City Council Adjourned Meeting Discusses License Transfer and Annexation
The adjourned council meeting reviewed a transfer of the liquor license from G R Henry to A J Waters for the Depot saloon with provisional approval pending bonds. An election ordinance for Peachy addition annexation and rules of order were proposed, fire limits discussed, and bids advertised for a combination fire wagon.
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Scheble
Case
Fuller
Harlin
Nichols
Mooney
Ira Thomas
G. R. Henry
A. J. Waters
Peachy Addition
Liquor, cigar groups vow Sunday closing crackdown
In Tacoma on February 20, liquor men and cigar dealers planned to prosecute any business not exempt by law that operates next Sunday. An association formed among liquor men will prosecute street cars newspapers theaters and others. The move follows Mayor Wright enforced Sunday saloon closing last week. The mayor also says cigar and fruit stands will be closed next Sunday.
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Tacoma
Wright
D. W. Thornton and F. S. Dunham Visit City on Business
F. S. Dunham traveled from Chelan on Monday for a short business trip. D. W. Thornton of Waterville was in the city earlier in the week on business.
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F. S. Dunham
Chelan
D. W. Thornton
Waterville
Freight Embargo Lifted by Great Northern Rail
Everett dispatch reports the Great Northern lifts the westbound freight embargo effective today allowing all classes of shipments to eastern points. The move could enable eastbound traffic within two weeks, boosting shingle and lumber mills and signaling a return to work for idle woodsmen and millmen across the region.
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Everett
Great Northern Railway
Murderess Esther Mitchell Sent to Steilacoom Asylum
Esther Mitchell, jailed for six months after the fratricide of her brother George Mitchell, is committed to Steilacoom Asylum. The Seattle court remittitur halted her Oregon transfer and found her legally insane, a melancholia linked to religious excesses. Her Oregon friends and relatives plan for her eventual cure and return.
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Esther Mitchell
Seattle
King County
Steilacoom
Kelley
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Mackintosh
Frater
George Mitchel
Maud Creffeld
Franz Creffeld
George Mitchell
O. W. Hurt
Oregon
J. J. Browne
Spokane
Guy C. Browne
Columbia Valley Bank
Smoot Retains Senate Seat After Heated Debate
Washington February 20 Reed Smoot of Utah will keep his Senate seat after a test vote followed by a regular vote showing 49 yeas to 22 nays. The session featured bitter exchanges over Mormonism with speeches by Dubois Hopkins and others, as Carmackproposed an expulsion amendment and Foraker defended Smoot's character.
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Washington
Reed Smoot
United States
Utah
Senate
Smoot
Dubois
Hopkins
Foraker
Bailey
Dolliver
Arc Lights for Railway Cars Test by Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago and Northwestern railroad tested an arc light system for cars using a 50 cell battery. Three lights per car drew current from a 50 cell battery weighing 1209 pounds, charged in company yards and rated for about a 50 hour run.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Washington's Birthday Social By Baptist Ladies Aid
The Ladies Aid of the Baptist church invites all to a Washington's birthday social at the church Friday evening. A pleasant evening is planned with a good time assured. An embedded invitation notes a measuring reception with a playful poem inviting guests to measure themselves for a novelty event.
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Manage
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L. V. Wells
Great Northern
Knox
Arthur Gunn
Wenatchee Development Company
Wenatchee Avenue S
Wenatchee, Wash
Wiester
Wenatchee
E'Ree
Baptist Ladies Social
the Ladies Aid of the Baptist
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