American Recruits Executed in Nicaragua Had No Torture
Reports say Groce and Cannon, American recruits in Zelaya’s insurgent army, were not tortured before execution. The state department had the facts a month earlier. Cannon survived multiple wounds but died seconds later. Grace died instantly.
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Managua
Groce
Cannon
Zelaya
State Department
Washington
Grace
Cannnon
Medita
Mason
Apple Show Move Proposed to Chicago by Editor
Cashmere December 28 editor argues for holding a national apple show in Chicago to centralize access and expose eastern visitors to western fruit. He says the move would boost cross region awareness and draw large crowds from the east and middle west, while letting attendees connect with old eastern and midwest roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily World
Chicago
East
West
Middle West
Eleven Newfoundland Schooners Lost in Christmas Blizzard
A severe Christmas blizzard swept Newfoundland for six days, believed to have sunk eleven schooners and left crews totaling about fifty men missing. The widespread destruction affected coastal communities across the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John, N. F
New Foundland
Washington Weather Tonight and Thursday Forecast
A storm system brings rain or snow tonight with a mix across the region. Thursday will be warmer with southeasterly winds and a milder feel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
No meeting held as council quorum unavailable
Last night the city council did not meet because several members were out of town and a quorum could not be secured. Next Tuesday the newly elected council will be inducted, the present council will wrap up unfinished business, then adjourn. The new regime is not expected to enact radical changes.
Wenatchee Realty Purchases Lot for Brick Building
Wenatchee Realty & Investment buys a 50 by 120 foot lot east of the Russell Plough building from Walter M. Olive and C H Black for a two story brick structure. The $15 000 project features pressed brick front with a single large lower store room and a tenant secured. Construction starts when weather permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee Realty & Investment Company
Russell-Plough
Walter M. Olive
C. H. Black
Private car gift to Costello from Great Northern
Seattle December 29 The Great Northern presented M J Costello assistant traffic manager with a luxurious private car. He returned from St Paul with the gift and praised it as the largest and costliest ever given him. The car includes a state room and shower bath facilities. Local railroad men say the present honors his unflagging work for the Hill road.
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Seattle
Great Northern
M. J. Costello
Costello
St. Paul
Northwestern railroads withdraw wage conference offer
The northwestern railroads withdrew their pledge to follow the Chicago wage conference decision and reemploy strikers as openings arise. Strikers await a Washington conference Friday between President Perham of the Railway Telegraphers Union and interstate commerce commission members. Miss Martha K Look leaves for Seattle after visiting the Chelan Bissett family. Mr. and Mrs. T J Templeton also in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Northwestern Railroads
Chicago
Washington
Perham
Railway Telegraphers’ Union
Interstate Commerce Commission
Martha K. Look
Seattle
C. P. Bissetts
Chelan
Wenatchee Wedding Prank Sparks Local Debate on Prohibition
Old Wenatchee football player Montz Johnson married a bride December 19. A chariot party fired an old rifle at a dirt wall that proved to be a neighbor’s residence, causing damage and alarm. Mayor Gellatly singles out prohibition’s mixed results. Wenatchee population and new buildings rise while arrests drop, prompting pride and dry-town pride amid a crowded Yakima theatre talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Wenatchee
Chaiivari
Bride
Wagner Narrowly Escapes Death in Blizzard Rescue
Pittsburg December 29 Hans Wagner the Pittsburg shortstop narrowly escaped death in a blizzard Sunday night while trying to move his automobile back to his chicken farm. The auto balked on a steep hill and a relief party found him up to his neck in a snow drift too overcome to escape. Mr and Mrs William McMullen returned today from Seattle where they spent Christmas.
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Pittsburg
Hans Wagner
Wagner
Mrs. Wm. McMullen
Seattle
Plan 10 Build 10 Coast Railroad Extension
North Coast railroad plans work west of North Yakima next month to secure land as the line extends from Spokane toward the Cascades. The Harriman route aims for terminals in Portland Tacoma Seattle Bellingham and Vancouver with ties to Union Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound. A Spokane to Lander Wyoming extension is funded and Milwaukee and North Coast may join a Tacoma Portland crossing of the Columbia River at Vancouver Washington.
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Seattle
North Coast Railroad
Pacific Coast Extension
Chicago & Northwestern
North Yakima
Walla Walla
Spokane
North Coast
Portland
Tacoma
Bellingham
Vancouver
Cascades
Rattlesnake River
Cowlitz Pass
Cowlitz River
Olequa
Harriman
Union Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Lander
Wyo
Milwaukee and North Coast
Tacoma-Portland
Columbia
Prominent Nebraska Figures Visit for Apple Prices
A Nebraska party led by ex Gov Savage J S Kemp and Will Haywards arrived to review investment prospects and apple prices. Kemp offered to buy apples for the crowd but paid only ten cents, prompting playful blame from the governor for bad billiards shots at Aldren's place.
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Kemp
Aldren
Divorce Granted by Default in Jackson Hull Case
Martha E. Hull obtained a divorce from Jackson Hull by default after he did not appear. The couple, married seven years, own a ten acre tract on Okanogan avenue and separated by mutual consent earlier. Grounds cited cruelty. Reeves & Reeves represented the plaintiff.
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Martha E. Hull
Grimshaw
Jackson Hull
Okanogan Avenue
Reeves & Reeves
Fireman Selborne Johnstone Files First Papers
Selborne Johnstone aged 28 a fireman on the Great Northern filed his first papers today before County Clerk Campbell. Johnstone comes from Wiveliscombe England.
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Selborne Johnstone
Great Northern
Campbell
Mr. Johnstone
Wivelisconde
England
Ex-Governor Savages Bite Into Ten Cent Apples
Ex Governor Savage of Nebraska buys a twelfth of a dozen apples at Duffy's and pays a dime each. Local boosters boast of trees yielding 25 boxes of ten cent apples annually. He notes a potential acre yield of $25,000 and remarks on price differences between hometown and St Paul.
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Savage
Nebraska
Duffy's
Missouri
Harry Taylor
St. Paul
Northern Pacific Surveys Ritzville Ellensburg Cutoff
Two 33 man Northern Pacific survey parties are sent to Ellensburg Washington to map a Lind cutoff extension. The Lind plan shifts the Spokane Seattle main line 100 miles closer, steering toward Ritzville while bridging toward Lind and Milwaukee boxed route. The Ritzville Ellensburg alignment will create a north south cutoff and convert the older main line into a branch on completion.
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Seattle
Northern Pacific
Ellensburg
Wash
Ritzville
Spokane
Lind
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
Sheriffs Association Plans Tougher Measures at North Yakima Meeting
Washington State Sheriffs Association officers plan reforms to curb crime. They advocate whipping post for wife beaters, four year terms, and a state pension for widows of fallen sheriffs. The annual meeting at North Yakima January 18 aims to unify county officers and promote peace.
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Commonwealth
Washington State Sheriffs’ Association
North Yakima
J. E. Ferguson
Chelan County
Association
Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers Hold Audit Meeting
Stockholders of the Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers association meet in the commercial club rooms for a business session to hear the auditing committee report on the association books. Cashmere growers attend in good numbers and the meeting is well attended.
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Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers Association
Survey Crews Work Near Wenatchee on Great Northern Route
East side surveying team along the Wenatchee river remains at work while planners expect their removal in a few days. A second crew further upstream will continue for an extended period.
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Great Northern
Wenatchee
Mrs Kiser Hosts Six O Clock Dinner With Friends
Mrs C F Kiser entertained a small gathering at a 6 o'clock dinner Tuesday noon. Attendees included Mesdames C Stuart G W Johnson H Long L Wendell C F Kiser C F Brown A Sinclair P May Pick nell Kenneth Roberts and Misses D Kaber Neis Winston Kiser Marvin Stuart and Russel Sinclair.
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C. F. Kiser
Mesdames
C. Stuart
G. W. Johnson
H. Long
L. Wendell
C. F. Brown
A. Sinclair
P. May, Picknell
Kenneth and Roberts
D. Kaber
Neis
Winston Kiser
Marvin Stuart
Russel Sinclair
Ephrata Lands To Be Offered By Local Firm
The Ephrata Orchard Homes Company plans to market about 900 acres near Ephrata Grant County seat. Beard's First addition will go on sale first come first served from Wenatchee and Ephrata offices with hopes prices double soon amid a strong wheat market and irrigation prospects.
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Ephrata Orchard Homes Company
Holm & Graves
Columbia Valley Bank
L. V. Wells
R. F. Holm
E. A. Nichols
Ephrata
Grant County
Beard
Great Northern Railway
Wenatchee
Spokane
Postoffice Receipts Show City Growth in 1909
Post office receipts for October to December 1908 and December 24 1909 total 6042 23 dollars. The gain over last year runs about 31 percent and Postmaster Hull projects annual business at 20000 dollars with a 25 percent rise. He notes gains have never fallen below 20 percent since taking office and predicts continued growth.
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Hull
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Cashmere
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A. S. Burbank
Washington Weather
Transact
Wenatchee Realty & Invest
Ment Company
Orondo Avenue
Northern
Railroad
Wihoram
Mrs
T. J. Templeton
Gellatly
North
Yakima
Charivari
Montz Johnson
John A. Gellatly
Yakima Theatre
Armbruster
Him
MAY
Seattle Report
Ments IN the Valley—Sur
J. S. Kemp
Will
Haywards
Tween Coast
Sheriffs’ Association
Serters
Mrs. Kiser
Tphrata
Messrs. Holm
Wells and
Nichols
Els
Postofeige
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