Romance in real life ends in wedding in Wenatchee
Miss Ona Stephens wed William Hatmaker after a romance and last minute license switch. The piece notes Tennessee colony origins near Leavenworth, a near-miss marriage to Mynders, and confirms Wenatchee and county population figures and wealth growth since 1900.
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Ona Stephens
William Hatmaker
Wenatchee
Spokane
Tennessee
Kelly & Lapp
Chumstick Valley
Lamb-Davis Mill
Tennessee Colony
Hatmaker
County approves bridge near Cashmere and more news
County commissioners authorize a twelve thousand dollar steel bridge five miles west of Cashmere near Sherman's mill. A. C. Jones, longtime Cashmere official and mayor since incorporation, sells out and moves to Canada. Reports say Great Northern extension Wenatchee to Oroville will soon begin. Sixteen youths caused trouble riding sidewalks and assaulting two tribal women. suspects named Guy Patterson Ole Olson Ray Titchenal Will Lessinger. Miss Peterson leaves class after farewell party at the parsonage. class gives her a pin. Fraternal hall services announce continued general conference reports and morning worship next Sunday.
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Cashmere
Sherman
Guy Patterson
Ole Olson
Ray Titchenal
Will Lessinger
Rumphr
Miss Peterson
Stork rumors and Cosgrove governor bid roil Wenatchee pages
A Wenatchee World item jokes about a bustling stork season in the valley citing local physicians and a box of Wenatchee apples sent to Roosevelt. The same column endorses S. G. Cosgrove for governor, quoting an Indiana correspondent praising his character and home life as indicators of fitness for office.
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Wenatchee
Friend Wood
Wenatchee Valley
Roosevelt
Brother Wood
John Howard Paine
Waitsburg Times
Indiana
Cosgrove
S. G. Cosgrove
Washington
Mr. Cosgrove
Uncalled Mail Posts May 25 1908 Remains at Post
Postmaster note lists uncalled mail for May 25 1908 including Beever C M Barry Miss Francis Carlson Oscar Morrison George McCabe Jas Townsley and B In calling for some please say advertised Mr Gatherless delivering good brick this week for the Weigand building.
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Beever
C. M. Barry
Francis Carlson
Oscar Morrison
George McCabe
Jas. Townsley
J.C. Davis
Regular Council Meeting Approves Leavenworth Addition
City council meets with full attendance as clerk Miss Hamilton is absent due to family illness. The Leavenworth Land Co addition plat is approved and Ordinance 49 on sidewalks is read. A grade study for Front Street is appointed and notices to vacate the Foster barn and Turner place are issued. Bills paid include Hamilton salary 30.90 Long 299 Lumber 9.80 0.40 saloon license 50 and others.
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Hamilton
Leavenworth Land Co
First Street
Railroad Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Sussex
Messrs. E. A. King
H. X. Featherstone
Front Street
Foster Barn
Turner Place
L D Store Co Adopts New Name and Modern Touches
The business declares it is now known as the L D Store Co after amended articles of incorporation. Manager Mr King aims to expand the firm’s long standing rep for a large complete stock while updating displays and adding an electric motor to the coffee grinder.
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L.D. Store Co
King
What Can Be Done With Electricity
An engineer explains how one cent worth of electricity can perform varied tasks. It powers a 12 inch fan for 90 minutes, a sewing machine motor for three hours, keeps a flatiron hot 15 minutes, boils water for two quarts, and drives many small appliances from coffee to percolators. It also runs a piano for an hour, a curling iron daily for two weeks, a 250 gallon water lift, a 2 quart glue pot, and even clips a horse and raises ten tons with a crane in under a minute.
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Chicago
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Geo. Keating
J. G. Debord
General Merchandise
Leavenworth
M. F. Peake
F. R. Peake
M. F. Peake & Son
General Agency
Timber Lands
Puget Sound
F. E. Carlquist
J. E. Grant
G. W. Hathaway
ADAMS
CARR
Postoffice Building
A. A. Tholin
the Samantha
WM. Herder
Bon Ton Cafe
P. O
Opera Bar
M. P. Spencer
Chelan
Lakeside
A. C. Jones
Canada
Mr. Jones
Oroville
M. E. Church Notes
G. A. Hamilton
A. G. Long
L.D. Lumber Co
State of Washington
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
J. H. Bolinsack
John Miller
Big Rock
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L-D. Store CO
Moore Co
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