Twelve carloads of fruit shipped from Wenatchee in one day
The Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers association and others shipped 12 carloads of fruit in one day, with total shipments this season up about 50 percent. Growth in orchards and yields push future shipments higher, including berries cantaloupes watermelons peaches and apricots. Notable sales include H L Tedford’s $31200 of peaches and $300 of cantellopes per acre and F A Wyman selling an 11 acre ranch for 12500 cash.
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Wenatchee
Itc Hight
H. L. Tedford
Andrew Wood
F. A. Wyman
Moovey and Company
Mr. Week
North Dakota
Mr. Wyman
Berlin News offers free year for boy births
New Haven Aug 28 The Berlin News editor J E Beale offers a free yearly subscription to parents of boy babies in Berlin Connecticut after a drop in male births. The paper warns a town of girls would breed old maids and urges couples to produce more sons to be bread winners.
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New Haven
Conn
Berlin
J. E. Beale
The
Berlin News
Newe
New Canal Officials Likely After Panama Trip
New York officials expect changes in canal leadership as the President plans a trip to Panama. Dentala Snants may retire from the chair, with chief engineer Stevene favored to replace him, while Governor Magoon’s successor remains undecided. The President expresses dissatisfaction with progress and awaits Walker’s opening.
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New York
Panama
Dentala Snants
Stevene
Magoon
Big Bend Baptist Association Holds Annual Meeting
Delegates from central Washington gathered at the Baptist church for the third annual Big Bend Baptist association meeting in this city. The three day session opened with arrivals by train and boat and included devotional periods, committee appointments, reading of church letters, and officer elections. Speakers included Rev Geo Campbell Rev W A McCall Rev D W Meyers and Rev A W Rider.
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Big Bend Association
Big
Geo
Campbell
Refuses A Big Fortune Inheritance To Aid Others
Ed ward Pinchin of South Haven Michigan 73 years old plans to give away the 60000 he inherited from a relative in England and continue his street sweeping job. He says money would do more good for others than for himself noting his lifelong misfortunes and a past swindle that ruined a flour mill investment.
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South Haven
Mich
Edward Piochin
England
Pinochina
Pinchin
Plainwell
Frank E Prewitt Killed in Swift Montana Train Wreck
Dispatcher reports Frank E Prewitt killed in a train wreck near Swift Montana early last night. Former Wenatchee Theatre manager and local resident before moving to Seattle last fall. He was a musician and music instructor.
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St Paul
Helena
Frank E Prewitt
Swift, Mont
Prewitt
Wenatchee Theatre
Seattle
Football to Be Tame Says Coach Yost
Cleveland August 28 Harry Up Yost the renowned football coach voices concern over the season outlook He predicts the season will be tame with few exciting contests and no big scores possible victory will hinge on sprinting and punting ability of the teams
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Cleveland
Harry-up- Yost
Child Burned to Death in Cashmere Accident
Myrtle Kinney five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Kinney at Cashmere died after a porch fire sparked by matches. She lit paper on the back porch, flames enveloped her dress, her mother smothered the blaze with a quilt but the burns were fatal. The incident occurred 12 30 PM and the child died about five hours later. Funeral was held at the M E church in Cashmere with Rev Anderson officiating.
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Myrtle Kinney
Martin
M. E
Cashmere
Anderson
Horse Flesh as Food Proposed by Yale Professor
Prof. William H Brewer of Yale's Sheffield School told a New Haven banquet of the American Veterinary Medical Association that horse flesh is wholesome food. He noted horses are less prone to disease than cattle and blamed prejudice and ignorance for the lack of horse meat consumption.
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New York
Herald
New Haven
Conn
William H Brewer
Sheffield School
Yale University
American Veterinary Medicals Association
Brewer
Rancher Defies Taxes by Cutting Down Orchard
An Okanogan County rancher, citing socialistic beliefs, felled twenty acres of bearing orchard rather than pay taxes on $60 per acre valuation. He previously sold orchard fruit well. When the county assessor raised land valuations, he began stripping trees and argued the land should be classed as plough land.
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Okanogan County
Aggessor
Lawson Breaks Down Health After Personal Tragedy
Boston August 28 Thomas W Lawson did not resume work after a collapse linked to his wife’s death on August 8. He has kept a vigil by her steel casket at his estate cottage, neglecting business and raising rumors about his mental health.
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Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
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Meyers
A W Rider
Frank E. Prewitt
Lawson
High Line
Arthur Gunn
Bousquet and Holm
H. L. Wiester
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