Local ads and social notes from a Washington town
Special ten day sale on hot water bottles syringes and rubber goods at Economy Drug Store. J J Eyer offers ice skate sharpening at 32 Mission Street. C N Meredith hosts a Saturday social with out of town guests Bergin Sparks Herbert Eckart and William Johnson. Christmas dinner hosted by John Thornhill with multiple family members. We Natchee Drug Company invites prescriptions to be correctly filled.
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J. J. Eyer’s
Mission Street
C. N. Meredith
Bergin Sparks
Ephrata
Herbert Eckart
Seattle
George Parks
Bernard
Walter C. Thornhill
Ruth Larson
Wenatchee Drug Company
Malaga Christmas: Santa’s tumble and a trail of gifts
Christmas brought trees at each school and homes with a short program. Santa’s team bolted near Stemilt creek losing most of his load before a search recovered him and many presents. A jug of spirits vanished. other items were found. Includes classified notes: Milch Cow for sale and a girl wanted for second work.
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Malaga
Santa Claus
Colockum
Stemilt Creek
Santa
Prowell Ranch
Malaga community gathers for Christmas and travels
Malaga residents recount Christmas celebrations at local ranches and in Wenatchee and Stemilt hill. Mr. and Mrs. Vaale return from three months touring Oregon South Dakota Iowa Pennsylvania noting hard times east and hope to settle locally. Bobcat hunt by Corcoran and Mead highlights young sportsmanship as depot talks and Adventist school concert accompany routine holiday events.
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A. L. Smart
Mr. Vaale
Chas. B. Reed
Leland Cook Ranch
Colockum
J. A. Rippey
J. E .van Demark
Stemilt Hill
Adventists’ School of
Malaga
A. L. Pratten
Wenatchee
F. E. Kingsbury
Rev
Ludlum
Cashmere
Marcus Aurelius
Fire destroys Waterville home. insured loss reported
In Waterville Washington on December 28 a fire destroyed the residence owned by William Crisp and occupied by Roy Russell. The origin is unknown but a bed and chairs were saved and the property loss is covered by insurance. Mr and Mrs Russell had attended the opera house dance nearby.
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Waterville
Wash
William Crisp
Roy Russell
Origin of Almack's Club Name Explained
The original Almack's in London began as a tavern started by Lord Bute's butler McCall. His plan to name it McCall's was deemed ruinous due to Scotsman perception, so he agreed to keep the name Almack's. The current Almack's club later adopted the historic title.
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Almack’s
Almack’s Club
London
Willis Rooms
Lord Bute
McCall
Literal thirst for work in a bluffing lawyer scene
A lawyer in a social gathering hurries away claiming a case at home to absorb every detail. A companion quips it is a case of beer, echoing a humorous misinterpretation from the Baltimore American.
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Baltimore American
Lincoln assassination paper goes to a collector
Proprieter L Chaney of the Palace barber shop holds a New York Herald issue dated April 15 1865 valued for its war relic content. The paper details Lincolns assassination and Civil War events. Chaney refuses big offers and preserves the issue. Also local real estate purchases by Esham and Tigner brothers spark Elberta settlement in the valley.
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R. L. Chaney
Th ‘Palace
New York Herald
Chaney
Louis
Lincoln
Jeff Davis
Danville
Rosser
Fitzhugh Lee
Lee
Grant
Sherman
Raleigh
Mobile
Stanton
James Gordon Bennett
Elberta
Mel
Mose Esham
Elberia
Dr. Miller
Samuel Neher
Sunnyslope
Tigner
Water Power Sites in Tumwater Canyon Face Conservation Clash
The Tumwater canyon region is praised as a top undeveloped water power site in the west yet faces development by the Great Northern with a $1,000,000 plant to power trains and a future tunnel through the Cascades. Foresters Pinchot and conservationists push to conserve sites, opposing speculation by power interests led by figures tied to Edison and major Pacific coast companies. James J. Hill is named as a potent counterforce.
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Tumwater Canyon
Great Northern Railway
Cascades
Forester Pinchot
Sinclair
Los Angeles
Edison
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
California
Pacific Coast
James J. Hill
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
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H. Holdt
York Herald
Wics
Blanche Hudson
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