Local Notes From Wenatchee Area Social and Farm Updates
Wenatchee area residents visit and return home with notes of dances and new houses. A school teacher from Wenatchee and a Wilbur visitor are listed among numerous social calls. The Columbia River levels rise and fall with dam and pumping updates at Sleepy Hollow and Crescent Bar, while a Trinidad and Wenatchee road project promises easier north side travel. New buildings, a planned meat market, irrigation plots, and local preaching wrap the community bulletin of farm activity and town life.
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J. S. Black
Wenatchee
Arthur Cockrum
Mabel Asters
Wilbur
Clyde Jones
John Wheeler
Wilson Creek
Odessa
Lenora Beal
Hartline
Columbia
Sleepy Hollow
Crescent Bar
Trinidad and Wenatchee
Moses Coulee Wall
W. D. van Slyke
Winchester News Briefs: Trotters Back from Pullman Visit
Winchester reports E. C. Trotter has completed a successful artisan course semester at Washington State College in Pullman. T. E. Trotter visited Quincy on Saturday and Clarence Champ arrived Friday from the state college. A dance was held Friday evening in Winchester Hall hosted by Parker and Ketchums.
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Winchester
E. C. Trotter
Washington State College
Pullman
T. E. Trotter
Quincy
Clarence Champ
State College
Messrs. Parker and Ketchum
Winchester Hall
South Side Frenchman Hills Arte sian Water Well Progress
Five men began Monday erecting the derrick and camp shacks on the east sole of Section 23, township 17, range 144 as part of the long talked of artesian water project. Children's Day observance shared by Pit Hill Sunday school.
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Frenchman Hills
Township 17
Pit Hill
Reasoner
Fitch Family Relocates to Mission Street House
The wife and family of H. A. Fitch of Huck & Fitch jewelry arrived from Spokane and will occupy one of Walter Olive's new Mission street houses. Robert Little of Lakeside visited the circus and plans to travel to Seattle for the Roller-Gotch wrestling match. Wenatchee beat Chelan 3 to 2. Doctor L. B. Manchester operates a dental office in the Columbia Valley Bank Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Fitch
Huck & Fitch
Spokane
Walter Olive
Mission Street
Robert Little
Lakeside
Seattle
Kadiak Island Climate Described as Arctic Tempered
A writer notes Kodiak Island Alaska sits between arctic and temperate zones due to the Japanese current. Summer travelers encounter sudden shifts from tropical vegetation to barren silence with snow capped peaks looming, reflecting lingering arctic winters ahead.
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Kadiak Island
Alaska
Arctic
Kodiak
Nutshell Cottage to Chez Nous The Colonel’s Name Change
A London visitor relays how a country gentleman renamed his cottage from Nutshell to Chez Nous after moving from town life. She praises the charm, then departs to London, returning six months later and noting the new appellation amid playful, teased reception from locals. The colonel explains he grew tired of the jest and doorbell visits.
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London
A Horse and a Weight Create a Surprise
A horse tethered on Chestnut street nibbles a strap while an unseen weight hints at an upcoming joke. A newsboy warns a man that Old Umpire will soon face a surprise when the horse reaches the weight, suggesting a boarding house joke rather than a danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia Telegraph
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement by Ellensburg Man
Wenatchee readers are urged to take Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble as a trustworthy remedy. John Geiger of Pearl Street, Ellensburg, testifies the pills cured his severe back and loins pain and prevented relapse after completing one box. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo, sole US agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
John Geiger
Pearl Street
Ellensburg
Wash
Conan
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Foster-Milburn & Co
Phenomenon and the chimney suction explained
A rural preacher’s use of the term phenomenon confuses a congregant who asks for meaning. The minister explains that a true phenomenon would be something extraordinary like a cow on a thistle singing like a lark. Subsequent discussion clarifies suction as pressure differences driving air movement in chimneys and pipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool Mercury
S. Ackerman
London Express
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Eagle Delivery
Alberta
Spokane International-Canadian Pacific
Calgary
Alta
Kingsgate
Cor. Stevens
Riverside
J. S. Carter
W. A. Buttles
Peter Schuttler
Wenatchee Ave
Wenatchee, Wash
Trinidad News
Frank Hunt
Bachelor Heights
Paul Vollender
Robert Denton
Jim Hearst
Downs
Rev. Moore
Chelan
Howard T Delphia
Trainate Philawlege
Glasses
Warren-hitleton Engineering Company
Theatre
Wenatchee Avenue
The
Ellis-Forde CO
L. O. Hall
Mie
Earl Clayton
James R. Atkeso
C Street
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