Liberty Bell 10 to Visit Leavenworth Next Tuesday
The famed Liberty Bell replica arrives by special train next Tuesday evening in Leavenworth with dignitaries including the Pennsylvania and Oregon governors. Mayor Woodrow aims to keep it thirty minutes as crowds reflect on independence and liberty. A thunder shower at the weekend ends a heat spell as local news covers a child accident and a burglary at a rooming house.
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Philadelphia
England
Leavenworth
Woodrow
Here
Everett
Pennsylvania
Lister
State Line
Oregon State Line
United States
Edith Davis
Alya Maxwell
Dan Ryan Dies After Prolonged Illness in Wenatchee
Dan Ryan, longtime Wenatchee resident and former miner and night marshal, died last Saturday at Wenatchee General Hospital after a yearlong battle with illness known as the white plague. Mrs. James Clark cared for him for six months before he was sent to Senatchee for hospital care, where he died. Funeral services were held at the Catholic church in Wenatchee and he was buried in Wenatchee Cemetery.
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Dan Ryan
Wenatchee General Hospital
Ryan
James Clark
Senatchee
Wenatchee
Leavenworth Celebrates Nation's Birthday With Festivities
A large crowd attended Leavenworth's July Fourth events including a Gun Club shoot awarding over 150 in prizes and a baseball game where Cashmere defeated Leavenworth 6 to 4. July Fifth features log rolling tug of war races free barbecue and several foot and relay contests.
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Leavenworth Gun Club
Leavenworth
Cashmere
Firemen’s
Tholin’s Hall
Echo
J. W. Elliott
Woodrow
C. W. Seeley
Brewster Sawmill and Box Factory Destroyed by Fire
Edward Johnson's Brewster mill and box factory burned Wednesday night. The blaze left 900,000 boxes, only 3,000 saved, 4,000 feet of lumber intact. Loss estimated at 75,000 with no insurance. Eighty workers unemployed. Johnson plans to rebuild later.
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Edward Johnson
Brewster
Johnson
Leavenworth Bankers Autocrash Near Snoqualmie Pass
L F Bullis and Clarence Campbell of Leavenworth State Bank rode to Seattle last Saturday via Blewett and Snoqualmie passes. Their Ford jolted on a level road, tipping over and pinning Campbell briefly. Both escaped with bruises and a scare, the car only sustained a bent radius rod, and the pair continued toward Seattle after help arrived.
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L. F. Bullis
Clarence Campbell
Leavenworth State Bank
Seattle
Blewett
Snoqualmie
Snoqualmie Pass
Mr. Bullis
Campbell
Clarence
Sound Metropolis
Bullis
Governor to Investigate Carr Pardoned Movement
Gov Lis ter will personally probe the H. E. Carr pardon matter after receiving widespread citizen letters. The report follows Mr Geo L Gardner’s return from a Canadian boundary trip and notes strong public interest across states. The item also mentions a Leavenworth divorce suit and a Washington visit by Mrs Amos Sparks with two children visiting Eagle Creek relatives.
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Canadian Boundary Line
Geo. L. Gardner
Governor Lister
H. E. Carr
Amos Sparks
J. H. Sharp
Eagle Creek
Canadian Lumber Imports Rise in Early 1915
Figures compiled for the Great Northern district agent show Canada’s forest products entering the U S through Blaine and Sumas in the first five months of 1915 at about 1348 carloads. Lumber and shingles arrived at Blaine totaling 502 and 506 carloads respectively, while Sumas shipments averaged 68 carloads per month, totaling 340 cars.
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J. A. Miller
Great Northern Railway
Blaine
Sumas
Adams Chosen to Handle Wenatchee Peach Deal
At a large Wenatchee valley peach growers meeting last Saturday J B Adams was chosen to supervise selling the 1915 peach crop. W H Paulhamus led the gathering with officials from Chelan Douglas Okanogan Grant and shipping agencies. Adams will coordinate shipments to widen markets and stabilize prices, with a one sixth of a cent per box charge funding his work.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Adams
Gold Cleans Up For Golden Eagle Mine Near Blewett
Mr L Thurmond tied to J A McCarthy deposited eleven ounces of gold equal to a bit over two hundred dollars with Tumwater Savings Bank yesterday. This first clean up of the season follows a short experiment using cynaniding. The Golden Eagle property has spurts of activity and may run the mill continually from now on. A new baby boy arrived for August Shuhardt on the 4th.
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L. Thurmond
J. A. McCarthy
Golden Eagle
Blewett
Tumwater Savings Bank
Thurmond
Railroad men held for smuggling chinks
Two Great Northern railroad workers H B Borland and F A Finderberg were arrested on charges of aiding and abetting Chinese to cross the international boundary. They were taken after Chinese were found in the Great Northern yards in Everett on June 19 by Special Agent Fox, with the matter referred to a United States grand jury. Borland remains free on $5000 bond to appear.
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Great Northern
United States Grand Jury
Everett
Great Northern Special
United States Immigration
C. A. Turner
H. B. Borland
F. A. Finderberg
Liberty
Federal Grand Jury
Great Northern Yards
Fox
Olympia July 5 Industries grow with road work and rail wary
Olympia reports expanding industry with nearly 2000 workers on road projects, rising tourist travel, and lower taxes. Hoquiam Bale Logging builds a 10 machine shingle mill powered by electricity. Davenport forms Southwest Sewer district. Wenatchee's Cashmere Fruit Union plans an 18000 dollar warehouse.
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Olympia
Hoquiam—Bale Logging Co
Davenport
Wenatchee
Cashmere Fruit Union
Spokane
Railroad Officials Meet. Boulevard Cafe Becomes GN Eating House
Great Northern vice president J M Gruber general superintendent J H ONeal and Cascade Division superintendent W R Scott visited Tuesday. They arranged for Boulevard Cafe to serve GN employees. The cafe loss from a prior fire won’t reopen. GN workers and shop staffing rise in fall with Parkwater nine hours daily six days a week up from 225 to 250 and Hillyard talks of more GN shop hires. A GN conductor J Williams died in Seattle after a brief illness. he served 15 years and was buried in Wisconsin.
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J. M. Gruber
Great Northern Railway
J. H. O’neil
W. R. Scott
Cascade Division
P. E. Galloway
Boulevard Cafe
G. N. Employes
Galloway
Northern Pacific Railway
Parkwater
J. Williams
G. N
Goldbar
Seattle
Mr. Williams
Great Northern Service
Wisconsin
Fear of Bureaucracy and the Spirit of Courage
The speaker warns that express firms, industries, and Pure Food Law manufacturers must fear new government power. He argues people should resist by courage, lest bureaucratic control erode individual independence and free society. Today or tomorrow matters little. national tendencies count more.
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New Trade Commission
Department of Agriculture
United States
Cashmere Restricts Jitney Auto Stage Business
The Cashmere ordinance imposes annual licenses of 75 dollars for 7 passenger or smaller jitneys and 150 dollars for larger cars, effective July 8. Merchants support the move to curb jitney impact on business, while drivers protest and plan legal testing of the ordinance. Cars will operate just outside city limits pending court outcomes.
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Wenatchee
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