Sunday closing drive stirs Tacoma politics and press bans
Mayor Wright and Chief Maloney unveil a sweeping Sunday closing plan targeting newspapers theatres streetcars and all non exempt businesses. The move aims to enforce a puritanical agenda despite claims of political motives and public duty. Separate item notes Cashmere Fruit Growers Organize forming a union after splitting from Wenatchee Valley group with 33 percent defection.
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Tacoma
Wright
Maloney
Elks
Cashmere Fruit Growers Union
W. E. Hinman
John Angier
C. E. Joy
Oscar Redfield
J. N. Dotson
John Murdock
J. L. Weythman
J. F. Breezly
Wenatchee Valley
Entiat
Lake Chelan
Columbia Valley
Cashmere
Yerkes Resigns to Enter Real Estate and Fruit Lands
S. G. Yerkes resigns as assistant general passenger agent of the Great Northern in Seattle to enter real estate and red apple production in central Washington. He will join G. A. Virtue & Co., a firm active in irrigated fruit lands since the past summer. Alfred Johnson of Cashmere reports losing 200 dollars in Wenatchee after trusting a stranger who vanished. a 200 dollar reward is offered. Amsden Musical Company to perform at Leavenworth opera house March 2 and 3 with Mascot and The Governor’s Wife, featuring twenty performers led by Claude Amsden and Eleanor Jenkins. tickets 25c, 50c, 75c.
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S. G. Yerkes
Great Northern Railway
Seattle
Washington
G. A. Virtue & Co
Alfred Johnson
Wenatchee
Johnson
Amsden
Leavenworth Opera House
Claude Amsden
Walter Wilson
John Harvey
Jack Harlow
Daniel Malone
Eleanor Jenkins
Hazel Davenport
Irene Laite
Fatal Telegraphist James Nichols In Spokane Office
The fourth of five Nichols brothers to die, James H. Nicholls 55, died suddenly at his post in the Western Union Telegraph office in Spokane while sending a message. He had lived with his wife and children at 1128 Sprague avenue since June, and was a veteran telegraph operator of 35 years. He belonged to several fraternal and trade organizations.
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C. H. Nichols
L. H. Turner
Spokane
Mr. Nichols
Leavenworth
Spokane Chronicle
James H. Nicholls
Western Union Telegraph Company
Nichols
Wenatchee
D. F. Ingold
Western Union
Dr. Hubbard
Jamieson Building
F. P. Wittee
Smith & Co
Chicago
St. Paul
Puget Sound Electric Railway
Tucson
Ariz
Charles Nichols
the Key
Skagway
Mich
Joseph Nichols
Minn
Lee Nichols
Corey
I. A. Nichols
Maybelle Nicholls
Charles Howard
Raymond H. Nichols
Glen H. Nichols
California
Frank K. Nichols
Colorado Springs
Col
Wealth Scatters After Baltimore Man Fatally Struck by Train
Rolls of twenty and fifty dollar notes drifted along a Maryland stream after Calvin S. Harlan was fatally injured when his buggy was struck by a locomotive. As the train dragged the wreck, money spilled from his pockets, with $5000 found in Ashland and others retrieving $1500, $2000, and more gold and notes along the Gunpowder river and track.
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Calvin S. Harlan
Harlan
Baltimore County
Maryland
Ashland
Gunpowder River
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Geo. Keating
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Tumwater Light & Water Co
OPERA
Tholin & Smith
Chelan Club
Walsh
Campbell
Lamb, Pres. Co
R. Lamb
G. i
Lamb
See
P. Davis
Treas
Mer
Clinton
Minneapolis
Leavenworth, Wast
Pine
Emil Frank
Prop
P. H. Graham
Edison Gold Molded Records
Little Mack’s Old Stand
L. M. Co
Wii
Cashmere Fruit Growers Organize
Echo
Yerkes
Apple
Amsden Musical Company Coming
James HM
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