Wenatchee News Snippets Mirror Local Troubles And Oddities
Petitions to retain Superintendent Brown draw mixed signs among Wenatchee teachers with women signing and men abstaining. A Kennewick cow yields three calves in one day highlighting irrigated country marvel. Fire bell deemed false alarm. contractor to remedy. Justice Palmer receives Pierce's Code. Bob-cat shot after peering into a miner's cabin. A sixteen year old girl smoking on a prominent street angers locals. Methodist revivalists hold service in Wallace amid crowded resort. Poetic spirit marks Commercial Club reorganization. Club urged to broaden rural reach beyond Wenatchee. Milwaukee branch proposal to aid fruit crops urged. Elderly crowd described as morally cast and easily swayed. Joe Early fined for drunkenness. Wenatchee businessman travels to Seattle. wife question noted. A new tooth carpenter heads to town. Electric company irrigation plan to expand fruit lands near Entiat. Commercial Club urged to back project.
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Wenatchee
Brown
Kennewick
Wallace
Commercial Club
Milwaukee
Joe Early
Seattle
Electric Company
Columbia Valley
Entiat
Local Club Gatherings and Social Notices in Wenatchee
Mrs Sumner hosted 852 Club members at Chelan avenue S yesterday with a dainty luncheon. St Luke's Guild met at Mrs O B Fuller on Wenatchee avenue midweek. Mrs James Rae is ill at Mrs Ogilvie's on Orondo avenue. Mayor and Mrs Gellatly hosted six couples for 500 at their Okannon Heights home. Wenatchee Plumbing and Heating promotes pipe sales. Orondo Cafe announces remodeling under new proprietors Spears and Gardiner.
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Sam Sumner
Chelan Avenue S
St. * Luke's Guild
O. B. Fuller
Wenatchee Avenue
James Rae
Ogilvie
Orondo Avenue
Orondo Cafe
Orondo Ave
Wenatchee
Spears & Gardiner
Pro ‘Prietors
Commercial Club Meeting Revives Activities and Reforms
A mass meeting of the Commercial Club drew 56 prospective members as George Fisher chaired amendments to the constitution. Key changes set initiation at 2.56 dollars, monthly dues to 1 dollar, and a bond under 1 600 dollars for the treasurer amid protests from W A Thompson who resigned after the vote. New trustees were elected Dan Beal and W Parr as Frank Keller declared himself unfit. Secretaries praised Dave Gellatly for recruiting 55 new members in ten days and plans for a Jarred Fruit Exhibit at the 1909 AY P are noted.
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Commercial Club
George Fisher
Thompson
Parr
Board of Trustees
W. O. Parr
Dan Beal
Frank Keller
Keller
Beal
Fisher
Gilchrist
Burbank
Ed Russell
Dave Gellatly
Wenatchee Visitors, Straw Vote Noted in Bryan Letter
The Wenatchee Daily World highlights a straw vote on the presidential race sent to William Jennings Bryan. J H Feryman of Wenatchee received Bryan's thanks and assurance he will present the paper to Bryan upon his return. The note recalls a past Bryan visit and comments on Nebraska’s recovery from autumn financial blows.
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William Jennings Bryan
John Feryman
Daily World
Ferryman
Lincoln
Neb
J. H. Feryman
Wenatchee
Wash
W. J. Bryan
Chas. W. Bryan
Rufus Woods
Ralph
Surprise
Wenatches
Nebraska
Marriage at Methodist Parsonage Unites Carpenter and Boyd
Yesterday at 2 PM at the Methodist parsonage Mr. Joan Carpenter and Miss Mauie Boyd of Cisco were married by Rev. Peightol. The groom is brother of Mrs. L Farn, whose marriage was celebrated in Wenatch 2 months ago. They will reside in Caelan where the groom works as a carpenter.
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Joan Carpenter
Mauie Boyd
Ciesan
Peightol
Fiarn
Many Horses to Be Sold at Courtnay and Reed
Courtnay and Reed announce a sale at their stables with 15 to 20 head of horses and other farm stock. Auctioneers C Taylor and Finch will start at 2 PM, selling varying horse sizes. If successful, promoters plan regular market days offering cattle pigs farm implements and ranch merchandise.
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Courtnay & Reed
Ca Taylor and Finch
Horses Runaway Question Featured in Compton Trial
A Compton personal injury suit ended with a verdict for the defendant Wenatchee Canal Co, sparing Compton from a $2,500 payment for a crippled foot. The trial debated whether the horses were habitual runaways, with amusing testimony from Dave Gellatly about a night out with his girlfriend.
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Compton
Wenatchee Canal Co
Dave Gellatly
Nob Hill Wreck Stuns Nob Hill Residents In Wild Circus Scene
Residents on Nob Hill watched a noon wreck as a circus pony caused chaos on First Street. Heyman Harris Louis Neubauer and helpers staged a flashy stunt with a pony cart sending hats cushions and deli meats into the air. The cart was destroyed but the occupants escaped injury as locals aided the shaken riders and cleaned up the dirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nob Hill
Wild Bill
Heyman Harris
Louis
Neubauer
First Street
Miller
Right of Way Suit Over Property Denotes Public Usage
In superior court the We natchee Valley and Northern Railway seeks a right of way over E. D. Northrup and wife property near Leaveworth. An interlocutory decree already fixes public need. trial assesses monetary damages for surrender of property. Attorneys Kronk Reeves for the railway, Ira Thomas and King for the defendants.
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Wenatchee Valley & Northern Railway Company
E. D. Northrup
Leaveworth
Kronk Reeves
Ilway Comnany
Ira Thomas
King
American securities viewed as bargain by European investors
Sir William C. Van Horne, chairman of the Canadian Pacific board, arrived from Europe and said American securities are no longer viewed with suspicion there. He noted investors believe American securities are at bed rock and a good time to buy as the financial haze in the United States clears.
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New York
William C. van Horne
Canadian Pacific Railway
Europe
America
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Wenatchee Plumbing & Heating Company
Tchee Waeh
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Douglas County
Venowarren
Littleton
Geo. E. McCann
Columbia St
Secetary
Bryan Hears
John H. Ferryman
Mrs
Roney
Wenatchee Plumbing & Heating Co
Tt Street
Ross
Guy Browne
M. O. Tibbitts
Rae
Mesdames
Oorva
Bill
Leavenworth
Arion
Dr. McCoy
Leavenworth Mercantile Company
McCoy
Kaupp
World Office
J. E. Ferguson
Joe Compton
Nob
Ogene
Wenatchee Valley & Northern Railway
Court
OUA Securities
William C. van Horn
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