Wenatchee Daily Notices and Local Business Ads
Local merchants and residents in Wenatchee list loans on farm and city security, deliveries of coal, and real estate services. Reports include mail and telephone line searches, health notes, church activities, and visits by traders, with several brief notices from Jno. A. Gellatly, H. W. Kirkendall, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkendall and Company
Wenatchee
H.W. Dd. Kirkendall
Berwick
Penn
Clinton
Iowa
Carr
H. E. Carr
Leavenworth Mercantile Company
Addess P.O
Waunatchie
Wash
Russel Cutts Dill
James Gass
Spokane
W. Dwight McCaughey
Washington — Street
Farmers
Hearle
McCoy
Almeda J. Moall
Wiester
D. Hood
Leavenworth
O. Sands
Luck Versus ENERGY in a Lazy Oil Tale
A country store tale frames Tommy Shirk the laziest man in the state. He finds oil on his land but refuses to pump it, squanders his wife Phoebe Cutts's money, and drifts into schemes while a flood turns the creek toward the well. Oil sits below, awaiting effort and energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Shirk
Tommy
Phoebe Cutts
Tom
Phoebe
Shirk
The Oil Well Built On A Water Wheel
A tale of Tom Shirk who leverages a water wheel and a pipe line to extract oil from a neighboring stream. He and his wife clash over work and luck, but his ingenuity yields a profitable operation producing about twenty barrels daily at fifty cents per barrel, while he expands to a second well. Mark Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Wenatchea Drag Co
Palace Bakery
R. H. Nown
Great Northern Express Company
Wenstohee
Thunder Mountain
Idaho
Mr. Nowian
Presbyterian Ladies Aid
A. K. Lail
George Graham
Spokane
Giabau
Republic
Collier
Chewawa
Lake Wenatchee
Ladies Guild of the Episcopal Church
Rev. Hilton
Tom
Tommy Shirk
Tick
Stiokin
Tom Shirk
Mark Anderson
The Ruralist Passes on a Road Horse Purchase
The Horse's F Hans seeks a horse and buys a tiest thoroughgoing road horse named Bill Lennox, eleven years old and sound. He pays 175 dollars in cash but declines keeping the animal, citing his eight mile country distance and two mile walk back. The remark reflects a cautious rural perspective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Hans
Bill Lennox
Hans
Norman
Old Stone Fort at Chambly Crowned in Glories of New France
The Old Stone Fort at Chambly in Quebec stands as a picturesque relic of New France. A tablet on the ruins bears the motto Courage and Loyalty and notes the fort’s erection in 1711, burning in 1776, restorations by Guy Carleton, abandonment in 1847, repairs in 1852, and a later restoration during Victoria’s reign. It adds that American troops burned the fort in 177? during their retreat after Montgomery’s capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambly
New France
Frontenac
la Sable
Chiambly
Quebec
Louis XIV
Jancé
The Mustache Origin in Spain and Liberty Symbol
The article recounts how after Moorish invasion Christians and Muslims in Spain intermarried, making lines between groups unclear. To distinguish themselves Spaniards grew a mustache with a lip tuft, shaping a cross outline, turning the mustache into a symbol of liberty and fraternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Have a Purpose Worth Your Effort and Stick To It
Dr. Abbott urges a clear life aim and steadfastness. He argues that a purposeful, honest, hardworking path keeps a man on the path of rectitude even when sermons fail and sustains brainwork amid temptations. Steady labor and plain living guard against dissipation and fuel success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Abbott
Good Fairy entrusts assistant with advice box
A fairy hands her assistant a golden box and instructs her to lock it in the safe, claiming it contains good advice. The reply questions why lock away wisdom when no one would steal it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
The Boy and His Pa Humorous Exchange
A brief quip from the Houston Post features a boy who says I make a chum of my father while admitting he cannot relate to his own dad. The dialogue notes the father might like the idea but the boy would not, adding I am usually out till after midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Post
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas. B. Reed
Malaga
Washington
Wenatchee Commercial Club
National Treasury
Irrigation Fund
Columbia Hotel
Anna Chase
Bellingham
Normar
Earl Barnhill
Estella Garton
Edna Winchell
Edna Milner
Lola Wine
Alpha McWhirter
E. Barnhill
E. Kowls
N. Lake
B. Lake
B. Knowles
A. W. Camp
Loyd Milner
Erreee
Avai
Pepperell
Wenatchee, Wash
Bank of California
Seattle
Anglo-California Bank
San Francisco
Chase National Bank
New York
First National Bank
Chicago
M Tompkins
Pres
R. F.lewis
John Godfrey
Savings Department
Columbia Valley Bank
The
Old Strong Bank
Cor
Orondo Avenue
Mission Street
Harlin Meat Co
Wenatchee Milling Co
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