Spirit of the Golden West festival expands statewide in Oregon
Portland's Rose Festival, inaugurated last June, will June jubilee draw statewide and feature a grand street pageant open to all Oregon communities with prizes, cash awards, and trophy cups. Nearby events include church services led by Rev I T Raab and Rev J Robertson Macartney, a big furniture sale, and local society news from Wenatchee and Moses Lake trips.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Rose City
The
Presbyterian Church
I. T. Raab
Cashmere
Raab
J. Robertson Macartney
Bellingham
Chelan County Horticultural Session Tops Convention
The Chelan County Horticultural Association opened its convention with about fifty members present. A Cashmere delegation arrived and more are expected tomorrow. The next session likely moves to Cashmere within the next weeks. The county adopts a county auxiliary system to educate and coordinate exhibits, with Wenatchee praised for leadership and calls for harmonious cooperation to control fair displays.
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Chelan County
Wenatchee
Pacific Northwest
Chas. B. Reed
High Prices for the Canning Products Boost Local Growth
Spokane Canning Co president W H Stanley plans plant expansion to 1 250 000 cans and will pay growers $1.50 a ton for tomatoes, up from $8 in 1907, covering 259 acres expected to yield 2 590 tons. John S Hughes notes this as the highest contract price seen, signaling profitability and possible cooperative canning ventures in Spokane Valley.
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Spokane
W. H. Stanley
Spokane Canning Co
Spokane Valley
John S. Hughes
National Canners’ Association
Baltimore
United States
Brief Bright Spots From the Upper Valley
Dear Editor remarks about local coverage sparking a discussion from Entiat. The note mentions the Mennonites finishing a two week meeting at Gaines schoolhouse and a quiet Rosling Creek with a past schoolteacher incident. An advertisement notes lace curtains worth up to 2.50, now one dollar at Wenatchee Furniture Co.
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Gaines
Rosling Creek
Case Company
Wenatchee Furniture Company
Question of City Extension Put to People Petition
A petition of 105 voters asks for annexation of land between 5th and 6th streets east from Miller street to the river. City council will draft an ordinance and call for an election amid a likely warm dispute between annexation supporters and opponents.
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Miller Street
Bryan and Harmon Tops at Democratic State Meet
In Columbus Ohio February 18 the Democratic state central committee convened with many members pledging support for William J Bryan for president and Judson Harmon of Cincinnati for vice president. Bryan arrived from Indianapolis greeted by Ohio legislators and hosted by Colonel Kilbourne at Calumbus. He spoke to the legislature on bank guarantees and planned a Memorial Hall dinner with the topic The Point of View. Democrats from across the state attended the event.
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Columbus
Ohio
Democratic State Central Committee
Mr. Bryan
Judson Harmon
Cincinnati
Wm. J. Bryan
Indianapolis
London
Caluabus
Kilbourne
Bryan
Memorial Hall
Kemp Heads to Quincy for Land Contest Suit
Fred Kemp left today for Quincy where he engages in a land contest suit with representation by James E. Keane. Attorney Ludington of the same firm departed for Beap Lake on professional business.
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Fred Kemp
Quincy
James E. Keane
Attorney Ludington
Beap Lake
Funeral for C F Horton Held at Baptist Church
A funeral service for C F Horton was held Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. at the Baptist church in Wenatchee. Horton and his wife and daughter moved here last November seeking better health from Iowa. He died after a brief illness. A large Odd Fellows presence attended. Rev E O Jessup led the service with Rev Kirkendall assisting, praising Hortons character and faith. The church placed flowers on his casket and the minister reflected on biblical verses.
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Baptist Church
F. Horton
Wenatchee
Iowa
Horton
East Wenatchee
E. O. Jessup
Kirkendall
Deacon Horton
Abraham
Jessup
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Odd Fellows Hall
Coats
Wiester's
J. M. Cunningham
World Advance Publishing Company
World Advance Job Department
Golden West
Messrs. C. E. Owens
Guy Browne
W. W. Downe
G. W. Rossi
Harry Jones
Moses Lake Country
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T. A. Hilton
Mrs
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Okanogan’ Street
Wenatchee Drug Store
Wenatchee Furniture Co
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Rev
Adams
Orondo
Westers
E. B. Yocum
Chelan Avenue
Ladies of the Baptist Church
W. E. Hinman
Sam Sumner
Sumner
C. E. Buttles
Frank Case
G. W. Russi
H. R. Parshall
Apa. Bousquet
G. Whitson
S. D. Gilman
John Gellatly
Flora Gale
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L. H. Belser
Wenatchee School Board
Reader's Guide
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the Arena
Atlantic Monthly
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Harper’s
World's Work
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Nan Lawrence
W. A. Thompson
D. Keith
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A. N. Corbin
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W. Berger
C. H. Armstrong
Harmon
Ohio Democratic Central Committee
Gem Cafe
Meale Twohite
C.F. Horton
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