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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1907
Page
4
Advance sale for Le Willard's Monte Cristo tonight is large with S R O seating. Manager Ferguson says the production should be a great success based on strong coast town reviews and high critical praise. Dumas’s stirring story adds to the show’s famed appeal.
Local items report Eilis-Forde paying six dollars for the first five crates of ripe home grown strawberries. Delivery credited to H D Hall S J Penhallegon and E J Nicholson. Various residents visit and travel including Nell Hindman of Spokane and A J Hamley of Sprague. Notary Percy Walker authorized to affix signatures. Little and Wetsel schedules. Kel logg family connections noted. Mrs Littlefield to Soap Lake sanitarium reports full capacity.
Last night the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Loving welcomed about thirty guests for a fifteenth birthday celebration in honor of their daughter Golda. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Deniston Henry Hartman Harold Smith Olive Rankin Edna Windham Niva Vilotte Frank Callender Willie Turner Pearl Whisnand George Smith Eva Black Ed Gensinger Lillian Smith Edna Thompson Louise Lail Glenn Trimble George Collier Helen Tibbits and others.
Most workers on the new bridge were paid yesterday and left the yards. The rest reportedly received their wages and quit this morning. High water prevents further work as underpinning and falsework are scarce. Operations will resume when the river subsides.
Lewis A Crow of Ohio born September 21 1831 died May 21 1907 at 8 30 p m aged 75 years eight months. He belonged to the Baptist church for forty eight years and led a devout Christian life. He leaves a wife and six children. Funeral services at the home at 3 30 p m today. Undertaker Sprague in charge of remains.
Pueblo Colorado May 20 charged with embezzlement of postal funds while acting postmaster of Anniston Alabama J M Ragan is being held by city police awaiting instructions from federal authorities. Police say he has confessed. Ragan ran a cheap theatre for three weeks and used the name J Randolph. A former Anniston citizen recognized him and notified postal authorities who asked police to detain him.
May 20 Seattle reports the first new sapples of the year arriving. Gordon & Co. received under 100 boxes from Australia via Vancouver, Stone Pippin brand, small green fruit priced at 2.75. Decay and soft stock reduce local supply while Wenatchee stock is exhausted and Toppenish holds about 2000 boxes. Market expected to clear after early northbound boats, with Australia stock filling some demand.
Twenty Waterville visitors are headed to the Wenatchee athletic meet where Olympian Wenatchee champions expect to defend their laurels next Friday afternoon. The school buzzes with enthusiasm as preparations intensify for the event.
The May 1 1907 hotel arrivals at Wenatchee include guests at Roosevelt and Great Northern with names such as B M Herney F M Hall L E Kelling Geo Elfers A D Cross S Reimann H E Tuescher Port Townsend and Seattle. Also listed are Mrs Albert Abram Ballard W L McClellan Seattle and others from Spokane Portland Everett St Paul and Chicago.
The passenger steamer Naomi en route between Milwaukee and Grand Haven Mich burned to the waterline about 35 miles off Grand Haven just after 1 am. Fifty aboard, many burned or overcome by smoke. captain stayed at his post as crew aided passengers. Four deck hands and possibly four others died. survivors reported drownings and severe injuries. The Kansas and Kerr aided by rescuing passengers as the vessel burned.
J J Parker superintendent of the quartermaster department at Fort Lawton Washington says horses fit for cavalry are scarce in the Pacific theater. He notes shipments to Manila are nearly exhausted and suggests Australia may be needed to replenish stock. Disease and flies devastate horses, with no effective remedy. Parker has led multiple trans-Pacific shipments over nine years and may oversee new equine imports from Australia.
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