Sunday law trouble in Ritzville and assorted arrests
Reports from Ritzville cite Sunday closing law troubles with H E Gritman a druggist arrested for selling cigars on the Sabbath. Greek candy peddler Nick Peter nabbed for candy sales on Sunday. H I Ellis electric plant head jailed for selling electricity on Sunday, Elmer Hopple N P agent charged with Sabbath ticket sales. Gritman and Peter plead guilty while Ellis and Hopple await arraignment. Judgments suspended or pending advisement. In Kennewick irrigation exhibits feature a cow with three calves. A Waterville resident discusses a new harness factory for Wenatchee. Thomas Corrigan longtime eastern Washington resident dies at Wilbur aged near 100. Republican state central committee meets in Seattle.
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Ritzville
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H. E. Gritman
Nick Peter
H. I. Ellis
Elmer Hopple
N. P
Gritman
Ellis
Hopple
Peter
Mail Robbery on Great Northern Limited Near Spokane
A bold bandit posing as a post office inspector overpowered two clerks aboard the Great Northern limited at Bonners Ferry Idaho and rifled six registered mail sacks during a 109 mile run to Spokane. The thief fled downtown, leaving blood traces and escaping on city streets while bloodhounds followed the scent to a car line.
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Bonners Ferry
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Spokane
Great Northern Overland Limited
Great Northern Limited
Harry Draper
Conductor’s Narrow Escape Rewards Memory of Train Robbery
A veteran railroad conductor recalls a brutal clash with a passenger who refused to pay and fought on the platform. He later learns townspeople sheltered robbers from the same train, receiving compensation from the superintendent after the incident faded from memory.
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Deadhead
Observations on Washington State College by Joseph E Wing
Joseph E Wing details his institute trip with staff lecturers to Washington state college at Pullman. He praises the moral tone and campus life, notes 1200 students working through college, strong faculty led by President Bryan, and a thriving farm with alfalfa corn apples and good stock. He urges Washington farmers to send their children to Pullman.
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State College
Joseph E. Wing
Washington
Middle States
Washington State College
Pullman
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Elliott
Aids
Linklater
Severance
Thornber
Rockies
Wenatchee News Items Include School Row and Farm Sale
County items note a petition among Wenatchee teachers to keep Principal Brown for another year, signed only by female teachers. A Wenatchee girl, sixteen, is reported smoking on the streets. An Entiat river plant with 3000 horsepower is under construction. Phillip Miller sold his 150 acre Wenatchee farm to Wenatchee Reality for 90000 last Saturday. The homestead, established thirty years ago, sits a mile and a half from town and will be subdivided for smaller parcels.
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Brown
Entiat River
Phillip Miller
Wenatchee Reality Company
Miller
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Leavenworth, Wash
Vienna Bakery
The
Desor
Will McGlothlin
Kennewick, Wash
Thomas Corrigan
Wilbur
Ireland
Republican State Central Committee
Seattle
J. E. Grant
Smoker’s Goods
McCall
G. W. Hathaway
ADAMS
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Emil Frank
Prop
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A. A. Tholin
John Nystuen
Benjamin Stumpf
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