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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1909
Page
3
Seattle August 11. East side apples arrive as a mixed lot from Wenatchee to Western avenue. New apples sell slowly while peaches and cantaloupes remain scarce. Watermelons plentiful at five carloads. top stock price 13 4c. Produce receipts total twenty carloads including butter oranges tomatoes onions and bananas.
Supreme Court Judge Stephen J. Chadwick and Postmaster Davis with Sam Potter and Harry Geerds traveled 18 miles up the Icicle river to Dr. Hoxsey’s hunting lodge for a multi day trout fishing excursion. M F Peake & Son build new Ninth street office. J W Elliott stores goods in Opera house cellar awaiting a new downtown store. Mrs A L Mitchell of Eagle Creek valley dies in childbirth with the baby. G B Parks leaves for Spokane on business. M Triplett returns from Seattle. Monte Morrison back at Columbia Siding after Seattle fair visit.
Notice to voters states a special election will be held August 24 1909 in Wenatchee Washington to decide if intoxicating liquor selling should be licensed. Polling places include Rosenberg building First Ward Wenatchee Planing Mill office Second Ward Eagle Livery store room with voting from 8 am to 8 pm.
The piece notes R C Cabell succeeding John G Capers as US internal revenue commissioner and his background in New York and the Spanish War. It also reports Miss Katherine Elkins avoiding publicity on a European trip and whispers about her links to William Hitt. It ends with a Chicago political hat saga about Carter Harrison and speculation on another mayoral bid.
Washington B. Thomas leads the American Sugar Refining Company as federal investigations widen. The inquiry ordered by Attorney General Wickersham targets methods and possible restitution to the treasury, with grand jury evidence potentially aiding a Sherman Act suit for dissolution of the monopoly. A customs scandal in New York prompted a major shakeup under William Loeb Jr. while officials implicated are dismissed.
The Jefferson grave at Monticello is celebrated as the resting place of Thomas Jefferson author of the Declaration of Independence and Virginia’s Religious Freedom statute. Congress erected the monument with the inscription naming him and noting his birth on April 2 1743 and death on July 4 1826.
Preparations accelerate for St Louis centennial celebration October 3 to 9 marking 100 years since incorporation. Events include Aero club balloon and air races with prizes, pageants on city history, a water pageant, and a municipal pageant honoring cornerstone layings.
A 1909 Cashmere letter outlines plans for a $1,500,000 complex including a public library and historical military pageant, plus an industrial parade and centennial events. It also asks for proper canyon name pronunciation Ollala with Indian origins.
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