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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
2
Billy Wheeler, a popular gardener, refuses to work for his board unless Folger's Golden Gate Coffee is served to him. He says the preferred beverage is essential to his duties and productivity.
Spokane reports that New York Chicago and Spokane capitalists back the People's Portland Cement company with 2 million dollars to build a 2000 barrel plant at Squawbay Lake Pend Oreille 60 miles northeast of Spokane. Arthur S Ford and H A Groth announce contracts for a steel and concrete plant with three kilns to start next August. The facility will employ 100 workers and cement will be sold in Spokane at about 2 dollars a barrel. The project includes 350 acres of limestone lands and a new concrete town near the mill site. In a separate note Ellis Whitman a parolee from the state penitentiary writes from Easton thanking supporters and pledging an honest life.
A compact ad lists HomeMade Sweetness items including Fern Mixed Candy Ib Full Cream Mixed Chocolate Cream Gophers Fancy Crimp Candy Crystal Mixed-Choice and Mixed Nuts with prices 20c 23c and 15c, presenting a small catalog of provisions and confections.
Three hundred seventy five Spokane grade school teachers vote for a 12 month salary and a 20 percent raise to replace the nine month scale. The Spokane Grade Teachers Association backs the campaign and warns that schools could close if demands are denied. A petition signed by all teachers and by parents will be filed in January as part of a peaceful educational effort. The rise in living costs is cited as the main reason.
Spokane report: Florence Pretz, creator of Billiken, declines a Spokane booster fund of 1000 dollars or more to support her art studies, saying she will study in Philadelphia next winter and pay her own tuition. She notes no false pride and aims to travel by her own means. Also featured: Bliss Electric advertises a three in one curling iron heater teapot flatiron for cold feet usable as a foldable device.
J M Pierce closed a $19 000 deal with Wenatchee parties for 320 acres south of J D Beard's, enabling spring cultivation. The Ephrata Journal notes the transaction as among the town's most significant land deals in weeks.
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