Wenatchee marriage debate stirs Tacoma crowds
A Wenatchee girl raises the marriage question across the Pacific coast as Tacoma residents fill street corners with debate. A letter from a bachelor argues men must earn more and wives cost more, urging a simple life and organized action by women to fit wages, education costs, and rising living standards.
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Wenatchee
Pacific Coast
Tacoma
Tacoma News
J. Allen Smith
Batchelor
Batchelors
Europe
Work Underway on Wenatchee Side Bridge Approaches
Construction on the approaches to the new Columbia river bridge continues on the Wenatchee side. High water has delayed structural steel work but crews are expediting progress by adding supports and using temporary cables to stabilize the frame. Completion is hoped for by December first with canal ditch work and pipe laying enabling water to Wenatchee land by next spring.
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Columbia River Bridge
Wenatchee
Canal Company
Hobo Receives 20 Day Sentence
A man described as an erring disciple of Bacchus was jailed for 20 days after a swift court hearing before Justice Palmer. He disturbed the Cunningham lodging house on Wednesday night and appeared in court looking worse for wear with visible injuries.
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Palmer
Tibbets
Bacchus
Cunnigham
Band Concert Tonight in City Park
Tonight in the city park the band performs a mixed program including marches and light classics. Featured pieces include College Life Morse Overture Reception The Message and Old Heidelberg with solo trombone.
Repenting While They Work on Wenatchee Streets
Two Wenatchee citizens drank in public, were arrested by a gendarme, and taken before Judge Palmer. They were sentenced to the hasty rockpile where they must work to beautify Wenatchee streets, as justice runs its course.
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Wenatchee
Palmer
Justice Palmer
Small Bey Injured in Front of Post Office
Dalton Blake, Dr. Blake's young son, was lightly hurt in a horse incident by the post office. Early reports claimed serious injury but medical check showed only bruises and he can play today. Twenty one unemployed men halted eastward from a freight here yesterday.
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Dr. Blake
Sound Country
Wenatchee
Dakota
Spokane
Cunninglee
In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Reception
A reception honoring newlyweds Mr and Mrs Sam Sumner was hosted at the home of Mrs Do I Curtis and Mrs Katherine Mc Nerney Hayne. About 40 guests attended, including Mrs Hines and several Misses and Messrs with best wishes for happiness and prosperity.
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Katherine McNerney Hayne
Sam Sumner
Sattle
Mrs. Hines
Nellie Culp
Stearns
Milner
Madge Cushing
Mabel
Nan Lawrence
McCutcheon
Grane
Wells Duff
Wyman
Sumner
Merriam
Morrison
McNeil
Ruby
Lillian Vaughn
Mary Mahoney
Norfolk
Gellatly
Cushing
Woods
Jones
Taylor
Preese
Anderson
Mahoney
Harvey
Sam Mills
Grimshaw
Dr. Culp
Wenatchee Valley Sees Burst of Fruit Growth and Prospects
The Wenatchee valley rapidly advances as a fruit district with hundreds of acres under irrigation and widespread planting. Intensive farming and scientific methods push a new era, while frost remains less severe than elsewhere. Cherry crops rise and prices hold, with shipments planned in carload lots. Local firms report strong cherry box sales and a growing regional reputation.
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Wenatchee Valley
Wenatchee
Northwest
Okanogan Country
Findlay
Ohio
Davis Reads Bible in Chelan County Jail
Davis, jailed since Tuesday for the murder of John Mc Gee, sits on a narrow bunk in Chelan county jail reading a Bible purchased for him by Sheriff Webb. County commissioners instructed Webb to obtain the Bible for the prisoner to provide some solace amid tearful, subdued hours.
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Webb
Davis
John McGee
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