Local Briefs Highlight Wenatchee Social and Commerce
Various notices from Wenatchee address community life including sales at Russell and Berger's stores, a 1907 remnant wallpaper sale, and a 30 percent discount on Kodak goods. Community groups meet at the Modern Woodmen hall and W C T U plans, with residents traveling to Seattle for a game and visits between Leavenworth and Wenatchee.
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Vendome Cafe
Red Cross
Red Cross Pharmacy
Russell
Towner
N. D
Berger's
Wenatchee Avenue
Modern Woodmen of America
Power Hall
Sloan Goes to Jail Not Guilty by Insanity Verdict
Spokane December 27 Sidney Sloan who killed his father is ordered to Walla Walla penitentiary by Judge Huneke. The court finds his insanity permanent and dangerous to the community and rules the warden is not bound by his methods of treatment. Sloan showed a change in mood after the verdict.
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Spokane
Sidney Sloan
Sloane
W. A. Huneke
Walla Walla Penitentiary
Abduction dispute erupts over daughter marriage
In Richmond Virginia a farmer R S Chandler obtained a license for his daughter to marry Rich ard Elam and forced the wedding. Walcom Elam with twenty armed neighbors surrounded Chandler's house and recovered Elam, who filed an abduction warrant against the Chandlers.
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Chicago
The
Tribune
Richmond
R. S. Chandler
Bridgetown
Richard Elam
Young Elam
Bessie Chandler
Walcom Elam
Chandler
Elam
Chandlers
Building of the World's Largest Dam
Washington December 27 The Salt River project in Arizona draws broad interest as the nations greatest dam rises 294 feet high and 800 feet long. Roosevelt dam will tame the Salt River, create the largest artificial lake, and endure as a monumental federal reclamation effort. Phoenix grows ambitious as the project expands the metropolitan area around a thriving agricultural region.
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Washington ,D. C
Salt River
Arizona
C. J. Blaichard
Reclamation Service
West
Roosevelt
Salt River Valley
Pheenix
Uncle Sam
Blinding Snowstorm Widespread Across England
London reports two inches of snow as a blinding storm grips much of England. Early advisories from rural districts indicate snow depths are increasing and travel is disrupted across the countryside.
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London
Coast Mail and Rail Disrupted by Drifts and Storms
Severe drifting halts mail delivery and rail traffic. Coast wrecks mount as several schooners are lost in blinding snow. The steamer Hazel Dine struck a rock and sank near Clonghey.
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Hazeldine
Clonghey
Blair County Pioneer Elizabeth Stalker Turns 106
Mrs Elizabeth Stalker of Williamsburg Blair county celebrated her 106th birthday with telegrams of congratulations including one from President Roosevelt. She is noted as a pioneer of Blair county and was honored in Hollidaysburg on December 27.
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Hollidaysburg
Elizabeth Stalker
Wil
Roosevelt
Robbers Crack Post Office Safe in Warrenton Heist
In Warrenton Missouri today robbers cracked the local post office safe and stole 1200 dollars worth of stamps and 400 cases. United States Marshal Mersey and a posse are pursuing the thieves.
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Warrentown
United States
Mersey
New York Life Grand Jury Called to Clear Investigation
A special grand jury session was convened in New York this afternoon to resolve the New York Life inquiry. Several bookkeepers from the company were examined and a report is expected Friday.
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New York
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Veni Cate
Thomas
John A. Gellarly
Wenatchee Drug Cots
Thomas the Jeweler
J. S. Mooney
Ralph Conner
Wenatchee Ave
Russell's
Charles E. Martin
Seattle
David Sullivan
Mr. Martin
Rebekah Lodge
4. O. O. F. Hall
Wiisses Eva
Edna Tedford
Rosenbery Building
Hardman
Wenatchee Sut
Howard Thomas
J. B. Mills
Rosenberg Block
Orondo
P. O
Bixler
First Street North
Bath
Washington Street
I. N. Johnson
Leavenworth
Thomas Davis
Davis
Maud Boblett
Rose Stearns
Ellis-Forde Company
Boblett
Quincy
Gabriel Renner
Emma Stark
Mountain View
Wash
George Brown
Monitor
Wenatchee Central
Wenatchee ‘Drug
McCready
Sloan
Philadelphia Optical College
England
Wenatchee
Columbia Valley Bank
Old Strong Bank
Wenatchee, Wash
Liamsburg
Blair County
New York Life
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