Joplin rider halted by deputy sheriff
A wild eyed rider from Joplin Missouri rode through town last night and nearly escaped a capture by deputy Bill Simmons. The arrest was averted by calm talk and a pleading woman, allowing the rider to depart. City hall staff report no meeting and no meal tickets or pay this week.
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Joplin Mizzoury
Bill Simmons
A. A. Bousquet
C. E. Buttles
Chelan
L. H. Belser
Portland
M. G. Russi
Seattle
Democrats Expect Bryan Victory In Washington State
George P. Wright, chairman of the state central committee, predicts William J. Bryan will win Washington with strong support from lumbermen and farmers and that Democrats will hold at least one congress seat. Declarations of intent to run will be filed within thirty days for a full ticket, after the July 27 central committee meeting at the Tacoma hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Bryan
Washington
Congress
George P. Wright
State Central Committee
Wright
Central Committee
Tacoma
Pierce County
Local News Briefs From City Bazaar Activities and Visits
City news notes diverse items from the Bazaar including backcountry trips by Fred Lillis and Lyman Shotwell to Ashland Oregon and Northern California. Visitors from Danville and Cascade tunnel report. Also listings for screen door springs chocolate bonbons and a sewing help ad. A farewell Salvation Army meeting is announced and a W C T U meeting scheduled. Mr and Mrs Quigg entertain with a carnation decorated home and a music driven evening with several guests in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lillis
Lyman Shotwell
Washington
Oregon
Ashland
E. Riste
California
Jay Cushing
Fred Kemp
A. L. Morris
D. N. Gellatly
Frank Taylor
Campaign song prints seek agents for 1908 drive
Public notice announces 10 000 copies of S Schwartz campaign song for 1908 printed and ready. Agents are asked to send at least one dollar by post office order. Songs mailed to agents who can double their money in a few minutes. We natchee Washington. July 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Schwartz
Schwartz
Wenatchee
Wash
Wenatchee Welcomes Milwau kee Line Contractors and Rail News
From Ellensburg arrived Craig and four others with sixteen horses and wagons to ready for work on the Wenatchee Oroville line. Sims Shields plan to begin six weeks hence, likely early August, with sub contractors moving to Wenatchee. Local social notes and band concert refreshments accompany city affairs including a $5,000 state inquiry into bond legality and a planned water system expansion to serve five thousand residents.
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Craig
Sims & Shields
Ellensburg
Wenatchee
Oroville
Sims
Shields
Cigig
Sam Sumner
Atkinson
Grimshaw
Why They Don't Come West Why They Don't Come West
A column notes that easterners work to live and miss western escapes. It claims the West shows stronger patriotism, civic pride, hospitality, refined manners, and genuine public school outcomes, with women less showy than New York, and that westerners value achievement over money. Travel on the Union Pacific is praised for comfort.
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New York
Sodom
Gomorrah
Boston
Philadelphia
Rockies
Far West
East
South
New England
Salt Lake City
Colville Indian Reservation Opening Delayed to 1912 Plan
Captain J M A Webster Indian agent at Fort Spokane states no opening before 1910 and likely two more years to complete allotments for about 1200 Colville Indians. Surveys, disputes over land, and a federal commission after allotments will delay homesteading opportunities to at least three years.
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Colville
J. McA. Webster
Fort Spokane
Wash
Chamber of Commerce
Spokane
Captain Webster
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Surveyor General of the
United States
State of
Washington
Prohibitionists Nominate Today in Columbus Ohio
Chicago report notes anti-saloon laws spreading to Georgia Alabama Mississippi Oklahoma North Carolina and other southern states. The prohibition convention will name candidates for president and vice president and remain in session in Columbus Ohio for two days. About 1562 delegates attend the call.
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Chicago
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio City
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Mizzoury
Bill
L. V. Wells
Wenatchee Heights
Wenatchee Electric Co
Columbia Valley Bank
Geo. E. McCann
Columbia St
Surveying
War en-Littleton Engineering Company
Theatre
Wenatchee Avenue
Wenatchee, Wash
Alberta
Spokane International-Canadian Pacific
Calgary
Alta
Pokane
Kingsgate
Spokane City
Cor. Stevens
Riverside
Carter
Bryan
State OF Washington
Will Little
Cascade Tunnel
L. A
James R. Atkeson
C Street
Per Eee
Bedient
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Hall
A. E. Thompson
Hailauad
Dan Englund
Alice Wilding
Los Angeles
Cal
Wenatchee Canning Company
Lake Chelan
Fay Kent
Mr. _Kent
Col
A. M. Anderson
Great Northern Railroad
City
Waterville Country
George Gray
Entiat
J. Brody
J. E. Howe
J. F. McCreery
Bonner’s Ferry
Idaho
Rose Cottage
J. L. Robertson
Ladies’ Aid Society
George T. Randall
Arthur L. Juell
Nebraska
Dell
Frank Case
L. Crollard
Daily World
Ladies of the Christian Church
Harper’s Weekly
Geo. B. Howard Company
People's
Jones
Wenatchee Theatre
Wenatchee Drug Company
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