Portland for a two day event at the Commercial Club hall with strong boosts for good roads and the Pacific Highway.
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Portland
Portland Automobile Club
Pacific Coast
The
Commercial Club
Arrival of Potato Bugs in Washington Reported
The first potato bugs seen in Washington were identified at the state experiment station in Pullman. Prof. A. L. Melander confirmed their presence, warning of potential devastation and prompting the station to notify growers statewide to monitor plantations and report sightings immediately.
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Pullman
A. L. Melander
Washington
Postmaster General Hitchcock Predicts $9 Million Annual Mail Savings
Hitchcock believes government can save about $9,000,000 yearly by cutting railways the cost of carrying mail. His track record of turning deficits into surpluses informs this forecast. In Portland an unlikely Northwest silk industry emerges with a Japanese woman cultivating silkworms from imported cocoons. The worms spin and near butterfly development as the project progresses.
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Hitchcock
New York Herald
Northwest
Portland
Extreme Weather contrast in Idaho and Kansas on Sunday
The report notes nearly six inches of snow on Idaho hills near Mullan and 114 degrees of heat at Salina Kansas the same day. The vast distance between the two locations highlights the extreme climate difference similar to Spitzbergen and the Sahara.
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Idaho Hills
Mullan
Salina
Kan
Spitz_bergen
Sahara
Quote About Laughter and Happiness Cited to La Bruyere
A former paraphrase notes the idea that laughter should precede happiness to avoid dying before ever laughing. The quote frames a philosophical view on joy and timing attributed to La Bruyere.
Endurance Shapes an Athlete's Career Across Disciplines
The Boston Globe notes athletes peak early in endurance sports like marathon, boxing, wrestling, and rowing. Many fail to sustain top form as fatigue and strain erode performance, with boxers and pitchers facing shorter championship spans than others.
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Boston Globe
The New York Shave A Burlesque on City Life
The passage mocks New York life and its pace through a caricature of a shave experience. It contrasts London quickness with New York luxury, detailing a barber's slow routine, a talkative manicurist, and a showman imitator. It ends by noting circuses and girls losing old fashioned charm.
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New York
New Yorker
Atlantic
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