Grandview Addition to be offered for sale in Wenatchee
The Grandview Addition in Wenatchee will be thrown on the market within days. Ed S. Russell of Wenatchee Realty Co says the lots will be sold as the city grows to warrant a finer residence district. The new city park and site for the high school lie in or beside the addition, signaling increased building activity next year.
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Grandview Addition
Ed. S. Russell
Wenatchee Realty Company
New City Park
City of Wenatchee
Wenatchee
Tech
Old Church Law and the Cure of Souls In The Daily World
The item cites a Catholic marriage law declaring only church sacraments valid when celebrated by a parish priest, condemning Protestant or registry marriages as invalid. It then shifts to a comic note about a dog catcher arresting unlicensed dogs, urging readers to get licenses and read the Daily World for Central Washington news.
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Cure of Souls
Dog Heaven
Daily World
Washington
Can the Tongue Be Tamed Revival at Adams Brothers
The Christian church hosts a revival tonight with the Adams Brothers presenting Can the Tongue Be Tamed. Services start at 7 30 PM and close at a seasonable hour as audiences grow nightly and attendance rises. The nearby note adds a lighter item about a busy dog catcher and missing pets on fine mornings.
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Christian Church
Adams Bros
Bryan Invited to Address Legislature
The Ohio House passed a joint resolution inviting William J. Bryan to address the assembly on Saturday about guaranteeing bank deposits. The Senate is expected to concur. In Olympia Governor Mead will hear objections to pardons and paroles recommended by the state prison board before taking final action next week.
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Columbus, CO
House
William J. Bryan
Assembly
Senate
Olympia
Mead
State Prison Board
Walla Walla
Was It The Escaped Prisoner Bet In Tacoma
State Tax Commissioner J Stanton Warburton bet $1000 with J H Easterday over Governor Albert E Mead s re election. The bet arose from a heated political dispute and the checks were placed with E Montgomery as stakeholder. If Mead is elected in November 1908 the checks go to Easterday otherwise to Warburton.
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Tacoma
J. Stanton Warburton
Albert E. Mead
Warburton
Easterday
E. Montgomery
J. H. Easterday
S. Warburton
State of
Washington
Local Notes From Malaga And Wenatchee Area
Cc A Bower sold his North Chelan residence to Albert W Shepard. Bower plans a home on Washington Ave Malaga Squibs. Alphus Messerly of Wenatchee visited Perry ranch. W A Firman of Malaga sidelined by neuraglia but improves. Ex mayor J T Jones and bride passed through bound for Idaho. Vandemark and Rippey hayload overturned injuring Vandemark several ribs. Rippey shaken but unharmed. Revival meetings by Rev Addams of California ended Wednesday. P O Vaal and wife left for Albany Oregon for several weeks. Skaters crowd the lake enjoying a rough ice surface with patches of soft spots at risk of falls.
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Malaga
Alphus Messerly
Wenatchee
Perry Ranch
W. A. Firman
J. T. Jones
Exmayor
Idaho
J. E. Vandemark
J. A. Rippey
Henry Gillespie
Vandemark
Rippey
P. O. Vaal
Albany
Oregon
Society Notes and Local Dances Highlight Evening
Mrs. Burt Williams hosted Mrs. McCarthy and children from Brant Canada as guests. The Eagles held a hall dance with large attendance and good time. Mrs. O G Stevenson hosted luncheon after coasting on the hill. The 852 Club met at Mrs S F Gilman’s home with needlework and a five o’clock luncheon. Attendees included Mesdames Whitson Sullivan Sumner Williams Preece and Misses Duff Kuentzel Merriam McNeil. The Baptist Ladies Aid sponsor a box social at the church tonight. Mrs. George Fisher returned from Seattle with her ill son-in-law Frank Oliver. The A O U W will dance in Bower hall tonight.
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Burt Williams
McCarthy
Brant
Canada
Eagles
O. G. Stevenson
F. Gilman
Chelan Avenue
Thyrne
Mesdames
Guy Whitson
Sullivan
Sam Sumner
B. Williams
Ed Preece
Elizabeth Duff
Kuentzel
Merriam and
McNeil
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Baptist Church
George Fisher
Seattle
Frank Oliver
The
Bower Hall
Man Rescued From Columbia River Near Wenatchee After Narrow Escape
A nameless man clung to life after capsizing near Rock Island Rapids twelve miles below Wenatchee. Rescue by Trackwalker Stanley Ka line followed a long struggle in frigid waters. Authorities believe he may be one of two jail escapees linked to Leavenworth holdups. A related Malaga report notes a capsized rowboat near Rock Island Rapids. the survivor was saved after drifting for an hour.
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Columbia
Wenatchee
Stanley Kaline
Leavenworth
Malaga
Rock Island Rapids
Portland
Old Columbia
Public urged to fight tuberculosis in Seattle convention
The first annual convention of the Washington Association for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis will be held in Seattle early next February with date to be decided by the executive board. The group, formed in Spokane in 1906 and affiliated with the National Association, promotes public education through pamphlets and school lectures. An exhibit, featuring open air life photos, shelter tents, and mortality charts, will open to the public after a one day program and travel to other Washington cities.
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Washington Association For the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis
Seattle
Spokane
National Association For the
Washington
National Association
Pottenger
Mondroyia
Cal
R. C. Coffey
Oregon State Medical Association
A. E. Pierce
Portland
Post-Intelligencer
Columbia River Falls. Local News and Social Notes
The Columbia and Okanogan Steam Boat Company reports the river has dropped about two feet in forty eight hours. The North Star, laden with passengers freight and wheat, struggled to land at Cashmere Notes as the current fell. Orvil Sullivan from Warner Flat arrives from Seattle to winter in the valley. Michels the phonograph merchant and Freese of Cashmere reportedly loaded phonographs and other goods on a double sleigh but the team spooked, scattering merchandise along a snow bank. The boat struck rocks and went aground about fifty feet from the landing. continued low water could halt navigation for weeks. A masquerade ball was held Thursday in Frank Dorn’s new hall with many from Leavenworth attending. Michels will give an improvised lecture during his moving picture show tonight, 20 minutes, a featured event each Friday.
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Columbia & Okanogan Steamboat Company
Columbia River
North Star
Cashmere
Orvil Sullivan
Frank Dorn
Leavenworth
Michels
Steam boat Enterprise makes up river cruise to Wenatchee
The Enterprise carrying government engineers left Wenatchee for an up river voyage and passed the San Poil mouth near Clark post office amid cheers from settlers. It navigated Hell Gate without incident and aims to reach Spokane Rapids then Wenatchee with no trouble reported.
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Spokane
Enterprise
Wenatchee
San Poil
Clark Post Office
Columbia
Hell Gate
Hellgate
Spokane Rapids
Theaters of Wenatchee Offer Brutal Performance Satire
A scathing theater review from Wenatchee recounts a disastrous local show with a sympathetic orchestra and harsh jabs at the courtroom, charging a group of actors with stealing crowd attention and mocking language. The piece laments the troupe's abrupt departure on a night train.
Real Estate Sales Near Malaga and Adjoining Lot Transfers
J R Albin's property two miles from Malaga sold for 15775 dollars. The 151 acre tract includes 50 acres navigable. Nearby, 20 acres adjoining Albin's place sold by Kitchener to Lou Taylor for 5000 dollars.
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J. R. Albin
Malaga
Kitchener
Lou Taylor
Roosevelt Replies To Spokane Banker On Old New York Burglary
Spokane and Eastern Trust Company president J. P. M. Richards received a Roosevelt era letter recalling an attempted burglary, a dawn killing, and a manhunt in New York almost thirty years earlier. The missive, dated January 17, 1908, notes Richards should visit the president in Washington.
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Spokane
Wash
J. P. M. Richards
Spokane & Eastern Trust Company
United States
New York
Roosevelt
Richards
Jacob Riis
Executive Mansion
Washington, D. C
Mr. Richards
Jake Riis
Washington
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Rome
Bryan
North Central
Strong Bank
Columbia Valley Bank
Cc. A. Bower
Albert W. Shepard
Mr. Bower
Washington Avenue
Michel
San Poil River
Wenatchee Theater
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