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Wenatchee Daily World

Location

Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1909

Page

7

Kentuckian Offers Leg for Charity Amid Remarkable Desperation

A Highland Park resident writes to the New York Herald offering to sell one leg to raise money for a child. He claims a lifelong record of failure and says he is healthy with good references and would accept a reasonable payment.

Rockefeller Institute Highland Park The Herald New York N. Y. Herald

One Calico Dress Sparks Indiana Divorce Granted

In Muncie Indiana on March 16 Mrs Rachel Howard told Circuit Court her husband bought her only one dress in 24 years, a calico gown for $1.50, and she largely supported him despite him being a trained nurse. The suit was unopposed and Judge Joseph Leffler granted the divorce.

Muncie Ind Rachel Howard Joseph Leffler

Indicted Trader Faces Murder Charge in Night Exchange

A trader, in a trance like state, reveals he is under indictment for murder and cannot prove innocence. He asks a younger man to tell Necia only when he says, while praising John Gale as brave and self-sacrificing. Ben Stark demands entry as the scene closes with urgent news.

Necia John Gale Leutenant Bennett Gale Lieutenant Burrell Ben Stark

4000 Miles on 60 Cents Feat by 17 Year Old

Ralph O Leary, a 17 year old from Oakland, traveled to Providence in thirteen days on sixty cents after being found on a train tender while attempting to reach Baltimore. Police commended his story and arranged boat transport to Baltimore to see a dying brother. He had stolen rides across the continent, ended up in Albany on the wrong train to Boston and arrived with two cents.

Providence R. I Oakland Cal Ralph O’leary Baltimore Boston Albany

Appetite vs Art in Eddie Foys supper club quip

Eddie Foy jokes that a travesty of Hamlet would usually win more notice than the original. He recalls a melodrama villain with a celebrated death scene and a late curtain mix up at Tin Can. The note ends advising early bicycle and sewing machine repairs by J. J. Eyer on Mission Street.

Eddie Foy Players’ Club Tin Can Rochester Herald J. J. Eyer Mission Street

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Undertakers C. G. Hall E. F. Sprague A. J. Martin Wenatchee Wash DR. Hutchinson Mechtel’s Bakery L. B. Manchester Columbia Valley Bank Wenatchee, Wash P. Barrows Rosenberg Block Williams & Grimshaw Fuller & Mechtel Block Ludington M. W. Bird Arentred. “Builder of Fine Homes Phone A. B. Edwards Civil Engineers C. Ward Fred Berry Eagle Hall Neil Cozart M. W Artie Tedford Wenatchee Lodge No. 157 Sprague Hall A. J. Adams Noble D. M. Coulter J. E. Gipe Royal Neighbors OF America Howard Sprague’s Hall Anna W. May Jennie Startlett Oracle Royal Highlanders J. C. Campbell Anna Kyle Oman Relief Corps Daniel McCook L. Wenner Brotherhood OF American Yoemen Columbia A. F. Lake W. A. Grant C. W. Jorgenson Department of Washington and Alaska Odd Fellows Hall I. P. Ferrin M. O. Merrill Riverside Lodge Bower Hall A. Baptie W. M R. H. Nowlan Modern Woodmen OF America Terry Ross B. F. Anderson P. O. Box W. S. Milner Washington and E Streets H. S. Keefer Park Hotel Pateros Adams Okanogan Government Ditch Omak G. H. McMaster Okanogan Avenue City Property Wenatchee Avenue M. B. Jackson P. O Thompson South C Street W. Z. Thornhill North Chelaware Lewis and Clark Springwater Avenue James Ajax Daily World Care World I. M. Derifield N. D Okanogan H. O. Hinde Okanogan, Wash Squibchuck Daily World Office John Scott World Office Henry Finley Care Daily World Entiat Valley T. W. Cowan Entiat Orondo Water and Land Company F. F. Keller Griggs Block G. W Ravessant Farmers Feed Stable Farmers’ Percheron Horse Co T. R. Chisholm O’connor L. A. Bigham W. F. Lang H. J. Betty F. T Delicious Spitzenberg Winesap Jonathan A. Swearingen Mary A Damberger W. E. Goldman O. P. Easterwood Easterwood & Goldman Attorneys At Law S. C Plymouth Keggs J. R. Phipps P. P. Holcomb Mr. Bishop Olympia Hotel Methow Valley Wenatchee City Mechtel By Rex Beach Harper & Broth Sess SS
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