Neurasthenia Viewed In Rise Of Lifeless American Living
Washington Post quotes Dr. Louis R. Weltmiller saying ten thousand New York men show Americans are deteriorating due to a craze forlessness. He links neurasthenia to seedless foods, horseless carriages, smokeless powders, noiseless rifles, stairless houses, and frantic speed, noting reduced vitality and disease resistance as life speeds up. L. W. Bloom arrived from Wenatchee with his family.
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New York
Louis R. Weltmiller
West Side
Young Men’s Christian Association
Dr. Weltmiller
Germany
America
Washington Post
Regular City Council Meeting Adopts Park Bond and Sidewalks
The council, with King and Mayor absent, elected Woldenberg mayor pro tem and denied a dumping ground proposal. Lamb Davis Lumber would fund one third of a foot bridge up to 1200 dollars. Bills approved include town hall connections and street work. A sidewalk petition was granted and a grade crossing committee appointed. The meeting adjourned to discuss sidewalk assessments and the bridge plan.
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R. T. King
Clifford
Ralston
Lamb Davis Lumber Company
F. J. O’connor
Tom Curtis
C. M. Wilcox
Front Street
Big Rock Corner
Guy A. Hamilton
L. J. Nelson
Chelan County
Divison Street
Commercial Street
Twelfth
Thirteenth Streets
Featherstone
Ruth
Woldenberg
J. C. Ruth
Nelson
Marshal Bohnsack
Fattening Feed Mix Attracts Pacific Coast Support
Missouri River Valley hog industry runs on alfalfa meal and sugar beet pulp from Colorado. New mills are rising in Colorado, with Pacific Northwest backing to boost fattening foods and meat production. Hood River Growers contract 80,000 boxes, seeking 150,000 more. Dr Stryker of Everett and Henry Treadwell oversee sheep grazing near Leavenworth.
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Missouri River Valley
United States
Missouri River
Colorado
Pacific Northwest
Swift & Company
Pacific Coast
Portland
Republic
Hood River
Ass’n
Northwest
Dr. Stryker
Everett
Mr. Stryker
Henry Treadwell
Leavenworth
County News Items Highlight Local Clergy and Accidents
The Wenatchee World reports the death of Rev. L. R. Rufus, longtime M E pastor and anti liquor advocate, after illness in Wenatchee. Other items note a saloon arrest in town, a Montana rail car mistaken for a local line coach, fruit displays with prize apples, and the death of C A Walsh from a logging camp accident near Chumstick.
Seven Room Residence Contracted on North Side Lot
Paul Weigand secured a contract last week for a modern seven room house on his north side tract. Featherstone and Rollins hold the agreement and have started work on the brick founded building with ample basement space.
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Paul Weigand
Messrs
Death of Elmer Abbott at 27 After Typho Malaria
Elmer Abbott died at 4 o clock last Saturday at his father in law J F Pratt home from typho malaria. He was buried in Leavenworth cemetery Sunday afternoon leaving a wife and brother. Abbott born in Benton county Iowa in 1879. The note includes unrelated asylum anecdote and a job change: Night Yardmaster Nels Peterson resigns, to Buffalo NY. C H Nichols succeeds him at the Great Northern service.
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L. R. Rufus
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dalles
Ore
Gilchrist
Wenatchee
Rufus
Washington
M. E
C. A. Walsh
Adams & Costello
Chumstick
Messrs. Adams & Costello
Elmer Abbott
J. F. Pratt
Leavenworth
Abbott
J. J. Abbott
Mt. Auburn
Iowa
A. L. Mitchell
Eagle Creek
Benton County
Nels Peterson
Buffalo
New York
New York Central
Great Northern Service
C. H. Nichols
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Geo. Keating
J. G. Debord
She Opera
Tholin @ Smith
L. W. Bloom
Palmer
Coe He
Council
E. A. King
Sampson
Tem
J. H. Bohnsack
Second Commissioners
H. W. Otis
Missioners’ Court of
Opera House
J. J. Griffith
S. P. Beecher
J. W. Corcoran
A. E. Dickinson
Chas. Freytag
Leavenworth Precinct
C. J. Taylor
Depot
Ferguson
Wenatchee World
Red Mountain
Wenatchee Valley and Northern
Great Northern
Montana
Moses Coulee
Wenatchee Valley
C. E. Lewis
Lunatic Asylum
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