Wenatchee Social News Notes Arrivals and Local Business
Del P. Case arrives from Nebraska and will settle in Wenatchee. Walter Richardson now lives in Portland. Miss Morris of Seattle visits as a New York Life agent praising coast insurance activity and Wenatchee. Leavitt from Seattle Times tours the state for the paper due to eyesight. Pure ice promoted over pond ice. Wenatchee Canning Company reports one municipal prisoner under confinement. Mrs. Dr. King hosts a duplicate whist gathering with Spokane guest Mrs. Abrams and local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del P. Case
F. D. Case
Wenatchee
Nebraska
Walter Richardson
Portland
Miss Morris
Seattle
New York Life Insurance Company
Columbia
Wenatchee Canning Company
Dr. King
J. K. Abrams
Spokane
H. R. Vaughn
Ruby
Lillian Vaughn
Columbia and Okanogan Steamboat Co Schedule 1906
Timetable for up river and return trips from Wenatchee to Orondo Entiat Chelan Falls Pateros Brewster and Bridgeport with daily sailings and specific depart times. Notices invite readers to request folders on the Okanogan irrigation project and Lake Chelan district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Orondo
Entiat
Chelan Falls
Pateros
Brewster
Okanogan Irrigation Project
Lake Chelan District
Wenatchee High Play “Between the Acts” May 28
Mrs R E Thayer and Mrs A L Morris with Dr Hutchinson visit Wenatchee. Wenatchee Drug Co and B B Holcomb couple are in Seattle for a few days. Remember the High School play Between the Acts on May 28 at Wenatchee theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Thayer
A. L. Morris
Dr. Hutchinson
Wenatchee
Olds Back on Short Visit
L G Olds of the Wenatchee Canning company is back in the city from Seattle placing securities of the Wenatchee Orchard Bonds company with Queen City capitalists. He plans to return to the coast town this week for an extended stay and reports thrifty conditions in Seattle financial circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Olds
Wenatchee Canning Company
Seattle
Dance Friday Night at Wenatchee Theater
Wenatchee youngsters are invited to a Friday night dance on May 10 in Manager Ferguson’s theater. Crollard's orchestra will play their dreamy music and assure a happy time for the eager youths and girls who have pressed for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Ferguson
Crollard
Hotel Arrivals at Wenatchee Hotels May 1907
List of incoming guests at two Wenatchee hotels for May 1907 includes Roosevelts Houston and McGahan families, and visitors from Seattle, Yakima, Spokane, Leavenworth, Cashmere, Portland, Vancouver, and other cities. Names include J. J. King, Geo W Gray, S Farley, Jessie Kinney, J. G. Scurry, Wm Dent, Olin Rent, H. Holt, and J. P. Shepley among many Others from across Washington state and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
May
Roosevelt
F. Houston
Reynolds
J. H. McGahan
City
H. E. Wickham
Seattle
A. D. Butcher
North Yakima
Grace Fulton
Twisp
M. L. Spearns
Yakima
J. M. Friel
J. M. Frick
Waterville
J. C. Beach
Pat
Olin W. Rent
R. E. Russell
J. J. King
Leavenworth
Mrs. Shepard
L. G. Clapp
E. H. King
Jessie Kinney
Cashmere
S. Farley
Spokane
G. D. McLeod
New York
C. C. Ward
W. M. Olive
J. G. Scurry
Heroic Klondyke Run To Ferry Sick Wife Home
From Chi waukum Mrs James Harris reports James P Galbraith's 175 mile dog team trek from Duncan district to Dawson to reach a doctor for his seriously ill wife Mrs Galbraith. He crossed fast ice and flooding streams with wolves howling, easing her danger in a canvas bound basket while guiding the dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Harris
Chiwaukum
Far North
J. B. Galbraith
Harris
William Holtzhauser
Monitor
James P. Galbraith
Duncan
Dawson
Long Trail Carves Route to Dawson Through Yukon Wilderness
The Galbraiths endure a challenging winter trek toward Dawson aided by faithful dogs and a new government trail. They cross forests and gulches as wolves bay in the remote interior, while roadhouses along the line close for the season. Mrs. Galbraith awaits care at the Fairview as the expedition nears its close and hopes rise for her recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galbraith
Gailbraith
MacQuesten
Highet
Dawson
Duncan
McQuesten
Barlow
Kingsley's
Barlow House
Roadhouse
Dominion Creek
Overdorf to Hit Trail for Porter
Amateur Hawkshaw Jack Overdorf leaves on the east bound train for Spokane to bring back Edgar L. Porter, the man wanted here for biting the ear of Hedrick last week. Porter was known to be in Spokane, and his family reportedly left for there last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkshaw
Spokane
Jack Overdorf
Edgar L. Porter
Hedrick
Porter
Abbreviated quotations from late 19th century notices
A collection of short witty excerpts cited from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Harper's Weekly. The passages reference a professor discussing brick absorbing water, a joke about Boozem, a factual remark about vowels in English, and a humorous misnaming of a bishop and his wife at Lambeth palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Post- Intelligencer
Daniel 8. Tuttle
Lambeth Palace
London
Bishop of
Misery
Mrs. Tuttle
Harper's Weekly
How We Do Change and a Portrait of Hair History
A brief exchange features Mr Jellus and his companion remarking on a treasured image. The dialogue humorously reveals that a photographed face reflects the subject’s lost hair, prompting reflections on aging and vanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jellus
Louisville Courier-Journal
Thomas Bailey Aldrich Remembered by Friends and Peers
The obituary rails against the poet as a refined artist rather than a mass writer. It notes Aldrich died young at seventy and contrasts him with Longfellow Bryant Whittier Emerson and Lowell, stressing his refined charm and close circle of literary friends led by Robertus Love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Mr. Aldrich
New England
Longfellow
Bryant
Whittier
Emerson
Lowell
Aldrich
Waittlands
Dickens
Babie Beil
Robertus
Firds and the Law Reflects on Birds and Society
The piece argues law protects birds not for music but to curb cruelty and protect farmers from pests and costs. It notes dangers from shooters and egg collectors, jokes about Roman collar buttons, and comments on women in London and a French incident in Morocco. It ends with railroads, peace, and spring chores.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Conservatism
Farmers & Merchants
Bank of Wenatchee Capital
P. O
Drayage and Express
Eagle Livery & Transfer CO
G. F. Slocum
Columbia and Okanogan Steamboat Co
Bridgeport
Olds
Crollard Bros. Orchestra
Overdorf
Berlin
England
Morocco
France
The
Daily World
Wenatchee Military Band
Commrcial Club
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee, Wash
Old Strong Bank
Jamestown
Jamestown Exposition
Pacific Northwest
Daily World Daily and Sunday Post-Intelligencer
Post-Intelligencer
Advance
P.I
Tribun Rmer
Toledo Blade Ge
Ernie
Toledo Blade
N. W
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!