Brewster Flat Irrigation Plan Endorsed by Committee
At a Wenatchee meeting of Brewster Flat land purchasers the committee endorsed a plan to form a corporation with 1,000,000 capital to irrigate 3,000 acres. E R Tyler reported securing Spokane financier G T Crane and securing surveys water rights and rights of way. The plan includes landowners and project promoters as joint owners.
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Brewster Flat
Wenatchee
Brewster Flats
T. Crane
Crane
Brewster Land
E. R. Tyler
J. E. Savage
F. Foster
Brewster
W. A. Bolinger
Methow
Dr King
F. W. Hoffman
C. A. Harlin
Carl Christenson
J. J. Griggs
A. C. Dallach
Hallett
G. L. Martin
Waterville
Hamless for Vice President
Chicago reports Colonel James Lewis known as Ham Lewis is Georgia’s choice for vice president on the Democratic ticket. He sends a note to southern delegates clarifying he is not a candidate but would value an honorable recommendation from Georgia.
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Chicago
James “Ham” Lewis
Georgia
Lewis
Denver
Wenatchee to See Record Crowds for Tomorrow’s Circus
Reports from Cashmere Leavenworth Waterville Entiat and Chelan promise Wenatchee the largest crowd in its history as residents converge for a big circus event. Nearby towns like Peshastin Monitor and a local rancher forecast full participation with fruit picking stopping in the valley. Local business notes and visitors from Fresno and Portland appear amid festive preparations and a giveaway at Fern Candy Kitchen.
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Cashmere
Leavenworth
Waterville
Entiat
Chelan
Wenatchee
Peshastin
Monitor
Wood's Elk Cherry Tree Yields Big Orchard Profits
The World notes a prolific twenty-year-old cherry tree on Andrew Wood's property. It yields about 75 dollars annually, with six consecutive years at 50 to 75 dollars. A limb sold for fruit weighed 1 1/4 pounds with 66 cherries. Wood bought the 12 acre place from Harry Patterson at 1500 per acre. seven bearing acres brought 5500 this year projected to 7000. Mesdames Wilt and Adams offer dressmaking services behind Mrs Webb's Millinery. A Wenatchee theatre program promises multiple short films and musical numbers with shows tonight and tomorrow, prices unchanged. Howard Thomas, graduate of Philadelphia Optical College, advertises glasses fitted scientifically.
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Andrew Wood
Mr. Wood
World Office
Harry Patterson
Grover Cleveland Dies at Princeton Home
Former President Grover Cleveland dies at 8:40 a.m. at his Princeton, New Jersey, residence with Mrs. Cleveland at his side after a prolonged illness. Physicians had warned earlier but announced the cause as heart failure brought on by pulmonary thrombosis and dropsy of the lungs.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Drs. Bryant
George B. Lockwood J
J. D. Carnachan
Cleveland
Tamworth
N. H
Perrine
University
Lakewood
Ch Valund
Gouui
Caldwell County
New Jersey
Stephen Grover Cleveland
Cleveronville
N. Y
New York Institution For the
Buffalo
Erie County
Erie Coun
Milwaukee Engineers Ramp Up Rail Terminal Work
Milwaukee railroad engineers pushed heavy work on new terminals in Tacoma. About 200 men set to clear a deep cut on East F street while more crews improve Portland avenue west to Pacific avenue and a line is built toward Commerce street. Six piledrivers to start at Puyallup river mouth for bulkheads at ocean terminals. tunnel start date not announced.
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Tacoma
Milwaukee Railroad
East F Street
Portland Avenue
Pacific Avenue
Gallagher's Gulch
Twenty-sixth Street
Commerce Street
Puyallup River
Union Pacific
Wenatchee Awaits Historic Circus Show Tomorrow
Crowds mount as Wenatchee prepares for a major circus event described as the largest in the city's history. Out of town visitors arrive and locals bring children to the spectacle while the Superior Court session proceeds with jurors seeking relief from the stifling atmosphere.
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Wenatchee
Court House
Italians in Justice Court Over Trackside Dispute
An Italian boss and his men faced a three hour proceeding before Justice Palmer after a trackside altercation ended with a brush hook drawn. The incident involved an attempted pistol gesture and an assault with a deadly weapon charge. Prosecutor Cross and defense attorney Griffith sparred over the prisoner’s rights before the case was dismissed.
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Justice Court
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Wenatchee Electric Co
Columbia Valley Bank
Washington
Geo. E. McCann
Columbia St
Estes Valley Orchards
A. F. Estes
Canadian Pacific
Bow River
Alberta
Spokane
G. A. Yancey & CO
General Agents
Riverside Avenue
Spokane, Wash
Hamless
Vic
Antar CO
D. C
J. D. Gass
Fresno
California
L.W. Co
Fern Candy Kitchen
Mesdames Wilt & Adams
Wenatchee Theatre
Howard Thomas
Philadelphia Optical College
Princeton, N. J
New York
United States
Francis Folsom
White House
Prac
Milwaukee
Cingis
Norris & Row
Justice Palmer
Evi
Dence
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