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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
1
Ed Seaman of the Gem Cafe added five acres of Iroquois fruit lands near Monitor last week and another five last night for 2250 dollars with agent E. V. Martin. He plans to plant both tracts to trees and notes his wealth as proof of success.
A stream of brief items covers Fowler's Folly in superior court today, charity in Wenatchee, amateur shows, a Chicago reconciliation after a cross country chase, a congressman shooting a man on a Washington streetcar, a baseball dance crowd, political curiosity, Leopold II, negro delegates, and odd local happenings. Also mentions hair combing banned at southern conventions and a dust storm near the Columbia bridge.
Mrs. Sherman of Peshastin reported her four year old son separated from her while shopping. Police and volunteers searched for over an hour before finding him crying near the old box factory avenue, then returned him to his mother before the westbound 1 45 train departed.
James Woolery 57, a pioneer packer once wealthy, died recently as a public charge at Lewiston Idaho. He requested his tombstone epitaph urging others not to live as a bachelor and noting his lifelong loneliness. He spent years in a tent before becoming a ward of the state and later advocating marriage.
Entiat hosts Chelan county Modern Woodmen camp with a sylvan feast. Delegates from across the county attend including Terry Ross W R Wilson Joe Graves Lem Ward and others. Wilson elected state convention delegate for Yakima May 6. Wenatchee chosen as next meeting site. locals report generous hospitality and bountiful food.
The Lamb-Davis Co of Leavenworth failed to collect 210 from Deak Brown after a jury found for the defendant. Evidence covered branded logs versus unbranded logs, other owners’ logs, and farmer witnesses along the Wenatchee river. Reeves & Reeves seek a new trial. a similar suit against J. Jones is pending.
Water rents for March 1908 are due by March 5. If unpaid, water will be shut off. P H Sherburne, Water Commissioner.
E Boardman formerly of Prosser Bulletin and Lynn W Miller an elder statesman of Wenatchee are in the city. The W C T U meets Friday at 2 30 p m at Mrs G W Sheriff s home on Okanogan avenue. John A Wolfe the piano man now in Seattle is in town. Mrs Alice Tyler and daughter Georgia arrive from Seattle to live with Mrs Geo W Duffy. R J and A J Byers are down from Farris today. The World Advance office acknowledges a call.
The notice states that all persons disposing of garbage refuse or dead animals on property in Columbia Bridge Addition south of the big bridge will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Wenatchee Development Co March 30, 1908.
Ex mayor Frank M. Scheble returns to Wenatchee from a winter in Southern California. He reports visiting Medford and Klamath Falls, noting Johnston’s boarding house and local drainage projects. Also mentions seeing McAllister and Matt Corbaley in California.
The Anti Smoking League schedules a Friday night meeting at 7 30 PM in the Salvation Army Hall. In Chelan County the notices announce Republican campaigns for county engineer F A Warren and auditor F A Reynolds subject to September primaries.
N Inscho announces candidacy for county sheriff nomination on the Republican ticket in Chelan County. He urges voters in Wenatchee and surrounding areas to support his bid at the coming primary election.
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