Surrounding Country News From Our Correspondents
Miss Helen Peters returns from Brewster after weeks with her sister. J W Caldwell moves to Dryden to tend a fruit orchard. Families visit Seattle Wenatchee and Paradise Orchards. Rev Moore delivers last sermon at North Dryden. Rev McClain preaches at Sherman’s hall. Social at Sherman’s hall draws 150 with music and readings. Mrs Watts and Seattle visitors at Paradise Orchards. Local notes on farms, crews, clubs, and arrivals.
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Ladies’ Aid
Sherman’s Hall
Local notes from Vale visitors and area personnel
Peshastin J. W. Norton and family from Vale Oregon visit F A Wingate seeking a hotel site after selling a business. J J Haggard leaves Curtis farm for Spokane to work with Offner Fruit Co. A M Cannon to replace him. Miss M Stewart from Bellingham to teach grades 3 and 4. Chas Eckman and Mrs C Nelson escape a wagon mishap near Leavenworth as their horse panics on the ride home.
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J. J. Haggard
Curtis
Spokane
Offner Fruit Co
A.M. Cannon
Dryden
Mr. Haggard
M. Stewart
Miss Stewart
Bellingham
Chas. Eckman
Mrs. C. Nelson
Leavenworth
Charley
Cascade Orchards Visits and Seattle Trips Mentioned
Cascade Orchards resident Leona Williams visits with Kathrine Harding for a few days. F Tombs returns from Seattle after a short business trip. A Grenland leaves for Seattle to pursue studies as a U of W junior. Lamb sisters return from We natchee to start school. Westphalen travels to Seattle to visit a daughter. F Thompson departs for Seattle after a three week Nicholas home visit. Smith family from Dryden spends a day with F E Bailey. Hannah Tveet returns from the east to live with her brother in law. A new 12 million dollar steamship line is being organized to run Boston to Pacific Coast ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Dryden
F. E. Bailey
Hannah Tveet
Boston
Pacific Coast
Dixie Land Exhibit At Panama-Pacific Exposition
A photograph showcases the Dixie Land theater booth in the Amusement Zone at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. The caption notes it features southern plantation songs and invites visitors to see the attraction during the fair.
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Dixie Land
San Francisco
Panama Canal and Canal Region
Bureau of Publication
Exposition Building
High School Opens With Eighty Pupils Enrolled
The High school begins the term with about 300 grade students and 80 in the first year. New courses include classical, scientific, industrial and commercial options. Miss Danby and Miss Meier head arts and languages. Roswell McNett presides over the newly formed senior class. Students from Peshastin and nearby districts attend. Diploma holders may enter any state university or college.
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Miss Danby
Miss Meier
Miss Platner
Peshastin
Roswell McNett
England's Throne and Heir Line Questioned by Press
The Philadelphia Press argues the German emperor's succession to the British throne is highly remote. It notes King George V's descendants occupy the current line, with many generations and spouses ahead of any claim by Empress Frederick's descendants, including William.
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Germany
Victoria
Philadelphia Press
England
George
Louise
Duchess of Fife
Queen Maud of
Norway
Edward
Alfred
Duke of Edinburgh
Arthur
Duke of
Connaught
Leopold
Duke of Albany
Frederick
William
Pitching in Baseball and the Need for Control
Billy Evans writes in St. Nicholas that control is essential to pitching success after ten years in the American League. He argues that understanding batter weakness helps, but without precise control the pitcher loses advantage against infielders, catchers, and runners.
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Billy Evans
St. Nicholas
Silent Herd on the Plain Near Stonehenge
The narrator describes spotting what appears to be a herd of elephants on a plain near Stonehenge as they begin their journey, noting the impression of distant movement ahead.
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Stonehenge
Stonehenge Reflections and Bananas in History
A traveler recalls Stonehenge as a place of worship and war in a reflective passage from Scribner’s, pondering life’s mysteries and humanity’s pull of religion and conflict. The London Chronicle notes that bananas as a staple diet can lead to a tubby figure, citing Cochin China and East Africa varieties and uses.
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Stonehenge
Scribner’s
Cochin China
East Africa
London Chronicle
The First Year of Married Life Jokes and Teasing Lines
A compilation of light quips and comic exchanges from newspapers. Includes a remark about married life woes and a joke on choosing between love and money. Also notes about sound differences in tearing materials and light dialogue between Dear Girls letters.
Natural Age of Man as Flourens Estimates
The article discusses Flourens theory that natural life spans equal about five times the period from birth to maturity. With human maturity at twenty, he concludes a natural life of one hundred years for man based on mammalian lifespan patterns.
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Flourens
Mammalia
Chickens Survive After Narrow Run of Hard Luck
In a Birmingham Age-Herald item a farmer recalls mixed results raising chickens. Some birds escaped or were stolen, many died from a mysterious disease, but the last chick proved resilient despite previous bad luck and even a dramatic ending for a rival.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Washougal Woolen Mill Sold to Bishop and Son
The Washougal Woolen Mill has been purchased by Bishop and Son of Pendleton, expanding the company’s regional operations and bringing new ownership to the historic facility.
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Bishop & Son, of
Pendleton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Helen Peters
Brewster
J. W. Caldwell
Derby Canyon
Guy Sherman
J. G. Peters
Geo. Vipont
Seattle
Mrs
A. J. Amos
Wenatchee
Mrs. Ray Sharpe
Moore
North Dryden
McClain
Frank Wickersham
Baby
Tacoma
A. C. Gilbert
Mr. Wickersham
M. W. Stark
Ed. Turner
Peshastin Lumber Co
George Lisk
Ladies’ Guild
A. G. Stage
Nellie Stage
Kryitsu Club
J. C. Coons
Ida
Chester Warman
Alden
Eagle
Frank van DeGrift
P. W. van DeGrift
Martin Christenson
J. H. Sharpe
Harry Berger
Flannigan Ranch
J. W. Norton and Family
Vale
Oregon
F. A. Wingate
Mr. Norton
Mr. Wingate
Cascade Orchards
Leona Williams
Kathrine Harding
Mr. F. Tombs
A. Grenland
Nicholas
U. of W
England’s
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
S. V. Doran
Detroit Free Press
Alice
Jack
Marie
Boston Transcript
Green
Brown
White
New York American
Okanogan — County
Echo Office
Wheeler’s
Wheeler
Rexall Agency
The
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Leavenworth, Wash
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