Local farmer exhibts prize apples from Wenatchee farm
L M Johnson shows fruit from five acre Wenatchee purchase shipped by Theo Otto at the State bank. Staymen Winesap named for Professor Staymen, famed apple widely praised. Tom Arbuthnot reports 130 acre orchard and ten carloads sold in southeast Kansas for about 6500 dollars. Arbuthnot notes winter varieties Ben Davis Winesap Genatin Missouri Pippins at 1.00 to 1.35 per bushel.
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Tom Arbuthnot
Republic County
Kansas
Topeka
R. A. Walters
Ben Davis
Belleville Telescope
Belleville
Kas
Travel pay for Spanish war volunteers proposed in senate
Washington reports Senator Jones introduced in the senate a bill to grant travel mileage and subsistence pay to Spanish war volunteers who served beyond enlistment, deducting actual transport costs. The same session covers naturalization reform and a Seattle immigration station bill, with candidate lists for district attorney and US marshal posts.
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Washington
Jones
Senate
House
Philippines
Piles
Seattle
Humphrey
Seattle Commercial Club
A. G. Avery
United States
G. H. Baker
Mr. Avery
Senator Jones
F. W. Dewart
L. B. Nash
L. Cohen
Frank Barnhart
Joseph B. Lindsley
Spokane
Oscar Cain
Walla
Shaw declines Frohman invitation to New York for Christmas
George Bernard Shaw delivers caustic remarks on Americans fleeing to London, arguing that going to America is like stepping back two centuries in civilization. He jokes about being three centuries old and states he would consider Heaven only if guaranteed work, but he prefers moving forward.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Charles Frohman
New York
Shaw
America
Ireland
Dean Swift
Pepy
Heaven
Government elevators urged by Manitoba grain growers
Brandon Manitoba December 15 The Manitoba Grain Growers Association met in annual convention to press for creating government owned grain storage elevators and to urge the legislature to take steps to establish them.
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Brandon
Man
Manitoba Grain Growers’ Association
Orondo Irrigation Company Incorporated
A meeting held yesterday at Orondo by stockholders formed the Orondo Irrigation Company. Plans call for a pumping plant near J. B. Smith’s property to irrigate about 25 dollars per acre. Officers are J. B. Smith president H. E. Farwell secretary Rufus Woods treasurer. Trustees listed as Swartwood Perkins Smith Farwell Woods.
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Orondo
Orondo Irrigation Company
J. B. Smith
H. E. Farwell
Rufus Woods
H. N. Swartwood
S. A. Perkins
Palace Hotel Opens in San Francisco Restoration Celebration
Hundreds visit the new Palace hotel on Market Street as San Francisco marks a major rehabilitation milestone. The grand structure, rebuilt after the 1906 fire, hosts two banquets with Governor Gillette, Mayor Taylor and others attending. A second banquet invites 3000 guests from the Pacific coast.
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San Francisco
New Palace
Market Street
Gillette
Taylor
George A. Knight
Pacific Coast
Special short term rates debut at Bixler's Studio
Bixler's Studio launches limited time special rates to attract new clients. Offer highlights affordable sessions and introductory pricing for photography and portrait work across multiple packages.
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Bixler
Henry Osterman Faces Wife’s Quest After Detroit Spending
A Chicago wife awaits Henry Osterman the Car Equipment Co president West Pullman homecoming to explain a rash spree in Detroit. She cites paying eight quarts champagne giving away four twenty dollar bills to a bell boy and street urchin and lighting two twenty dollar notes. She demands answers about the strange charity and behavior and denies prior similar acts.
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Chicago
Henry C. Osterman
Car Equipment Company
West Pullman
Detroit
Henry
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L. M. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Wenatchee, Wash
Theo. Otto
Nelson
P. Nelson
Flexible Flyer
Wells & Morris
Wenatchee
Chelan County Realty Company
Halbert
Keiser’s Cafe
Keiser
245
Lang’s
First and
Second Street North
Chelan and Mission
Wenatchee Business College
Farmer's Hall OF From
Manila
Federal
Baker
Mr. Baker
Felix Pugh
Frank Rees
Walla Walla
E. D. Gilson
Ritzville
Urbana
Ill
Cyrus Hall McCormick
University of Illinois
College of Agriculture
Hall of Fame
Mr. McCormick
James N. Brown
Illinois State Board of Agriculture
Isaac Funk
Jonathan B. Turner
McCormick
Deneen
Lawrence W. Noyes
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Charles P. Mills
Eugene Davenport
Edmund J. James
Muriel McCormick
John
Manitoba Grain Growers
Orondo Irrigation Company Incorporated
Palace Hotel
The
Entiat Light&Power Company
Columbia Valley Bank
Edward Collins
Santa Claus
Saint Nick
Bwewatchee
Wash
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