Wenatchee Post Office Classified Notice
Entry indicates second class matter status at the Wenatchee Washington post office.
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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
4
Entry indicates second class matter status at the Wenatchee Washington post office.
The piece urges federal action to ban futures gambling in cotton, wheat, and other commodities. It argues such fictitious pricing disrupts wages, living costs, and industry, and predicts calmer markets and less sensational reporting if the practice ends.
Chelan county moves to issue 200000 in bonds to improve main highways and fund local improvement clubs around Wenatchee. The plan aims to curb maintenance costs versus bond interest and boost road beauty with shade trees, parking strips, and organized civic effort.
Newton Cartwright, master mechanic in charge of repairs on gunboats Buffalo and Vicksburg at Corinto, reports pitiful government troops. Soldiers are fed coarse corn, many under 18, with one company led by a 14 year old. Desertions are frequent and conscription is used to maintain ranks.
San Francisco dispatch reports IWW banners in Spokane accusing Citizens Alliance and local officials of suppressing free speech. The flyer cites mass arrests, denied writs, police brutality, and press confiscation, urging meetings, boycotts, and volunteers to defend rights.
Senator Wesley L. Jones introduces a measure to create a five member commission to study an exposition in 1913 marking the emancipation proclamation fiftieth anniversary with a $5000 appropriation. Related bills in the House seek a seven member panel and other reforms while a separate note mentions a coyote incident near a settlement amid heavy snow.
In a law and motion day session Judge Grimshaw hears motions on cases and sets the court calendar for the upcoming jury term starting next week with many outside lawyers in town.
Dr. John McNaugher born December 30 1857 in Allegheny Pennsylvania marks his 52nd birthday. He studied at Newell Institute in Pittsburg Westminster College and Xenia Theological Seminary and pursued further study in Edinburgh before his 1885 ordination. He served briefly in Frederickburg Ohio then joined Allegheny Theological Seminary faculty in 1887 and became a noted Presbyterian writer.
List of remaining unclaimed letters for the week ending December 28, 1909 at Wenatchee post office. Names include T. E. Alexander, A. J. Brown, Ezra Brushin, H. W. Caplette, J. R. Chase, Ralph Chase, W. H. Clem, Mrs. S. J. Coulter, Ruth Cripe, Ruth Clark, John Davis, Richard Dick, John Flaraty, L. J. Gibson, John Griffiths, Lundy Hatfield, Homer Hunt, R. L. Hughes, Edward James, I. H. Lemasters, Jas. McDonald, Lee Meyers, Milan Miller, Mrs. Harry Mooney, O. H. Newton, O. Parks, Grace Penrose, C. J. Ross, Lonnie Suksdorf, Jack Taylor, Andrey Thomason. Callers must say advertised. L. M. Hull P. M.
Spokane reports David Hades and W Edwin Jones linked to I W W activities after walking from San Francisco and pretending to be rail workers. Both admitted roles with a Portland Seattle railroad pass scheme. Justice Mann sentenced them and eight others to 30 days on the rock pile and fines of 100 dollars for vagrancy. Michael Cruzon also joined stonebreakers after talking with prisoners, under a new misdemeanor law on jail communications.
A large double tenement on Elmont avenue caught fire today injuring more than twenty people, possibly five fatally. Six injured were firemen overcome by smoke while rescuing occupants. A family of five was found unconscious and helped to safety, and about a dozen people were taken to hospitals.
The snapshiret notes King Manuel of Portugal visiting King Edward in London in search of a princess bride. It mentions three royal misses and the youthful king, with the Prince of Wales also present in the carriage.
A golden eagle and a coyote fought in traps set by Ned Morrison. The eagle, crippled by a left claw trap, died after release and will be mounted. The coyote, the largest seen in eastern Washington, bore wounds from the struggle. Morrison witnessed the final moments of the encounter.
In New York on December 30 Miss Louise Taft, niece of the president, married George H. Snowden of Seattle at the Taft residence with the president as a guest.
Public notices list numerous property transfers deeds mortgages satisfactions and affidavits including A Vasa Epps A Vana Thad Neubauer Diederich H Kimple Minnie L Kimple Ralph W Orr George W Lockwood Harrison Bender Wash L Assn Euloria Van Valkenburgh Pearl Holcomb Alfred L Hill and others with amounts from $1 to $4500 and various releases and satisfactions filed in the court house blotter.
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