Local Social Notes Include Calls and Visits in Wenatchee
The Ladies Aid of the M E church meets Mrs L C Hall on Chelan avenue Wednesday at 2 30 p m Invitations extend to all men. The Griggs young son ill with fever. Leavenworth visitors attend W L Davis hearing. Pen sales and fountain syringes promoted by Pogue Drug Co. Fay Jennings visits from Krupp. Rose Treadwell of Cashmere visits Mrs Rarey. W J Taylor heads to Seattle for contracting work then returns to Wenatchee. Coburn to start new dwelling on Washington avenue. Miss Maude McNeil returns from Spokane. Employment ad for a general house girl at 690 Orondo avenue. Ament returns from Cedar Rapids planning to reside west. Browne of Spokane visiting Guy C Browne.
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M. E. Church
L. C. Hall
Chelan Avenue
Clifford Griggs
Leavenworth
W. L. Davis
Pogue Drug Co
Fay Jennings
Krupp
M. O. Hanley
Rose Treadwell
Cashmere
W. T. Rarey
W. J. Taylor
Seattle
Taylor
Wenatchee
George W. Coburn
First National Bank
Washington Avenue
Pogue Drug. Co
M. Fitz
Davis
Emil Salberg
Salberg and Son
Quincy
C. E. Jackson
Chelaw
Masonic Grand Lodge
Ament
West
Moses Coulee
C. A. Briggs
J. J. Browne
Spokane
Guy C. Browne
Red Apple Real Estate vs Stucker Dismissed in Court
The case brought by Red Apple Real Estate against H. R. Stucker in justice court was dismissed after the real estate firm sought a commission fee for selling lots Stucker had listed with them.
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Red Apple Real Estate Company
H. R. Stucker
Justice Court
Stucker
Maccabees Move Meeting To Thursday Night
The local lodge of Maccabees shifts its weekly meeting to Thursday at 8 p m at Bower hall temple. Several candidates will be initiated with official ceremonies, followed by a banquet and jubilee. An invitation goes to Sir Knights and visiting or unaffiliated members to join.
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Maccabees
Bower Hall
Russia’s Internal Turmoil Reported By Telegraph
A St. Petersburg dispatch says Russia’s condition worsens with widespread murder and pillage. During the week ending Saturday 158 people suffered, 80 killed, 78 wounded, as peasants and gangs engage in robberies and arson.
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London
St. Petersburg
Telegraph
Russia
Weeping Widow Loses at Poker Then Wins Kitty
Chicago crowds discuss the Tuesday Club and other women only poker groups where high stakes pull in society dames. The article notes that some members have suffered heavy losses while fortunes shift in these gatherings, reflecting gossip about these circles.
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Chicago
Tuesday club tales of gambling debts and widow woes
A Brooklyn Eagle fragment recounts a Tuesday club saga of gambling losses. A young widow's few sittings at poker drained her modest income, prompting sympathy and caution from fellow players. A North Yakima police chase follows a desertion by a former police chief’s widow as a man names himself married to her while spending lavishly.
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Europe
North Yakima
Bessie Hunter
George Hunter
Harry Williams
Williams
Hunter
Northern Pacific
Tascoma
Yakima
Hopi Traditions Preserve Oral Literature and Kiva Education
The Hopi Indians of Arizona maintain a vast oral literature guiding religious life with no written records. Each clan holds its own kiva for education beginning at age seven or eight, taught daily by priests. Comparisons with sixteenth century Spanish records show high accuracy in oral transmission.
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Arizona
Long Sieges In Congress by Ida Tarbell
Samuel J. Randall of Pennsylvania polled as a persistent protectionist Democrat who often blocked Republican-led rules. From a 46 hour plus session with 75 roll calls to a 72 hour marathon on the force bill, his endurance reshaped congressional battles.
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Congress
Samuel J. Randall
Pennsylvania
Randall
Mr. Randall
Ida M. Tarbell
American Magazine
Piute Quail Hunting Method Described
The Los Angeles Times recounts a Piute method to catch quail without a season or game laws. A hunter hides in a bough house with a narrow front opening and uses a flexible rod to strike birds as they come for water at dawn. He often secures enough birds in a single morning for the settlement.
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Los Angeles Times
Absentminded Irish Justice Mistaken for Dinner Host
The late Justice William G. Keogh of Ireland excused himself from a bar dinner party at his home and vanished to dress. After an hour's sleep in bed he woke to find guests waiting below, realizing he had misread the situation and retired prematurely.
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William G. Keogh
Ireland
Wedding Suit Receipt for 1756 Morrill Hackett
Journal of American History notes a December 29 1756 marriage of Jonathan Morrill and Hannah Hackett. A receipt from Salisbury dated December 27 1756 confirms payment for a full suit of cloths including light drab coat, shag velvet jacket, satine lining, green moheir trim and brass buttons, witnessed by David Purinton and Moses Rowell.
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Jonathan Morrill
Hannah Hackett
Journal of American History
Salisbury
Cayenne Pepper as a Permanent Energetic Stimulant
A health column argues cayenne pepper provides a pure energetic and permanent stimulant, questioning whether whisky and brandy offer longer lasting effects. It suggests cayenne as a superior alternative for sustained vigor.
Like Father Like Son Living Skeleton Rubber Man
A playful item from the Princeton Tiger page notes the joke line Like Father, Like Son about the living skeleton and the rubber man, with a punchline about the father of a bouncing boy.
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Princeton
Bucking exhibition on Wenatchee avenue ends with rider’s fall
Crowds on Wenatchee avenue watched a bucking show last night around 7:30. The rider stayed aboard until the horse bucked him off, then the riderless horse roamed the street pursued by onlookers until captured. The rider remounted and rode away toward the hills.
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Wenatchee Avenue
Mother Earth
Fire at 687 Broadway Traps Ten Story Tenants In New York
A ten story building at 687 Broadway caught fire this afternoon trapping 15 or more people on upper floors. Some escaped by throwing lines to the ground and sliding down. Firemen work to rescue others using ladders as the blaze rages.
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New York
Broadway
Kidnapped Nun Driver Sparks Campus Mob in Duluth
Sister Borromeo, a teacher at St. Clement's Catholic school in Duluth, was abducted yesterday afternoon by two men in a closed carriage. Her screams drew hundreds of students and residents as the carriage disappeared, pursued by a furious crowd, but the abductors escaped.
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Duluth
Minn
Borromeo
St. Clement's Catholic School
Cut in Piano Prices Spark Local Sales Drive
The local Cline Piano House branch slashes prices drawing attention in musical circles. One piano delivered today and another ships tomorrow as buyers rush to secure high grade pianos at $75 to $160 below Seattle prices, according to LYEN & CAMPBELL, salesmen.
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Cline Piano House
Seattle
Lyen & Campbell
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