August Foretold By Tempered Verse At Sagamore Hill
A humorous August forecast poem contrasts Beverly Mass memories with Sagamore Hill politics and hot summer days. It wittily links the Roman Augustus to modern presidents, warns of “dog days,” and hints at upcoming fall elections and temperance themes.
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Beverly
Mass
Sagamore Hill
Augustus
Ted
The
Hague
Teddy
Rome
Theodorus
Sextilus
Boreas
Clamor for Attention as Autumn Politics Returns
The piece foresees weeks of campaigning as leaders and insurgents prepare to seek office. It notes candidates polling at lectures, testing tactics, and waiting at the grand stand, with Roosevelt referenced as past action. It ends by picturing September and autumn's poetical turn.
Spreckels Warns of New Financial Move By Interests
Rudolph Spreckels, son of Claus Spreckels, returns from Europe and tells the Associated Press that moneyed interests plan a significant move to influence voters before the fall elections to favor stand-patters. He predicts insurgents will gain seats and that the West will save the country from corporate interests. The piece also notes exhibitions planned by Great Northern railway and upcoming Northwest fairs, plus regional politics on local option and forest fires in Washington.
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Rudolph Spreckels
Claus Spreckels
San Francisco
Congress
Europe
Associated Press
Great West
Spreckels
United States
Washington
Oregon
Great Northern Railway
Northwest
Hill
Anti-Saloon League of
Anti-Saloon League
Alboit
Washington Forest Fire Association
Providence
Columbia River
Pacific Ocean
Robson
B. C
Portland
Inland Empire
Real estate transfers in Chelan Wenatchee area listed
A sequence of property deals is recorded including Lauchlin MacLean to O B Nelson and Halbert Armstrong to Josie Reed for Chelan Falls, and multiple Wenatchee area transfers. Notable entries include Frank C Smith to Wm T Roder valued at $14,000 and Frank Reeves to O B Fuller for Warm Springs Basin holdings at $5,000. Several parcels move between Lake Chelan Land Co and individuals, with prices ranging from $1 to $11,400.
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Frank C Smith
Wm T Roder
Morningside
Wenatchee
John B Bache
C M Lewis
Bolenbaugh
Henry B Turk
Lake Chelan Land Co
Fred W Hoffman
Frank B Ells
Mabel Palmer
Partese
Allen S Shipman
Solomon Cadman
Peachey
Paul van de Grift
Marie E van de Grift
Leavenworth Gardens
Frank Reeves
O B Fuller
Sprg Basin
Wilson vows to back Aldrich to the end in Senate bid
The Post-Intelligencer quotes John L. Wilson announcing his candidacy for United States senator and pledging to support Aldrich “until the crack of doom.” The piece condemns his record of following dominant interests in Congress and questions Governor McBride’s critique of Wilson as a feeble echo of an expiring system.
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United States
John L. Wilson
Aldrich
Speaker Cannon
Congress
Henry McBride
Wilson
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H. Reith
Bill
Beverly, Mass
Roosevelt
Seattle
Railroad and Steamship Companies
Western Washington
Puget Sound
News OF
Pacific Northwest
Chelan County Abstract Company
Lauchlin MacLean
O B
Nelson
Chelan Falls
Halbert Armstrong
Josie Reed
Anna Merriam
Jas Buchanan
J G Debord
Leavenworth
Daniel T Henry
Robert Henry
P P Holcomb
W A Geyer
Cyrus O Boler
Col Bridge
Geo W Wine
Dora J McMahon
Columbia Heights
W H Dickson
Wen
F Gilbert
Harry Carriker
Wenatchee Dev Co
Ralph C Littlefield
Christian M Olesen
H W Fletcher
Wm H Holling
F W Hoffman
Myrl J Higley
John Walsh
Chelan
John Welsh
D S Ten Eyck
Georgia L Keefer
H S Keefer
Alfred L Hill
Lida J Maher
Wenatchee Park
Wen Dev Co
W R Prowell
Echo
Hamo
Harrington Wheat Belt
the Leavenworth Mercantile Company
Smith Premier Typewriter CO
Third Avenue
Seattle, Wash
Graham
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