Storch Family Plans Okanogan Visit and Land Plans
The Storch parents arrive from Seattle with their daughter and son-in-law Mr and Mrs Copple. They will leave for Okanogan soon, where Mr Storch plans to buy land. Doyle, a C O S S employee, drank heavily and is jailed, may join city improvement league later. Civil War veteran F M Montgomery buried with G A R honors at Salvation Army headquarters. Wenatchee band revenue plan gains early subscriptions as a blank form is published. Palm Ice Cream and Wenatchee Drug Co mentioned.
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A. M. Storch
Seattle
Copple
Okanogan
Mr. Storch
Doyle
C. & O. S. S. Company
City Improvement League
F. M. Montgomery
Salvation Army
Orondo Avenue
Wenatchee
Mass Meeting Called by Wenatchee Citizens at First Baptist
Citizens of Wenatchee plan a mass meeting at the First Baptist church on Chelan avenue and First street Sunday May 5 at 8 pm. Speakers include Senator Arthur Gunn Hon Frank Reeves and Hon John A Gellatly discussing The Place the Church Should Occupy in the City of Wenatchee The Church and Civic Life The Church and Business Life and The Church and Professional Life. The note urges business and professional leaders and every church worker to attend to hear business views on church work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
First Baptist Church
Chelan Avenue
First Street
Arthur Gunn
Frank Reeves
John A. Gellatly
Gunn
Hon
Gellatly
Reeves
Advertised Letters for Week Ending April 30 1907
List of uncalled letters including M T Alliman L Berg Grace Boardman Jno T Browning C E Buntes Victoria Cain Bert Chase Frank Counter George Evens Guy Frisbie Mabelle Garson Ray Gilbert Mrs Harry Hoffman Fred Horan Mrs Elsie Johnson Samuel Lang E W Mahoney Charles Massey B F Mills Frank Nicholson Robert Page J C Heifsnider Lilli Severs C A Soger Cecil J Tillett and Walter Webb Letters advised to say advertised L M Hull P M
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Alliman
M. T
Berg
Boardman
Grace Browning
Jno
T. Buntes
C. E. Cain
Victoria Chase
Bert Counter
Frank Evens
George Fleming
Guy Frisbie
Mabelle Garson
Ray Gilbert
Harry Hoffman
Fred
Charles Massey
B. F. Mills
Frank Nicholson
Robert Page
Frank Heifsnider
J. C
Severs
Lilli Soger
C. A. Tillett
Cecil J. Webb
Walter
Hotel Arrivals Include Notable Guests on May First 1907
A list of visitors checking into Wenatchee area hotels for May 1 1907 includes Roosevelt F W Ketchum R R Long S Blake E M Northrop F A Chandler W S Boon O L Jacobs W W Cook Geo Birdsey Dr Alettra W Chaffee R H Pitts and wife C L Smith E Ashley J L Phelps Walter Olive G A Fisher and wife E C Dane and family A E Case I D Sullivan D B Sellers W K Martin J C B Barmon O Brunner C J Weeks Clara Ludwig Bertha Ludwig Claudia Ludwig YL Wright among others from Seattle Spokane Fargo and Vancouver
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Roosevelt
F. W. Ketchum
City
R. R. Long
Spokane
S. Blake
Chicago
E. M. Northrop
Fargo
N. D
F. A. Chandler
W. S. Boon
O. L. Jacobs
W. W. Cook
Geo. Birdsey
Seattle
Dr. Alettra W. Chaffee
Cheney
Great Northern
R. H. Pitts
C. L. Smith
1909
E. Asley
J. L. Phelps
Walter Olive
G. A. Fisher
E. C. Dane
Ephrata
A. E. Case
Waterville
I. D. Sullivan
Vancouver
D. B. Sheller
W. K. Martin
Kansas City
Old Soldier Captain Green Pursues Illicit Whisky Ring
Captain John W. Green, famed Philippine constabulary veteran and U. S. marshal, arrives in Wenatchee as a special interior official. He has captured Joe McDonald, linked to 122 liquor charges and a rape accusation, now bonded at 1000 dollars. McDonald to Spokane federal court. Green previously led anti crime efforts in Manila.
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Wenatchee
John W. Green
Captain Green
Department of the Interior
Washington, D. C
Okanogan Country
Joe McDonald
McDonald
Liberty
Gordon
Spokane
Green
U. S
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Philippine Constabulary
Phillipine
World
Philippine Army
Wheat is Gone From Pullman as 1906 Crop Ships Out
Pullman reports minimal 1906 wheat stock with less than 15 percent remaining in local warehouses. Logistics push: grain is leaving as cars become available and workers are hired. Kerr, Gifford & Co. notes under 20 percent remains in Northern Pacific warehouses between Palouse Genesee and Moscow.
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Pullman
L. W. Lanning
Kerr, Gifford & Co
Pacific
Palouse
Genesee
Moscow
Roosevelt denounces school race death critique in Review letter
In a May 1 letter to the Review of Reviews editor, President Roosevelt rebukes an April issue article on The Doctor and the Public School. He argues that higher death rates among native families threaten the race and warns against civic complacency or endorsement of elitist or socialist ideals.
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New York
Review of Reviews
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Proletiarat
Schoolboy arithmetic puzzle in a Scottish scene
A classroom scene shows a boy asked to compute four pounds at one shilling and sixpence a pound. The exchange reveals family poverty and teasing responses about earning money. The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes the boy’s mother cannot afford the tea and urges the boy to ask the shopkeeper, highlighting hardship and humor.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pounis
What Leva Is Good For
Tourists in Italy marvel at lava’s use in Naples and nearby areas. Streets are paved with lava and even statues, drinking troughs, bric-a-brac, and jewelry are made from the material. Guides press coins on cooled fragments to sell to visitors amid ash covered slopes.
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Leva
Italy
Vesuvius
Naples
New York
Chierso
Genae
Mistakes in War Across Historic Battles
The excerpt reflects on how battles from Bull Run to Gettysburg hinge on many errors by both sides. It notes Grant Wallace and Lee Stuart as pivotal lapses and compares past wars to underscore the universal role of mistakes in military outcomes.
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Bull Run
McDowell
Patterson
Richmond
Lee
Huger
Pittsburg Landing
Grant
Wallace
Gettysburg
Stuart
Shafter
Cuba
Jenna
Oyama
Chigago Chronicle
Four Men Hanged for Pocket Handkerchief Theft
In London a century ago four men were tried for assault and theft at Ponders End. The trial lasted eight hours and included a turnkeys pocket being picked. An official recovered the handkerchief and the prisoner complied with indifferent calm. The court, shocked by the act, sentenced all four to death.
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London
Annual Register
Ponder’s End
Swords and Scimiters In Medieval Combat
The scimiter of the Saracens is praised as the most effective sword for cleaving through purposes. The tale from Sir Walter Scott’s Talisman recalls Saladin using such a weapon to split a cushion before Richard the Lionheart. A straight sword hacks but cannot slice as efficiently as the curved seimster.
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Walter Scott
Richard T’pour de Lion
Exposed Hand at Chicago Restaurant Payment
A man pays his bill with a Canadian quarter while a pale cashier blushes and smiles. The scene is described in a City Tribune snippet with a remark about the cashier’s appearance and a lingering late-night office habit referenced by Mrs Potts and Jack Potts in a Catholic Standard item.
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Chicago Tribune
His Own Portrait in Illustrated Bits
In a short dialogue from Illustrated Bits, Mr Misfit snarls at Mrs Misfit about a past suitor. Mrs Misfit recalls she did marry that man, prompting an ironic remark about charity that opens its hand and closes its mouth, attributed to the Terrell Transcript in Texas.
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Mr. Misfit
Terrell
Tex
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Arangement
Branson Brothers
Kentucky
Middle West
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Catchall Store Co
Big Bend Shop
Clouser & Watson
Murray & Company
Wenatchee Avenue
Insijfe
Walter M. Olive
Millerdale
Grant & Cox
Lilly’s Garden Seeds
Central Produce Co
Lillis
L. M. Hull, P. M
Daily World
Wenatchee Military Band
Comercial Club
Lakeside
Achance
Lake
Chelan
Frank C. Renn
Jamestown
Jamestown Exposition
Pacific Northwest
Advance
P.I
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Wee Ewes
Post-Intelligencer
New York Tribune Farmer
Toledo Blade
N. W. Horticulturist
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