New Church Proposed by Congregationalists in Leavenworth
The Congregational church plans to build a new house of worship between now and winter, using lots 1 2 and 3 in block 9 and lot 8 to gain space. Lamb-Davis Lumber Co offers to donate both lots 1 and 2 along with lot 8 by warranty deed if the church builds a structure costing at least one thousand dollars, with acceptance within sixty days and project completion within one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Leavenworth
H. E. Carr
Ass’t. Secy
Weathered Gun Club Shoot Amid Heat and Sun
Sunday gun club members faced extreme heat with only the most enthusiastic present. Scores from the 3rd inst show Hi. Dean 20 R. T. King 14 J. W. Eliott 9 John Tholin 8 G. W. Hoxsey 7 1H. A. Moore 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi. Hi. Dean
R. T. King
J. W. Eliott
John Tholin
G. W. Hoxsey
A. Moore
No More Silver Dollars Says U S Mint Director
G E Roberts director of the United States mint told an Oregonian representative that there will never be another silver dollar coin unless a 16 to 1 congress is elected due to the Sherman act bullion supply. He noted world gold production has surged and mints mainly produce copper cents and nickels with profits covering expenses. He added gold coinage for the year ending June 30 will total 200 million dollars, the largest in U S history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Roberts
United States Mint
Mr. Roberts
Marks On Salmon Hatchery Tagged To Trace Return
Fish Commissioner T R Kershaw displays marked Chinook spring salmon checks from several hatcheries to determine how long fish stay out and whether they return to their birth streams. Tags sent by J H Mason show large salmon weighing 40 to 50 pounds found off Whidby Island on June 28 and 29.
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Bellingham
T. R. Kershaw
Mr. Kershaw
J. H. Mason
Aanacortes
Whidby Island
Mason
Fisheries Department
Washington
Tolar's Potatoes and a Colorado Gardener's Bust
An Eastbound traveler named Mr. Tolar showcases nine large potatoes totaling thirty six pounds as proof of his growing claims. A Coloradan boasted of two to three pound potatoes, prompting Tolar to reveal Big Bend gold in his satchel. The hoax collapses in St Louis, but Clint Ogle arrives with a counter sample to restore Tolar's reputation.
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Tolar
St. Louis
Illinois
Deinog
Clint Ogle
Waterville Press
The Big Things of Earth and Their Claims
A survey of global extremes lists the largest farm in Louisiana and other superlatives. It cites a northern syndicate owning 1,500,000 acres with private railroads and telegraph lines, plus records such as the Brooklyn Bridge as the longest suspension bridge and Fortress Monroe as a major fortress. It notes China’s canal, India’s river spans, and regal holdings including the Czar’s estate in Russia and the Duke of Sunderland in Britain, along with monumental buildings in India and Rome.
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Louisiana
Northern
Chicago
New York
Kismah River
India
China
Sangang
Yellow Sea
Brooklyn Bridge
Lake Ponchartrain
New Orleans
Garabil
Rance
Tilever
Indus
Tyrone
Ireland
Chemnitz
Austria
Pesth
Hungary
Monroe
Gibraltar
Czar
Russia
Great Britain
Duke of Sunderland
Marquis of Butte
Rome
St.Peters
Export data shows shifts in global wheat trade
The report compares last year with 1902 on American wheat exports to Great Britain and other nations. It notes declines for the United States from 68 million to 44 million hundredweights, while Russia rises from 6.5 million to 17 million, Canada from 12 to 14 million, India from 9 to 17 million, and Argentina from 4 to 14 million. Argentina had a large excess last year, while Russia did not.
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Wenatchee
Chiwaukum
Sampson
D. A. Beal
O. B. Tuller
Nebraska
Land Office
S. M. Neff
Zion City
Chicago
Mr. Neff
Waterville Press
Fifth Regiment
British Artillery
Victoria
J. C
Spokane
Canada
St Louis Exposition
New York City
Great Britain
Russia
India
Argentina
Prussian State Railway earnings rise with expanded system
Over twenty five years Prussia’s state railway shows gross earnings climbing from 41 million to 361 million dollars while operating costs grow from 24.5 million to 221 million and net earnings rise from 14.5 million to 140 million annually. Railway mileage expands from 3815 to 21104 miles yielding official capitalized returns of 7 percent versus 4.3 percent earlier. Small waists fall out of fashion as Hollister’s Rockey Mountain Tea promises a plump shape, 35 cents, in tablet or tea form at City Drug Store.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
City Drug Store
Prussia
Iested
Rockey Mountain
Charles M Russel Reflects On Montana Roots And New Jersey Visit
Montana cowboy artist Charles M Russell says he prefers living where people know each other and notes differences in New York saloons. He recalls bartenders not taking money at the bar and paying with checks, highlighting a curious social scene from his New Jersey visit.
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Charles M. Russel
Montana
New Jersey
New York
Kansas City Journal
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Grain and Feed
Plisch & Bliss
General Merchandise
R. R
Fruits and Vegetables
D. G. W. Hoxley
el Moody
Seattle
Leavenworth Hospital
Leavenworth, Wash
J J. King
Secretary of the Interior
Wash
Lew J. Nelson
John B. Adams
S D. Griffith
Wenatcher, Wash
Pred Reeves
Chelan County
L. H. Turner
P. H. Tomlinson
Wenatchee Canal Company
J.a.gellatly
Mission and
Palouse Streets
Great Northern Railway
S. G. Yerkes
Seuttle
Secret Societies
Arra Arras
Tumwater Lodge
U. W
L. H. Laden
M.W
John W. Laden
G. Bjork
WU. W. Leavenworth Lodge No
Praternist Hall
Amanda Marti
C. of A
Little Doyle
Louise McGuire
I. C. FE
Independent Order of Forresters
Forresters
G. English
C. R
C. B.turner
RK. S
Imp. O. R. MM
Tumwater Tribe
Improved Order of Red Men
Sternal Weil
Atend
A. J. Downing
W. Walker
Front Street
City
E. A, King
Hobson Yard
Hobson & Co
Congregationals
Congregational Church of
Leavenworth, Washing
Puget Sound
J. L. Wheeler Sr
Michael Scott
Walla Walla
Quincy
Specker
Great Northern
Oroville
Loomis
Chesaw
Earth
Old World
United States
Mary
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