Local Residents Return from City Trips and Visitors Arrive
G Y Hen s H Willand came back from Seattle while Ben Little returned to Lakeside. W H Hocking left for Seattle to visit the fair. Several residents travel for business and social visits including Mr and Mrs O M Thom with newborn son, and Miss Pauline Drake visiting Miss Irene Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Willand
Seattle
Ben Little
Lakeside
L. E. Titus
Leavenworth
P. P. Holcomb
George Ellis
John Mack
Pateros
W. H. Hocking
O. M. Thom
Wm. Dodge
Riverside
Doe Pliessingen
Methow
W. E. Read
Ophir
Mrs. Haris
Alma
Robert Reeves
R. A. Wood
Cashmere
M. R. Brown
St. Paul
Pauline Drake
Irene Austin
N. W. Clarey
George
Entiat
Twilight league clash Ellis Forde vs Tammany at 6 45
Ellis Forde faces Tammany on the ball ground in a Twilight league game set to start at 6 45. Lineups include Ellis Forde Thoms on, Boyd, Stocker, Dunning, Hiram Boyd and Jones with W Thomlinson and Elliott among substitutes. O W Kinzebach and daughter head to Seattle then Hover for a new home. Wenatchee Commercial Club trustees will meet tonight despite next Monday’s regular schedule to conduct business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis- Forde
Tammany
Wenatchee Commercial Club
Seattle
City Merchants Plan Weekend Closure
City merchants vote to close shops from Saturday night to Tuesday morning creating a local holiday. Many residents plan trips to Chelan Metow and Okanogan while others fish. Dr E C Kilbourn of Seattle visits to monitor a pumping plant at Orondo though river water delays start. Mrs Nancy Wyatt buys a house and three Lots in Great Northern Addition for 1550 from George Burge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelan
Methow
Okanogan
E. C. Kilbourn
Seattle
Orondo
Columbia River
Nancy Wyatt
George Burge
Block
Great Northern
F. M. Lucavish
No Cash for Fruit Inspectors Enforces Horticulture Law
Olympia June 30. After a lengthy horticulture code was passed the last legislature did not provide funds for traveling expenses of deputy inspectors. Without appropriation there will be no enforcement. The plan for counties to pay was ruled illegal by the attorney general, so a new bill is needed to supply the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
New Director of Census Named to Replace North
The Department of the Interior tensions between Secretary Nagel and Census Director North led to North’s resignation. President Taft endorsed E. Dana Durand as the new census director, following North’s influential tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
Navel
Snod. North
Taft
Nagel
North
E. Dana Durand
Durand Named New Census Director After Nagel Resignation
President Taft accepted the resignation of the census director amid tensions with Nagel and North. Durand, a 38 year old Michigan born economist and statistician, will take over. He previously served as deputy commissioner of corporations in the commerce department and taught economics at Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Taft
Nagel
North
Durand
Department of Comerce
Michigan
Harvard
Census Bureau
Bureau
Corporations
National charities and corrections conference at Buffalo
The coming national conference on charities and corrections will be held in Buffalo from June 9 to 16. Ernest P. Bicknell, director of the American National Red Cross, serves as president. The meeting gathers seven or eight large bodies from the United States and Canada to share reforms in poverty and crime treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Conference of Charities and Corrections At
Buffalo
United States
Canada
Ernest P. Bicknell
American National Red Cross
Washington
Bicknell
America
University of Indiana
Indianapolis News
State Board of Charities of
Indiana
Chicago
Bureau
Red Cross Leader Details Relief Work and Social Reform
The article profiles Mr. Bicknell, head of the American Red Cross, recounting his relief missions from San Francisco to Italy and his Buffalo conference address on Problems of Relief Growing Out of Great Disasters. It notes 20th century social reforms focusing on dependent children and tenement improvements, plus press roles in social betterment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bicknell
Chicago
Washington
American National Red Cross
Italy
Buffalo
White House
Roosevelt
Robert A. Woods
South End House
Boston
Workers of the Country
United States
L. H. Bailey
Cornell University
Roosevelt Country Life Commission
Albert Shaw
Review of Reviews
Local option campaign aims to revoke Spokane liquor sale
William A. Monten of Spokane leads a drive to collect 5000 signatures representing half the qualified electors to trigger a special October 5 poll on whether to continue the sale of intoxicating liquor in Spokane. A county vote is likely. a July Eastern Washington conference may map a statewide push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
William A. Monten
Washington
Mr. Monten
Nelson S. Pratt
Death of Child Elizabeth Ward
Little Elizabeth Ward three years old daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Ward died yesterday afternoon at 3 o clock from bowel trouble. Funeral held this morning at 10 from the family residence on North Wenatchee avenue with only immediate friends and relatives present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ward
C. C. Ward
Wenatchee Avenue
Boy Stabbed During Salvation Army Revival Service
A 14 year old boy, Joe McMullen, was stabbed in the right leg by a young man seated beside him during a Salvation Army revival last night. The assailant, known to police, is expected to be arrested. Rev A J Adams urged character and noted historical figures as examples. The event featured singing by a ladies quartette and notes on tonight’s program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Joe McMullen
A. J. Adams
God
Alexander
Napoleon
Washington
Gladstone
Christ
Adams
Buttles
Meridith
Local Coffee Gossip and Small Notices
John Taylor reports neighbors drink Folger's Golden Gate coffee. He recalls taking two items home. J. J. Byer on Mission Street and Mrs Katherine Olinger announce July 7 home visit. Mary Running Racyele advertises bicycle tires. Community circle activity noted with Women of Woodcraft and a Yale No. 52 clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Taylor
Mary Running Racyele
J. J. Byer
N. Mission St
Women of Woodcraft
Katherine Olinger
Yale No
North E Street
Windmill with wooden tower for sale
For sale a steel windmill with wooden tower in good condition nearly new includes a pump and 1327 1% pipe all for 50 dollars contact phone 588
Realty offers several homes with attractive terms
Brief real estate ad lists a seven room house at $3,000 and a four room modern house at $4,000 with reasonable terms. It notes these are a few of the homes available and invites buyers to inquire about locations and options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Avenue
Desiruc
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Ellisforde
O. W. Kinzebach
Hover, Wash
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Whistling Devils
Wenatchee
Studebaker
Bain
Wells & Morris
Fruifmen
Culture Fund
E Dana Durand
S. N. D. North
Vna Durand
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Nest P
Marrs & Ewine
Ckenell
LOGAL
Mrs. Gates
Folger’s
Golden Gate
Tonigh
Star Theatre
North Wenatchee Ave
Burton Brandt & CO
Bert Wiggins
Juggler
Wyndham Jones
Chuasa
Pri
Chelaw Ave
G Street
Ake
Lake Chelan
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