Good Roads Movement Grows in Eastern Washington
Eastern Washington sees rising good roads associations in Yakima and Spokane counties. Businessmen and ranchers cooperate to cut transportation costs, with Spokane noting macadamized highways as vital to Inland Empire growth. Chelan also plans a public meeting to push action while Chelan’s tax roll nears ten million dollars.
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Washington
Yakima
Spokane
Spokane Chronicle
Inland Empire
County of
Spokane County Good Roads Association
Chelan County
This Date in History December 17 entries
A list of historical events and birthdays on December 17 across years: Jonathan Meigs born in 1734, John Greenleaf Whittier born 1807, the Victoria Bridge train crossing in 1859, Bernadotte’s death in 1860, federal troops in Baton Rouge 1862, bread riots and gold value in 1875, Stephen Elkins as secretary of war in 1891, Cleveland Venezuela message in 1895, and the 1908 Turkish constitution taking effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Bernardine Desiree Bernadotte
Sweden
Stockholm
Marseilles
France
Baton Rouge
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Cleveland
Congress
Venezuela
Court House BLOTTER and Local Notices
Court notices record assignments of mortgages deeds and powers of attorney from Wenatchee area. The list covers transfers for several lenders and borrowers, including Tumwater Savings Bank and Minneapolis Trust Co, with both releases and new cases. Names include Franz Freund Joseph R. Jacoby and Stephen T. Miller. Also notes residents planning in Wenatchee and temporary movers.
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Franz Freund
Lamb- Davis Lbr. Co
Joseph R. HH. Jacoby
Northwest Imp. Co
James H. McEvoy
Chas
N. Hastings
Wm._ T. Burns
D. W. Hastings
Minneapolis Trust Co
Alex McNeil
Duoghaind in Nicaragua Prisons Dominates News
Reports from Bluefields say a terror reign in Managua with 500 political prisoners starved on 2 cents daily. Zelaya seeks to mock US by staging anti American moves while Creel in Washington offers Mexican good offices and notes Central American unity via evolution to a united state.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Managua
Zelaya
America
Ameilo Estrada
Julian Irias
Leon
Chinandega
Irias
Washington
Enrique Creel
State Department
Senor Creel
Mexico
United States
Central America
United States of
Reading Room Funds Hit by Kinetoscope Plans
Mrs. Greenman who oversaw the event laments reduced funds for the Reading Room as the W C T U seeks money. Her next plan is a straight kinetoscope show featuring only funny pictures to attract donors.
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Miss Spaulding
McCally
Li Hung Chang
Wenatchee
McCally's
Greenman
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Daily World
World-Advancernd-Advance Publishing Company
Rufus Woods
W. S. Trimble
Chas. E. Stohl
Daily World Building
Farmers
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Valley
J. J. Browne
M. Horan
Guy C. Browne
Frank D. Case
Charles E Owens. Cashier
Jonathan Meigs
Middletown
Conn
Lower Canada
Quebec
John Greenleaf Whittier
St. Lawrence
Victoria Bridge
Montreal
New York
Court House
Peshastin Land Co
Tumwater Savings
Hampton
Robillard, Jr
Deed
Thomas Henderson
Oliver M. Brownfield
Robert Kinzel
Ezra Brinker
H. R. Campbell
T. Larsen
Ira Green
A. J. Amos
Chas. F. Wallace
S. F. Hudson
George Mead
John D. Dill
George W. Briskey
Leavenworth Logging, Boom & Power Company
Samuel Gulick
J. L. Shelton
W. O. Parr
Bush, Cyrus
Beeke, O. K
Campbell, Mm
Colton, Miss Ida
Cole, George
Coston, Ray
Dawson, Edd
Frees, Leonard M
Hamilton
Kritze
Lund
Ingeborg
Lynn, Mr
Wenatchee Improvement Co
Okle Larene Armstrong
Geo. A. Armstrong
Armstrongs
Mt. Air, Iowa
T. F. Lewis
Seattle
Morton’s
Groves
Zela
Corinto
Senor Creek
Dominion
Ottawa
Ont
Bixler
McCallys
Elks Hall
Mrs
Buckeye Grocery
Pearl Grocery Shade & Parshall’s
Delmonico
Santa Claus
Howard
Waltham
Elgin
H. L. Wiester
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