Wenatchee City Briefs Include Rents Sales and Visits
William Clapp of Douglas was in the city on legal business en route to Ephrata. Notices quote Wenatchee avenue rents from eight to eleven dollars. Various locals plan trips, sales at the Bazaar, and social events. The Whitman building term ends with Prof. H. C. Coe returning to Pomona Cal. for a ranch purchase, while local merchants promote goods and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Clapp
Douglas
Ephrata
R. M
L. M. Lewis
Wenatchee
Wenatchee Drug Co
H. C. Coe
Pomona
Cal
Whitman
C. & O. Nursery Co
Farmers Fruit Growers Association
A. J. Mills
Cashmere
Mills
Stevens County
Harrington
Porter and
Thomason
Pogue Drug Co
Joe Miller
Moses Lake
Harry Taylor
Great Northern Hotel
Seattle
Olive & Owens
Columbia Valley Bank
Dora Slocum
Fairbanks, Morse & CO
Wenatchee Avenue
Percy Scheble
Harry Scheble
F. C. Lemon
Lake Chelan
Lakeside
Orondo
Entiat
Burglary Case Heard in Leavenworth Preliminary Hearing
Chelan county prosecutor Fred Kemp traveled to Leavenworth to press the states case in a preliminary hearing for a man accused of statutory burglary. Two men were seized by Great Northern Railway police in a box car in the Leavenworth yards after breaking the seal to access valuable merchandise in transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kemp
Chelan County
Leavenworth
Great Northern Railway Company
Local Harness Dealer Trades Puyallup Property for Eight Acre Ranch
R W Bryant of Wenatchee Harness and Saddlery announces he has traded his Puyallup property to J H McGahan for an eight acre ranch located about a half mile south of Monitor. The ranch is planted to one year old trees.
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R. W. Bryant
Wenatchee Harness & Saddlery Company
Puyallup
J. H. McGahan
Monitor
Thrashing Cucumbers Grow Seed Crops in Kansas and Colorado
A report in Popular Mechanics explains cucumber seed farming across western Kansas and eastern Colorado. Growers plant in May, hoe and irrigate, and use a wagon framed cucumber thrasher with a two horsepower gas engine. The seed, sold to companies at 1 to 2 dollars per pound, yields profits of 100 to 150 dollars per acre.
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Kansas
Colorado
Methods for Hardening Stone Surfaces
The article describes two techniques to harden soft stone, mortar, or concrete to a depth of about half an inch. One method cleans the surface, fills cavities with cement mortar, and impregnates with water glass and molten calcium chloride to form insoluble silicate of lime. The second method saturates with ammonium sulfate then with potash water glass, removing excess in one minute.
The Cure of Goiter Awarded to Kocher
Nobel prize in medicine granted to Professor Theodore Kocher of Berne for his landmark work on goiter. He began early efforts around 1880 in the Valais region, showing goiter removal is possible without destroying the attached gland. Kocher reported over two thousand successful cures.
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Stockholm
Theodore Kocher
Berne
Switzerland
Valais
Berlin
Coming Events For Tacoma Club And Local Games
May 26 arrival of Tacoma Commercial club. May 26 twilight game Firemen vs Engineers. May 27 vacation. May 29-30 Wilson Creek baseball here. May 30 decoration day. June 16-18 State Press association here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma Commercial
Firemen
Engineers
Wilson Creek
Women Attend Noon Lunches at YMCA Week of Public Spirit Work
Prominent local ladies involved in public spirit causes attend noon lunches with keen interest in YMCA work. Their presence and cooperation are appreciated by the committee and encouraged to continue throughout the week. The Christian church ladies hosted today’s dinner.
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Ladies of the Christian Church
Prowell Engineering Hosts Warm Ice Cake Reception
Visitors were greeted with a cake of ice in the doorway as Prowell Engineering held a “cool reception.” As the day warmed, the ice cake was moved deeper into the office for safety.
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Prowell Engineering Company
School Board Meeting At New High School
Members of the school board meet this evening at the new high school to sign the diplomas of the graduates and transact other business.
Beulah Land Visit By Martin And Three Associates
Beulah Land above the Palisades was visited yesterday by Charles E. Martin with H. A. Chapin W. E. Whisnand and W. E. Stevens. Tracts in that neighborhood are selling for 100 to 200 dollars. The trip was made in a locomobile.
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Beulah Land
Palisades
Charles E. Martin
H. A. Chapin
W. E. Whisnand
W. E. Stevens
Seattle veteran leader in town to unite Sons of Veterans
E. C. Belding of Seattle, vice commander of the Washington and Alaska division of the Sons of Veterans, meets local Grand Army of the Republic and Sons of Veterans to spur a local union and honor Civil War deeds. A social dance by Mr and Mrs Chester Levere tops this week’s social notes. Hats on sale at 3.98 from The Style Shop.
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Will H. Boddy
S. W. Martin
E. C. Belding
Seattle
Washington and
Alaska
The
Sons of Veterans
Grand Army of the Republic
Chester Levere
Gehr Block
Yields to White Plague Takes Cashmere Resident
Howard Short a well known Cashmere figure died after a long struggle with consumption. He could not earn money recently and was cared for by the Methodist Brotherhood. Funeral services are set for 10 30 tomorrow at the Cashmere Methodist Church conducted by Rev. M J Perdue. Wenatchee friends may view the body and leave flowers at Wenatchee Undertaking parlors.
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Howard Short
Cashmere
Methodist Brotherhood
Methodist
M. J. Perdue
Wenatchee
King's Forty Fifth Birthday Celebrated in Saxony
Dresden observed a general holiday as King Frederick Augustus III marked his forty fifth birthday on May 25. Born May 25, 1865, he ascended the throne after his father died in 1904.
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Saxony
Dresden
Frederick Augustus III
Patriot Militant Odd Fellows Elect Delegate to State Encampment
J. D. Ross was elected to represent the Patriot Militant branch of the local lodge at the Grand Lodge state encampment in North Yakima June 6 to 10. The convention closes June 10 with a grand ball and many local members plan to attend. Rebekah degree staff will compete for the team prize and local Odd Fellows officers will also participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodge of Odd Fellows
I. O. O. F. Hall
Grand Lodge
North Yakima
Order
Rebekah
Passing Through Halley's Comet Tail Sparks Local Belief
In Leavenworth on May 25 after thunderstorms sidewalks bore brimstone believed to come from the comet tail. Dr Hoxsey analyzed the yellow matter and locals suppose the earth’s passage through Halley’s tail brought the brimstone. planetary positions note Mercury Mars Jupiter Venus Saturn. A separate notice invites Miss Phoebe Reeder’s miscellaneous shower hosted by Miss Pearl Jessup for Miss Reeder and her marriage to Lee Willard of Canada.
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Leavenworth
Hoxsey
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Miss Reeder
Pearl Jessup
Phoebe Reeder
Lee Willard
Canada
Autoists Meet Tonight at Cashmere
The Chelan County Automobile association holds its third meeting at 8 15 p m in the Cascade garage Cashmere. Formed weeks ago to improve roads, members and agents report notable road work between here and Cashmere with about ninety dollars spent near R P Webb’s home and more projects underway.
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Cashmere
Chelan County Automobile Association
Cascade Garage
R. P. Webb
J O Stout Brings Comet Egg To World Office
J O Stout presented an egg at the World office said to be laid on Monday with a well defined tail a remarkable freak. Residents report similar occurrences and housewives cheer the disappearance of the comet influence on eggs across the country.
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J. O. Stout
Wenatchee
World Office
Chelan Bridge Section Safely Swung to Piers
Reports say the Chelan bridge under construction faced danger as the threatened span rested on unsafe false work and broken logs. The section has now swung clear and rests securely on the piers, ending the immediate threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelan
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Wenatchee Electric Co
Wenatchee Ave
Entiat Light & Power Co
Crete
Brick
Steel Construction
W. W. Voorhees
Eitel Bldg
Seattle, Wash
Buckeye Grocery
City News
the Bazaar
Jessie Miller
C. O. Wasson
Ed. S. Russell
Sound
Frederick Walker
Nelson
B. C
Missionary Circle of the Baptist Church
F. E. Eatherton
Chelan Avenue
Bankers Life Association of
Des Moines
Iowa
W. S. Spencer
First National Bank
C. H. Armstrong
James E. Keane
Rock Island
F. A. Reynolds
R. E. Sullivan
Everett
Snohomish
Terry Ross
J. E. Throw
Malaga
Trade Property
Washington
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Columbia Comandery
Rebekahs
Odd Fellows Hall
Presbyterian Prayer Meeting
Christian Prayer Meeting
Eagle Hall
St. Luke’s Ladies’ Guild
Presbyterian Ladies’ Missionary
Christian Science At
Baptist Boys’ Club
Baptist Church
G. A. R. and Sons of Veterans
Sprague
Wenatchee Theatre
Gem Theatre
Methodist Church
F. J. George
Quincy
Wash
Apple Land CO
Quincy Ranch
Winchester
Jas. G. Auda
Douglas Street
Ad. Gall
Wenatchee Orchard Bond Co
E. A. Harding
Entiat Fruit Lands
J. D. Bonar
Watervill Wash
Lang’s Livery
Chelan Bridge
Sunkist
Wii E Vow
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