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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1909
Page
8
A local retailer advertises a complete stock of electric supplies and lighting goods of every kind available for purchase. The notice highlights a wide range of products and urges customers to visit the shop for selection and pricing.
HT Hens notes four Whiswand children are ill with measles. Harvey Snyder and wife plan moving to a ranch at 255 Washington Avenue. George Anderson, formerly of this city but now in Quincy, is in Wenab eeee today. A local Elks meeting is set for next Tuesday at the Commercial club rooms.
Evangelist W H Brooks of Seattle Wash conducts revival meetings at the Salvation Army hall for a couple of weeks starting Thursday March 11 1909 at 8 p m Everyone is invited to hear him Brooks has years of religious work experience. C E Taylor returns to Wenatchee with wife from Iowa to resume work with Wenatchee Orchard Growing company Ferry at Orondo starts Monday March 15
Seattle March 12 The United Wireless Telegraph Co plans a chain of wireless stations from Wladivostok to Aden to serve trans Pacific steamships. Two experts will depart for Japan to demonstrate portable wireless gear as negotiations progress with Pacific Mail line and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul boats. A new receiving device enables aerogram transmission across the Pacific.
Fire broke out this afternoon at the Michigan state soldiers home near Grand Rapids. Fire apparatus arrived from the city and all 1,100 inmates escaped safely. The blaze is reported on the third floor with evacuation completed.
A concise history of early optical experiments from 1826 showing how Babbage and Herschel used a spinning coin and mirror to reveal both sides of a coin, through persistence of vision. It notes the thaumotrope and the zoetrope, and references Muybridge’s 1877 photographs of moving subjects.
Governor Hoke Smith expands poultry farming near Decatur to supply his table. He stocks his farm with fowls of varied breed and adds an incubator on advice of George Tumlin keeper of public buildings. He says he needs several chickens daily and intends to raise more.
A reminder for the special five o’clock dinner at Olympia on Sunday evening. Attendees should arrive promptly and enjoy the organized meal event in the venue’s dining hall.
J Gilbert Larkin and J H Runyen with their families arrived last night to join Ed S Russell's family circle. Larkin came from Girard Illinois and Runyen from Iowa. Larkin already owns five acres in Millerdale and plans to settle here. Runyen is still searching for a suitable site to buy.
Thousands of acres of prime irrigated lands in Oregon available for filing in 40 to 160 acre tracts. No land rights or charges to settlers. Perpetual water rights priced only to cover construction costs. Project spans 216000 acres with 400 miles of canals. mild climate with over 300 sunny days. See or write for application blanks and information.
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