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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1909
Page
3
C O Brownell with an orchestra of four will present an evening of Ireland and her songs next Thursday at Eagle hall for the benefit of the W C T U Reading Room in Wenatchee and vicinity.
Central market dealer Mr. McAuley buys beef tattle last Monday. Wm. Sylvester moves with family to Waterville to reside there. Miss Bessie Estes returns from Wenatchee valley with a large lead in Spokesman-Review contest. A group of youths enjoyed a gathering at W. B. Estes home with an oyster supper. District No. 14 elects John Witte to replace Chas. Kuhlmann. Districts 25 and 49 had no election or only two voters. Mountain district school begins spring term Monday March 8. Beaver Creek schoolhouse hosts a telephone meeting Saturday March 13 at 1 p.m. All interested urged to attend. Denatured alcohol advertised for chafing dishes. Phone 573.
Des Moines activists debate bringing 500 New York girls to work in local factories. YWCA objections cite public morality and potential risks. boosters seek recruitment via eastern ads. Army post at Fort Des Moines raises concerns about safety and wages.
Archibald G. Ellair, Detroit stock broker, occupied a state room aboard a Hamburg American liner bound for the Mediterranean. The room bordered the space to be used by Theodore Roosevelt and his party for an African trip, but Ellair refused to yield his upgrade claiming Roosevelt is a private citizen and deserves no special treatment.
In New York Magistrate Corrigan held that kissing a sweetheart is not a crime and fined Maxwell Meditch and Carmen Rogers five dollars each after a dispute with three passing Frenchmen on West 57th Street. The decision notes excessive censorship of conduct in the city. In Washington a proposed immigration reform would bar entry to anyone not able to become an American citizen promptly, affecting Russians, Turks and others and aiming to reduce immigrants lacking immediate naturalization.
Miss Pearl Sheely and Mr. Merrel Wilkinson married at the bride’s parents’ Sunnyslope home last Saturday at 7:30 p m with Rev. Dr. Stevenson officiating. Wilkinson works for C A Leedy, and they reside in a Leedy ranch cottage. Guests included the Wilcox and Webb families, Leedys, Wilkinson and Marshall Harbaugh, Sheely family, Munson of Pierceton Indiana, and others.
Jack O'Brien trains hard for a six round bout with Stanley Ketchel in Philadelphia. Ketchel is guaranteed $8,000, while O'Brien takes a share of the gate. The Philadelphian seeks a big payday and a rise among boxing's top attractions. Battling Nelson, at Livermore, Cal., plans a brief stay before a 12 week theatrical engagement and a $15,000 guarantee to meet Fighting Dick.
Dependable Varieties markets Stark Trees as the best nursery stock from a million-dollar world leader. The ad touts Delicious apples as top table fruit, cites broker praise, and urges early orders for 1,250,000 trees with a free Delicious booklet and a small fruit sample offer.
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