Liberty Bell Draws Crowds In Three Ring Style
Leavenworth hosts the historic Liberty Bell as a six coach train arrives after delays. More than two thousand residents and visitors queue at the depot with hundreds of children touching the bell. The train departs for Everett as Spokane and Seattle prepare hearings on foreign trade and unfair methods.
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Spokane
Barnum
Peshastin
Chumstick Valley
Lake Wenatchee
White River
Everett
Washington counties hit road surfacing goals and more under way
State highway data show 528 miles of surfaced roads completed under the permanent highway act with about 125 miles under construction. Government forecasts wheat at 963 million bushels nationally and corn around 2.814 billion. Eastern Washington and Idaho wheat yield eyed near 40 million bushels. Seattle jitney crackdown proposed with city license and route and fare controls, other cities watching. Federal Trade Commission plans to study conditions in Washington state.
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Washington
State Highway Department
Federal Bureau of Good Roads
Seattle
Government Department of Agriculture
Idaho
Federal Trade Commission
Railroad Rumblings Brighten Wenatchee With Shrine Tour
A special Rotary Club train passed Wenatchee at 7 30 am as Shriners tours began in Seattle and Denver. Ten trainloads traveled through without delays while L W Woodrow announced plans to replace the old G N lunch room with a lawn and Neil Franklin became acting yard master at Wilson Creek. Conductor Guy Merwin survived a serious Wilson Creek accident with injuries not considered fatal.
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Rotary Club
St. Paul
Shriners
Seattle
Frisco
L. W. Woodrow
G. N. Here
Leavenworth
Wenatchee
T. J. Clark
Spokane
John Yellman
Espanola
F. B. Kelsey
F. A. Maxwell
R. I. Triplett
Woodrow
G. N
Neil Franklin
Wilson Creek
Guy Merwin
Caboose
Blewett Pass Road Sees Growing Travel and Signage Plans
Over 20 cars daily used Blewett Pass last month according to Road Supervisor Tom Parish who favors promoting Wenatchee Valley via Blewett and Snoqualmie Pass. County opinions split with Ellensburg favoring Vantage route, while Chelan County groups plan signs to steer travelers toward Spokane via Wenatchee Valley.
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Blewett Pass
Tom Parish
Blewett
Snoqualmie Pass
Our County
Kittitas County
Ellensburg
Wenatchee
Automobile Association of
Chelan County
Our Valley
Seattle
Spokane
Wenatchee Valley
Lower Freight Rates Take Effect July 15 in Spokane
The Spokane Merchants Association reports a 25 cent per 100 pounds cut on iron steel canned goods paper and other heavy commodities under Schedule C. The rate reduction saves carload shipments $215 000 to $225 000 annually and less than carload shipments the same amount totaling $430 000 to $450 000 yearly, affecting 60 to 75 percent of Spokane tonnage.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
J. B. Campbell
Spokane Merchants’ Association
Spokane
Worker deaths rise in US as talks cite injuries
San Francisco report at the fortieth annual meeting of the American Academy of Medicine states one industrial worker is killed every fifteen minutes and one injured every sixteen seconds in the United States. Christopher M. Bradley of the California Industrial Accident Commission presented the statistic while discussing workers compensation laws.
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San Francisco
United States
Christopher M. Bradley
California Industrial Accident Commission
American Academy of Medicine
Peacemakers and the Future Statesman
The piece quotes Robert Herrick arguing the future peacemaker must defend human conscience and international honor, not offer polite neutrality or empty diplomacy. It notes Spokane city water receipts dropped by twenty two thousand dollars in the first half of 1915.
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Robert Herrick
Spokane
A Way to Destroy Wasps Warned by Experiment Station Expert
Professor A L Melander of the Washington experiment station proposes a simple trap to kill wasps. A gallon jug quarter full of water is placed by the nest. A wasp entering the jug will produce a buzzing echo and fall in, attracting others until the colony is eliminated.
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A. L. Melander
Washington Experiment Station
Eighth Grade Diplomas Granted After June State Exam
Eighth grade diplomas awarded to pupils after the June 20 and 21 state examination. The list includes Ruth Robertson Joe Smith Etta Hauck Emil Schneicç¢c Edward Ritchie Coyle Duncan Myrtle Rose Ada Cline Agnes Davis Hilda Franklin Clifford Hagler Gerald McCoy Scott Nicholas Ernest Potter Oryette Peterse Isabelle Ouren Deryl Motteler Minnie Robert Frances Lindsay Harry Goethert Sada Hasegawa Dean Haines Merritt Hagler Ernest Ahlin Margaret Albright Bernard Bell Florence Bell Olive Blankenship Hugh Hayden Leonard Wunder Ira West Vivian Reynolds Hazel Peterson Paul Miles Cynthia Lingley.
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Ruth Robertson
Joe Smith
Etta Hauck
Emil Schneic¢c
Edward Ritchie Coyle
Dunca Myrtle Rose Ada Cline
Agnes Davis
Hilda Franklin Clifford Hagler
Gerald McCoy Scott Nicholas Ernest Potter
Oryette Peterse
Isabelle Ouren
Deryl Motteler
Minnie Robert
Frances Lindsay
Harry Hayden
Goethert Schubert
Sada Hasegawa
Dean Haines
Merritt Hagler
Ernest Ahlin
Margaret Albright
Bernard Bell
Florence Bell
Olive Blankenship
Hugh Hayden Leonard Wunder
Ira West
Forest service plans new Blewett pass grade and fires watch
J. T. Schuyler from Portland inspected Blewett pass and will return with a party to seek a better summit location and improve the grade by four or five miles. Edna Featherstone works on the annual report while J. A. Fernstrom monitors fires from the summit area. A new telephone line to Dirty Face mountain will support a lookout station, completion next week. The Pine creek to Icicle river trail is finished joining Stevens pass, and 18 miles of new trails bring Wenatchee forest to 114 miles. Fire activity has been light recently due to weather and warnings. J. C. Schnell, known in Peshastin, died in Cashmere from nephritis. Mrs. Wm. Payne, operated on in Spokane, is expected home next Tuesday in recovery.
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J. T. Schuyler
Portland
Blewett Pass
Forestry Office
Dirty Face Mountain
Wenatchee Lake
Pine Creek
Icicle River
Stevens Pass
Wenatchee National Forest
System of Electric Clocks Will Be Installed
Mr. McCann in charge of the city office of the W U received twelve to fifteen electric clocks yesterday and says they will be installed in banks post office and principal business houses and hotels. They are self winding regulated from a central office and guaranteed to keep correct time. So far twelve to fifteen have been contracted. The cost is one dollar per month and the company will keep them in repair.
Al Barnes Circus to Perform in Leavenworth July 28
Murray A. Pennock of Al Barnes Circus outlines plans for a July 28 show in Leavenworth. The rebuilt program features 200 more educated wild animals, including world class dancing horses and exotic acts, plus domestic stars and a clown pig act.
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AL Barnes Circus
al. G. Barnes
Murray A. Pennock
Barnes Circus
Leavenworth
Jungles
Maj. Thornton
Miss Harvey
Not Allowed to Charge for Marriage Ceremony
Attorney General Tanner ruled in Olympia that Washington justices of the peace must perform marriage ceremonies without charge. The ruling follows a 2.50 fee being repealed and no fee specified in the new act. Fred L. Brender buys the Wallace blacksmith shop on Front street and pledges to install a first class outfit and serve the public.
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Tanner
Olympia
Washington
Justices of the Peace
Fred L. Brender
Charles Wallace
Front Street
War news nuggets from June and beyond
Britain reports twenty nine German sunk vessels in June along with three French, one Belgian and nine Russian ships. A July 12 Athens dispatch claims the Turkish sultan is dead but kept secret by the Young Turks. A British soldier jokes at oath taking. Floods in China kill thousands as one river floods 79 feet. Edison to chair civilian advisory board pushing military reform and readiness. The National Security League seeks universal military training for 18 to 45. Willamette Iron & Steel Works eyes large war material orders via Vladivostok. New York workmen compensation law upheld for interstate rail workers. German border electric fence reportedly kills Belgian crossers. England's three billion loan largely funded by small savers.
War Fronts Show Little Change Across The Line
Across the Russian German front little shifted in the past week with Russian stands holding and ammo shortages easing. In the German Belgian French area fighting continues with claimed gains on both sides but no major territorial changes. Italian efforts meet stronger Austrian defense as progress slows while Dardanelles dispatches indicate slow steady gains and a July 15 report notes a Turkish victory and 4000 prisoners.
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Dardanelles
Buffet Waffle and Lunch House Opens in King Building
28 S. Price announces a new eating house named Buffet Waffle and Lunch House next to Wheeler's drug store. Open for business with big dinners from 5 to 8 p.m. Special dinner parties available by arrangement.
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King Building
Wheeler’s Drug Store
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Wm. Seidlitz
J. C. Davis
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R. Simonson
Stanley Meredith
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Arthur
Leavitt
MacDonald
Tim McNamara
Shallow
Ued
Vivian Reynolds
Hazel Peterson
Paul Miles
Cynthia Lingley
Forestry Notes
J.C. Schnell
Cashmere
Dr. Hoxsey
Wm. Payne
Hoxsey
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Athens
Turkey
Belgium
China
Thomas A. Edison
National Security League
Willamette Iron & Steel Works
Oregon
Vladivostock
New York
Hague
England
London Dispatch
S. Price, Mgr
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