A Spokane Visit Brings Halley’s Comet Tales From a 95-Year-Old Prospector
Spokane on May 28 reports C F Diamond age 95 born May 9 1815 in Illinois sharing recollections of Halley’s Comet seen in 1835 and 1856. He recalls mining across California Nevada Arizona Oregon and Illinois and notes vast changes from frontier life to modern abundance.
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Spokane
Halley
C. F. Diamond
Cedar Canyon
Illinois
Salt Lake
Utah
California
Nevada
Arizona
Oregon
Washington
Los Angeles
el Monte
Jacksonville
Ore
Norris & Rowe Circus Disbands in Peru Bankruptcy
An Indianapolis report states Norris and Rowe circus has filed for bankruptcy at Peru Indiana and disbanded there. Walter Shannon and H S Rowe owned it. Norris exited last season. The show likely to be bought by B E Wallace of Peru while performers take other engagements including with Sells Floto in Seattle. The troupe is stored at Hagenbeck Wallace winter quarters pending sale.
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Indianapolis
Norris
Cashmere business men push to form a commercial club
Cashmere vendors strive to organize a commercial club aiming for forty members to guarantee success. Thirty-two have subscribed twenty-five dollars each, as organizers greet Tacoma junketers unofficially. Others report land and property trades, including A E Hill clearing sagebrush, J W O Keefe moving back to Okanogan, and A L Meeker selling Windy Hill ranch to Chase Marsh with sixteen dairy cattle joining.
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A. E. Hill
John W. O’keefe
White Salmon
Okanogan
O’keefe
Okanogan News Notes Highlights County Convention and Local Deals
The seventh annual Okanogan County Sunday School association opened in the new auditorium with about eighty delegates. Transfers include W. E. Daniel to Fred C. Paine on Queen Street and W. R. Kahlow to R. F. McCampbell on Second Avenue. Tank Creek wheat man W. W. Nicholson reports good road conditions and predicts bumper crops. freight boats like the Columbia and Okanogan run thrice weekly delivering up to ninety tons. A saloon license request by Billy Howe failed. O’Neill’s saloon closes. Deputy Sheriff Chas. McLean and Miss Bessie Jay wed in Con Conully. Eight acres transferred from A. A. Curtis to H. S. Irwin. sale of a jet and ice house to M. S. Ayres of Brewster.
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Okanogan
Wash
Okanogan County Sunday School Association
Okanogan Band
Armstrong, Valentine & Company
Queen Street
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
W. E. Daniel
Fred C. Paine
Paine
W. R. Kahlow
Second Avenue
Auditorium
R. F. McCampbell
W. W. Nicholson
Tank Creek
Ostenberg
Nicholson
Charles Bureau
Columbia
Chelan
Okanogan River
Harry Friermood
Riverside
Mock Island
Chozan
J. J. Docker
Chas. Bureau
I. L. Stuckey
Kettle Falls
Billy Howe
Howe
Jack O'Neill
O'Neill
Chas. McLean
Bessie Jay
Conconully
Western Union Abstract & Realty Company
A. A. Curtis
H. S. Irwin
Hafer Brothers
M. S. Ayres
Brewster
Ayers
Great Northern Warns Em ployes to Guard Against Sparks
Superintendent L. W. Bowen of the Great Northern cautions engineers and conductors as the dry season nears. Ash dumping near bridges and exposed places must be avoided. each conductor and engineer should wire a fire report to the chief dispatcher and alert section men.
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Great Northern
L. W. Bowen
Papke to fight Montana Dan Sul livan in Oakland
Bill Papke and Montana Dan Sul livan have signed to meet in Oakland California creating a prominent boxing event with both fighters listed for the bout.
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Bill Papke
Montana Dan Sullivan
Oakland
California
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C. F. Eggiman
John S. Mooney and Co
Meeker Bros. Milk
Basement World Bldg
A. Greenfield
Wenatchee Ave
del Mundo
N, M. Streeter, Prop
World Building
Eagle Transfer Company Incorporated
Wenatchee, Wash
Woodruff's Blacksmith and Machine Shop
Wenatchee Avenue
East Wenatchee
P. O
Chelan County Realty Co
Columbia Valley Bank
Wilsom Creek
Gircus Bankrupt
Rowe
Tacoma
Cashmere
Okanogan News
Mashington
Railec
An Acre Co. P. R
Hart
Ser & Marz
Kansas City
Swafford Bros
Wewatches
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