Wheat blockade partly broken at Wenatchee
The Wenatchee river wheat trade shows partial relief as C and UV boats haul grain downstream. About 300000 bushels lie along riverbanks between Bridgeport and Wenatchee with another quarter of a million held for spring shipments. The Pringle and other boats reduce operations due to low river water.
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Wenachtee
Great Northern
Davies
Wenatchee
Pringle
Orondo
T. A. Davies
Columbia
Chelan
North Star
Wenatchee Milling Company
Quincy
Ephrata
Bridgeport
Tramway
Turmoil in Riga as troops clash with revolutionaries
Reports from Riga say bloody street battles between troops and united peasantry and workmen have occurred. In the countryside landlords, aided by loyalists, defend property while revolutionists conduct military operations. A provisional government has formed, Riga eyed as Baltic capital, with barricades and fires.
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ST. Petersburg
Riga
Baron von Loewiss
Black Nashvillians Plan Automobile Streetcar System
Black residents of Nashville refuse to ride in the city streetcar section under the Jim Crow law and seek a self run automobile transit. They negotiate with World’s Fair Automobile Co to buy fifteen large electric vehicles seating twenty each for an all Black system with fares matching streetcars. William Fay, manager, travels from Nashville to finalize the deal as Black leaders envision expanding rolling stock if successful.
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Nashville
World’s Fair Automobile Company
William Fay
The
Automobile Company
Chemical
Percy Walker to Tour Memphis and Texas Trip
Percy Walker leaves tomorrow night for Memphis Tennessee then visits Le Grange Georgia with friends. He plans a Texas stop and a stay in New Orleans, returning to Wenatchee in spring via Denver and Salt Lake City.
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Percy Walker
Memphis
Tenn
le Grange
Georgia
Texas
New Orleans
Wenatchee
Denver
Salt Lake City
Anna Held Describes Frick Dinner as Hot Stuff
Paris dispatch reports Anna Held recounting a December Pittsburgh dinner hosted by Frick at the Delanoine Club. She says William E Corey warned of revelations about prominent Pittsburgh men and that guests were loud and drunken, with Frick present and one guest tearing clothing during the event.
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Anna Held
FRICK
Paris
Anna
William E- Corey
American Steel Trust
Pittsburg
Witch Annis Hevisang
Zivg Corey
Dalinesne Club
Bowes
Tsang
Anul
Miss Lillian Marr Returns From East Visit
Miss Lillian Marr a stenographer and beekeeper for Arthur Gann returned yesterday from a two months visit with friends in the east.
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Lillian Marr
Athur Gann
East
Standard Oil Wins Panama Canal Zone Pipeline Privilege
Controversy between Governor Magoon and President Amador ends with Amador granting Standard Oil exclusive rights to lay a Colon to Panama pipeline through the canal zone and a parallel line from Boyea s Del Toro to David, raising possible complications.
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Washingtons
Magoon
Canal Zone
Amador
Panama
Standard Oil Company
Colon
Standard
Boyeas del Toro
David
Garrett to Lose El Paso Customs Post After White House Visit
Pat Garrett longtime Roosevelt friend and famous for killing Billy the Kid will not be reappointed customs collector in El Paso after a controversial visit to the White House. He accompanied Tom Powers, former owner of a Coney island saloon gambling house, to discuss business and was later exposed by the president.
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EL Paso
Tex
Pat Garrett
Roosevelt
West
Billy
Kid
Washington
Tom Powers
Coney [S
Garrett
Rough Rider
San Antonio
Powers
Rural land and homes offered for sale near Cashmere
Suxy acres forty five acres good fruit land fifteen acres fine timber 200 bearing apple and peach trees 160 young trees two years old 25 acres alfalfa four miles from Cashmere with rural delivery school house on property ten room plastered house fine well large barn 20 inch water right under good ditch price 5000 Half cash balance four years at eight per cent G A Virtue Seattle Dwelling six rooms and bath price 1600 Half cash Mooney and Co two houses rent 353 etc
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Cashmere
G. A. Virtue
Boston
Seattle
Wash
Mooney and Co
J. S. Mooney and Co
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Bloomington
Ill
Shiddletown
Logan County
Morris Allen
White
ST. Louis
Nashvile
Jim Jrow
Standard Oil
Arthur Gunn
Bousquet & Holm
E. F. Sprague Co
Rockers
Cobler
Oak
Justin
E.F. Sprague
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