Wenatchee Growers Stand Firm Over Apple Show Ratings
Wenatchee apple growers threaten to skip the National Apple Show unless Winesaps receive a 10 rating, opposing changes backed by Spokane. A committee will take up rating with the Spokane show as Wenatchee pursues support for its stance and a Vancouver show alternative.
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Wenatchee Valley
Wenatchee
Commerclub
D. N. Gellatly
G. B. Lanham
Spokane
T D. N Gellatly
Ira. Edwards
M. Horan
Witton
Dolliver backs Poindexter in Washington race
Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver of Iowa endorses Miles Poindexter for U S senator from Washington. Dolliver praises Poindexter as one of today’s ablest congressmen and predicts great things. Progressive Republican HQ plans August visits by a slate of progressive senators and representatives to support Poindexter.
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Iowa
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Miles Poindexter
United States
Washington
Poindexter
Congress
la Follette
Dolliver
Cummins
Clapp
Bristow
Norris
Murdoch
Lenroot
Morse
Assistant State Labor Chief Tours Wenatchee on Work Hour Reform
Assistant State Commissioner of Labor Mrs. Mason visits Wenatchee to promote shorter work hours for women and rest facilities. She cites 250 local workers averaging seven days and 70 hours weekly, urges city action and a future state law limiting weekly hours for women. Weather note: fair tonight and Wednesday in Washington.
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Wenatchee
Geland
Gellatly
Kaupp
State of
Washington
Floods in Eifel Valley Claim Hundreds as Waters Rise
In the Ahr river valley in the Eifel region a flood kills an estimated 200 people with 87 bodies recovered along river banks. Schulz village alone reports fifty deaths as the crowd watched a collapsing bridge. The disaster washes out railroads destroys villages and leaves only one bridge standing. Search and relief work continues as waters subside.
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Cologne
Germany
Ahr
Eifel
Schulz
Grand Ball Tonight Features Tammany Republics Showdown
Tonight a twilight game highlights the season as two leading teams Tammany and Republics meet. A large crowd is expected due to the teams’ standings promising a classy ball after effortful play.
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Twilight Leaguers
Recreation Park
Tammany Vs. Republics
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Republics
Wenatchee Produce Expands with 10000 Sq Ft Packing Shed
The Wenatchee Produce company adds 10,000 square feet of floor space on Wenatchee avenue. A 75 by 130 foot shed with two open sides will have premium flooring and serve peak packing season needs. In winter it will store vehicles and machinery.
Bribery Charges in Congress Involving Parker of New Jersey
Washington reports that Representative Parker and other judiciary committee members allegedly received gifts franks and high valued compensation from railroads to influence or block anti gift legislation. Representative Hansdall submitted a privilege resolution to discharge the measure from the judiciary committee for immediate House action.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
Parker
New Jersey
Committee On Judiciary
Hansdall
House
Street Assessment Rolls and Protests Planned Tonight
The city council will introduce the A street and Mission street assessment rolls open for ten days. A new ordinance enlarging police powers and defining misdemeanors will be considered, along with paving the alley between Wenatchee and Mission. Protests on Grandview improvement and sewer district assessments will be heard. Spokane’s E A Farris and A C Shaw seek bond term extension from five to ten years for sewer and Mission street bonds.
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Mission Street
Sumner
Wenatchee Avenue
World Building
Chas. Harlin
Post Office
Daily World
Grandview Addition
E. A. Farris
Union Trust Company
Spokane
A. C. Shaw
Lodge to observe Memorial Day services
The local I. O. O. F. lodge sets a June 19 memorial at 11 a.m. via a committee led by J. D. Ross L. D. Williams and W. Cressell to pick a church selected for the exercises. A group photo is planned before the church service.
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J. D. Ross
L. D. Williams
W. Cressell
Senate House conferrees Reach Full Railroad Bill Accord
Washington June 14 Senate and House conferrees reported a complete agreement on the railroad bill this afternoon. Senator Elkins immediately presented the report to the senate and announced he would call it up.
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Washington
Senate
House
Elkins
State Highway Embrglid Study Guides Methow Valley Bridge Plan
State Highway Commissioner Bowlby and W P Butler visited Wenatchee and the Methow valley to assess the Winthrop bridge and road No 13 linking the Methow with Okanogan via Loop Loop They discussed transferring Wenatchee Entiat road No 10 to the east bank of the Columbia and a possible swap of wagon road for a railroad with Great Northern opposing east bank rail and county official Pitcher supporting the swap idea
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W. P. Butler
Wenatchee
W. T. Clark
Methow Valley
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Methow
Okanogan
Wenatchee-Entiat
Columbia
Douglas County
Pateros
The
Great Northern Company
State Road
County Engineer Sees Need for Wenatchee Entiat Wagon Road
Berry argues the Wenatchee Entiat wagon road on the west side of the Columbia will require costly construction including tunnels through rocky country and near Cockpit mountain. He believes a parallel railroad will be built eventually and ferry danger justifies the project despite high expense.
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Berry
Wenatchee
Swakane
Entiat
Cockpit Mountain
Dick's Landing
Columbia
Cashmere Man Sentenced for Assault and Battery
Cashmere man Jail J A Smith was brought to the county jail to serve a 30 day sentence for assault and battery after a Sunday drinking incident in which he abused his family.
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J. A. Smith
Cashmere
Smith
Iwo Women Killed as Train Strikes Auto at North Yakima Crossing
In North Yakima Washington on a Monday afternoon Miss Hope Davis 23 and Miss Lena Buckmaster 24 were killed when their automobile was struck by Northern Pacific passenger train No 4 at the D street crossing. Mrs Clarence Brown and Mrs Wm Kincaid were badly injured Strangeway the car owner escaped and was jailed pending investigation Gates were placed at the crossing by the railroad officials and the tragedy sparked calls for improved crossing safety.
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Northern Pacific
North Yakima
Wash
Hope Davis
Lena Buckmaster
Clarence Brown
Wm. Kincaid
D Street
L. I. Strangeway
Strangeway
Miss Davis
Buckmaster
Yakima
North
State Railroad Commission
Brown
Fifty Firms Back Fourth of July Parade Effort
L G Olds and Terry Ross report a citywide canvass shows fifty firms will join the July 4 parade to run between 9 and 10 AM. The lineup includes fifty Red Men in mounted and foot forms, 25 decorated autos, and several calithumpians with many local businesses named as participants.
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L. G. Olds
Terry Ross
Fouth
Calithumpians
Plough Hardware Company
Breese-Webber Company
Buckeye Grocery
Central Meat Market
Fiske & Gillette
Wells & Morris
Howard Thomas
Wenatchee Drug Company
Sherman Clay & Company
Wenatchee-Rhode Island Grain Company
Wenatchee Daily World Local Business Directory Fragments
OCR readable list shows multiple Wenatchee businesses including Olympia Cigar Stand Schade and Parshall Co Mills Bros Lillis Cigar Stand Eastern Mercantile Company Home Tea Company Eagle Cafe Pearl Grocery Guy H Whitson and Company Russell Johnson Company Wenatchee Canning Company and Wenatchee Daily World as an integrated listing of local firms and outlets.
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Mills Bros
Lillis
Eastern Mercantile Company
Home Tea Company
Eagle Cafe
Pearl Grocery
Guy H. Whitson & Company
Russell-Johnson Company
Wenatchee Canning Company
Wenatchee Daily World
Wenatchee Costs for Public Improvements Declared Fair
Engin eer W. R. Prowell compares Wenatchee street grading sidewalk and sewer work costs with other cities in the state. He says Wenatchee is paying less and has no grounds to object to assessment methods after reviewing Spokane blanks.
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W. R. Prowell
Wenatchee
J. P. Wagner
Spokane
Newlyweds Return to Wenatchee From Seattle
Leslie G Wenner and Rosa Agnes Albon wed in Seattle and arrived in Wenatchee yesterday. Friends welcomed them at the depot and gave them an automobile to speed through town, though excess baggage required tying some shoes to the car’s stern.
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Leslie G. Wenner
Wenatchee
Rosa Agnes Albon
Seattle
Marriage License for Van Sloke and Baker in Chelan
Howard W. Van Sloke and Myrtle B. Baker, both of Chelan, obtain a marriage license.
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Howard W. van Sloke
Myrtle B. Baker
Chelan
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