Captain Griggs Navigates Wenatchee Avenue Averts Colu m bia High Water
Cooling weather reduced the threat of a Columbia River surge on Wenatchee Avenue as the river continued falling for days. Old timers recall Captain Griggs guiding a steamer past Fifth Street amid prior floods and a 1894 tale of a French lodger catching 30 fish from a street lodging house window.
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Columbia River
Columbia
Jack Lillis
Cap
Tain Griggs
Fifth and
Wenatchee Avenue
John Derieux
Wenatchee
France
Columbia Street
Union label section hits 500000 members
The union label section of the A. F. of L. already has a membership of 500000 in good standing, despite being less than a year old.
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The
A. F. of L
Bowes Denies Returning To Stage Life In Tacoma
Mrs E J Bowes formerly Margaret Illington denies repeated Seattle reports of a stage comeback. Bowes and husband say they reside in Tacoma and would share news with local papers if there were any, calling the rumours false.
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E. J. Bowes
Margaret Illington
Seattle
H. N. Swartwood
Custave Frohman
Daniel Frohman
the Thief” Company
Tacoma
Bowes
Floral request for Decoration Day by veterans groups
Members of the W A C G A R and Spanish War Veterans and friends are urged to bring flowers Sunday to Mrs Frank Baker near the Presbyterian church for cemetery decoration on Decoration Day. The British Women’s Trade Union League reports steady membership around 185 000 amid low trade mood. Texas garment workers seek a state law labeling prison made garments convict labor to protect union interests.
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Orders
Frank Baker
Presbyterian Church
British Women’s Trade Union League
League
Garment Workers of Texas
Texas State Federation of Labor
Religious services listed for several local churches
Christian Church announces Bible school at 10, morning service at 11 and evening preaching at 8 with subjects Saved by Faith and The Heavenward Way. Methodist, St. Luke's, First Baptist share services including sermons on Despondency, The Legacy of Lincoln, The Conservation of the Home, and memorials with choir solos. Strangers and the poor welcome.
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Douglas and Chelan
Owen J. Gist
Bible School
Lincoln
Grand Army of the Republic
Grace Paris
Maud Greenman
Sylvia Grant
Pulpit to Be Occupied by Rev W B Davis in Leavenworth
The Congregational church will host Rev W B Davis of Leavenworth for Sunday morning services at 11 o clock with 9:45 the Sunday school time at Sprague hall Elk's Hall. Sermon topics include Ancient and Modern Necromancy De nounced and The Purposes of the Incarnation. Miss Cady to sing and Aldron couple to perform a duet All invited.
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Congregational Church
W. B. Davis
Leavenworth
Sprague Hall
Elk’s Hall
Dr. Stevenson
Miss Cady
Mrs. Aldron
Local Real Estate Deals Highlight Town Growth
S P Beecher closed a twenty acre tract off St James place joining Geo Hauber for 7000 dollars. O B Hayes bought the Frank Sutton place in eastern town and occupies it. Sylvester family to move to forestry building at mountain foot. Debord buys Whitson feed store on Front street and plans a railroad warehouse if a location is found.
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S. P. Beecher
Geo. Hauber
St. James Place
Mr. Hauber
O. B. Hayes
Frank Sutton
Mr. Sylvester
Sylvester
J. G. Debord
Whitson Feed
Front Stree
F. T. Motteler
Mr. Debord
Leavenworth
Apportionment Set for State Democratic Convention in Tacoma
The next state democratic convention to nominate five supreme court judges will be in Tacoma on September 27 at 1 PM with 627 delegates. Delegates are apportioned one at large per county and one for every 100 votes or major fraction for Bryan in 1908. Primary elections are set for September 13 to elect county committeemen who meet September 24 to organize county committees and select a county representative to the state central committee.
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Tacoma
Supreme Court
W. J. Bryan
Langford to Meet Kaufman in June Title Bout at San Francisco
Sam Langford’s next big bout is set with Al Kaufman on June 11 in San Francisco. Al Kubiak is not showing the form he had two years ago. Bert Wing, a Cleveland lightweight, was killed in a railroad accident there recently.
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Sam Langford
al Kaufman
San Francisco
al Kubiak
Bert Wing
Cleveland
City
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His Wife
Mission St
Clark Cox
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Methodist Church
Epworth League
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
T. A. Hilton
St. Clements
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Tire
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