Worth Depot Gets Major Expansion With Added Platform
A work crew has progressed on the Worth depot over a week, revealing a larger higher structure adjoined to the old building. The new 32 by 50 foot depot with a 14 foot ceiling doubles platform space by moving the depot eight feet back, creating a 16 foot traffic gap. It will include waiting rooms for both sexes and is described as substantial and comfortable though details on running water electric lights and toilets were not confirmed. Public expectation calls for these conveniences.
Taft Plans Carnegie Hall Speech At African Jubilee Rally
President Taft travels to New York to address the African Methodist Diamond Jubilee rally at Carnegie Hall marking 50 years of organized mission work in Africa. A $300,000 fund is raised to expand the work, with speakers Bishop Joseph Hartzell and Bishop Isaiah B. Scott joining Taft.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
New York
Carnegie Hall
Africa
Joseph Hartzell
Isaiah B. Scott
Liberia
Answers to correspondents at World office noted
Answers addressed to M. D. and GR VeeRa are directed to the World office for handling. The note suggests forwarding responses to the named individuals through the paper's World office channel.
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World Office
M. D
GR VeeRa
Water Ordinance Passed by City Council
The city adopts a new water ordinance requiring three months advance payment of water rentals. Fees will be charged to property owners as a lien on the premises and accounts for tenants require a one year lease and separate water service. Credit is allowed only with proper notice if water is discontinued.
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Water Department
Manitoba Local Option Campaign Nearing Final Lap
Winnipeg reports the Manitoba local option campaign entering its final lap with temperance leaders predicting sweeping victory. Saloon abolition already in effect in many municipalities and prospects good for carrying local veto in about half of the remaining towns.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Canada
Chelan Firms Named In Land and Electric Deals
Okanogan Land and Irrigation Company of Chelan with officials Morris Longstaff Wiard Dalby and Bissett involved in a $45000 matter. Brown Electric Company of Chelan with George P. Brown Kennedy and Bissett linked to a $500000 matter.
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Okanogan Land & Irrigation Company of
Chelan
Frank A. Morris
George W. Longstaff
H. D. Wiard
Z. Lewis Dalby
C. P. Bissett
Brown Electric Company of
George P. Brown
J. G. Kennedy
Concerted Plea for Columbia Delivers Unified River Plan
Delegates from Washington Oregon and Idaho pressed the rivers and harbors committee for swift Columbia River improvements. They called for early Celilo canal completion Bridgeport to Kettle Falls opening and heightened mouth work with Oregon seeking sizable funding. Speakers included Senator Jones J N Teal N G Blalock Hawley Norblade and F L Stewart with a proposed $22 000 for a four foot Cowlitz channel Kelso.
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Washington
Oregon
Idaho
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Rivers and Harbors Committee
House
Columbia River
Celilo Canal
Rocks
Bridgeport
Kettle Falls
Jones
J. N. Teal
Portland
N. G. Blalock
Walla Walla
Hawley
A. W. Norblade
Astoria
F. L. Stewart
Kelso
Stewart
Cowlitz River
Boston Chamber backs New England apple revival and land value gains
The Boston Chamber of Commerce urges a regional revival of New England orchards and farmland, arguing that western profits stem from heavy advertising. It asserts local apples can compete with Wenatchee and Hood River varieties and calls for bold marketing to raise regional land values and wealth.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
New England
Boston
Wenatchee
Hood River
West
Yakima
Northwest
Washington
Seattle Times
Free prescription cures weak men declares Detroit ad
An advertisement promises a free copy of a doctor’s prescription claiming to restore vigor and memory in men. It offers to mail the prescription in a plain envelope to any man who writes to Dr. A. E. Robinson in Detroit seeking the remedy. The pitch contrasts paid prescriptions with this free, rapid at home cure.
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A. E. Robinson
Luck Building
Detroit
Mich
Vaudeville and Texas Sketch at Wenatchee Theatre
Roxie and Wayne perform in A Cowboy From Texas at the Wenatchee theatre along with a vaudeville sketch. Motion pictures are advertised to be better than usual tonight.
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Natchee Theatre
Roxie
Wayne
Texas
Reward offered for recovery of Oliver M Butler
Mrs O M Butler offers 200 dollars for the recovery of the body of Oliver M Butler who drowned in the Wenatchee river one mile east of Cashmere on Monday November 29 1909. Signed Mrs O M Butler Cashmere Wash.
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Oliver M. Butler
Wenatchee River
Cashmere
O. M. Butler
Labor unions expand across cities and nations in brief
Notes from the labor world report growth in unionization. Aberdeen forms a bricklayers union while Hot Springs shows 85 percent building trades organization. Spain notes 32 612 members in 1907. Brewery Workers rise from 10 000 to 36 000 in twelve years. San Francisco and Boston see new unions for chauffeurs and teamsters. Austrian Woodworkers rise from 10000 to 143500 in 1908. Sacramento Carpenters report 564 members and 10000 in credit. English working women join rapidly, nearing 200000 enrolled. Railways seek broader organization.
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Brewery Workers’ International
San Francisco
Boston
Mass
Teamsters’ Union
England
Unions Seek Eight-Hour Day and Labor Temple Plans
The International Blacksmiths union aims to raise a fund for an eight hour day across the country. Cloak and Skirt Makers No 56 in Boston report rapid local growth. Stone cutters discuss amalgamation. St Paul Carpenters eye a labor temple with $30,000 in bank. Connecticut enacts new accident reporting laws for factories with confidential investigations and a $20 fine for failures.
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International Blacksmith’s Union
Cloak and Skirt Makers’ Union No. 56
Boston
Mass
St. Paul, Minn
Carpenters’ Union
St. Paul
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Ark
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Hart Schaffner & Marx
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