Wenatchee Street Improvements and City Measures
The city council discussed Wenatchee avenue improvements and an improvement district plan between Palouse and Second street north. A new curfew ordinance targets 17 and under youths, and a proposed plumbing regulation was reviewed. The police force may add an officer, and a sinking fund was requested for next session.
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Wenatchee Avenue
Thompson
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Committee of Public Health and Safety
Great Northern
Palouse
Second Street North
Austin & Co
Depot
Buried Unidentified Russian Near Cascade Tunnel
A dead man found in the thicket near the Great Northern Cascade tunnel was buried Tuesday by Undertaker Sprague. Coroner Saunders held an inquest but could not establish the man’s name or relatives. Papers in decayed clothing suggest he was a Russian laborer with the G N construction gang last fall who went crazy and vanished. The body appeared to have lain in the woods for months and remains unidentified.
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Great Northern
Cascade Tunnel
Sprague
Saunders
G. N
Buttons Returned in Shirt Cuffs Shocking Bridge Tale
An engineer on a new bridge left a shirt with cuff buttons on a nail in a shack near the bridge. He later found the shirt missing from home and, following a World lost ad clue, discovered the buttons were moved back and placed in the shirt cuffs today. World readers follow the odd incident.
Their Side of It Red Apple Real Estate Company Faces Justice Controversy
The Red Apple Real Estate Company says the World's account of a Monday justice court dispute is misleading. They deny a written agreement with Stucke for selling his lots, claiming a verbal agreement existed and that they possessed letters from Stucke's brother.
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Red Apple Real Estate Company
Justice Court
Stucke
Real Estate Firm Put Off Over Unwritten Agency Claims
A case alleges a real estate concern urged a prospective buyer to purchase lots and charged a $41 commission. The suit was dismissed due to lack of a direct written agreement with the owner and absence of written authority from the owner's brother to act as agent.
Noisy citizen targets alley wagon odor
An indignant resident accused Jack O'Connor of a foul smelling nocturnal wagon parked behind his home. He demanded action as the odor refused to be mistaken for roses. Sam Sum ner sent him to Dr. Culp, the city health officer.
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Jack O’connor
Sam Sumner
Dr. Culp
Gigantic Drift at Bridgeport
Captain Clifford Griggs reports an enormous log drift at Bridgeport from the rising Columbia. Logs have flooded at least five acres of flat, creating a vast jam of all sizes. Most timber is nonmarketable but valuable as firewood.
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Clifford Griggs
Bridgeport
Columbia
West Washington visit set by Ballinger and Garfield
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Garfield and Land Commissioner Ballinger will spend three days from July 10 to 12 visiting Seattle and Tacoma. They will review land fraud probes and public land policy while in the state, with Ballinger touring irrigation near North Yakima beforehand. Garfield arrives around July 1.
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Ballinger
Garfield
Wenatchee
Washington Dispatch
Washington
Seattle
Tacoma
North Yakima
Denver
Public Land Convention
Miss Hogeboom and Marsh Wed After Regatta Delay
Roy Hogeboom and Grace Marsh of Binghamton went to Ithaca to watch the Cornell Harvard regatta and missed the last train home. With hotels full they wed at 1 AM after failing to find witnesses, marrying officiant Rev J C Nichols of State Street Methodist Church. The couple returned to Binghamton later that day to announce the surprise marriage.
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Binghampton
N. Y
Roy Hogeboom
Grace Marsh
Ithaca
Hoge- Loom
Miss
Old Settlers at Convention at Monitor June 21 23
Chelan County Old Settlers plan a three day annual gathering at Monitor June 21 to 23 with 100 likely attendees. The group aims to purchase a multiacre park as a permanent meeting place featuring a band stand benches and a dance pavilion. Principal speakers include Frank Reeves Lyman Shotwell and George Parrish.
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Daily World
Monitor
Reaber S
Old Settlers’ Association of
Chelan
Frank Reeves
Lyman Shotwell
Wenatchee
George Parrish
Chelan County
Michael Horan
Alex Pitcher
Old Settlers’ Association
Missouri Railroads Seek Extension of 2 Cent Passenger Fare Injunction
In Kansas City a federal judge was asked to extend an injunction that blocks Missouri’s maximum freight rate law to also cover the 2-cent passenger fare statute. H A German, representing the major Missouri railroads, filed the amended petition this morning. A decision is expected before Saturday.
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Kansas City
United States District Court
H. A. German
Missouri
Monopoly of Mikado Music Sparks Laughs at Chatham
An Admiralty order to cease Sullivan's Mikado on British ships to avoid offending Japanese visitors remains in force yet a parody emerges. The Japanese cruiser Tsukaba sits in the dockyard as Se teguchi the bandmaster selects Mikado tunes to entertain guests.
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Chatham
Eng
Admiralty
Sullivan
Tsukaba
Seteguchi
Man Steals Entire Train Bell Hoping for a Ride
Barkley McCutcheon, a local troublemaker, ignored danger and jumped into a locomotive cab as a Great Northern Seattle to Bellingham freight halted for lunch. He opened the throttle and departed with the engine, facing possible penitentiary time as authorities pursue him.
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Bellingham
Barkley McCutcheon
McCutcheon
Great Northern
Seattle-Bellingham
Ragtime Rivalry Echoes at City Council Meeting
City discussion centers on loud talking machines along We natchee avenue as residents complain about the persistent ragtime sounds. Officials hear the fuss but take no action, noting the public still enjoys the new-wrinkled rhythm in daily life.
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Wenatchee Avenue
Masonic Grand Lodge Delegates Treated To Wenatchee Meet
The Wenatchee Masonic gathering closes after three days with 40 visiting Masons and 18 Royal Arch candidates. Notables listed include A F Anderson, E Salberg, J C Davis, and E D Scheble. Delegates depart for Tacoma as Grand Lodge and Eastern Star participate.
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A. F. Anderson
City
C. E. B. Blackwell
Okanogan
F. C. Dodge
J. J. Bryant
Wilson Creek
A. E. Nichols
E. Salberg
Quincy
J. C. Davis
Marts Patterson
R. T. King
M. Fitz
Martin Christensen
Leavenworth
C. A. Brown
Chas. Brown
J. A. Seaman
A. K. Lail
E. A. Nichols
Eastern Star
Tacoma
B. J. Williams
Blue Lodge
Wenatchee
English traveler joins L McLean on Methow river trip
L McLean completed a river journey from the Methow river project today. He was accompanied by Lord Blythe, an Englishman formerly engaged in the sheep business in the Okanogan country.
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L. McLean
Methow River
Lord Blythe
Okanogan Country
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