Local and Personal News From Wenatchee District
Chas Funderburg of Surry ND visits the valley this week to meet his father returning with Max Bass special car from the Los Angeles Dunkard convention. J W Nowlan and family arrive in city as new arrivals. Supt Campbell of Great Northern attends Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers' Association directors meeting. M W Lawrence of Seattle visits with wife, calling on Miss Mabelle Lawrence of Tacotma. Ikenberry from West Virginia considers country investment. M W Nelson travels to Lebanon OR due to illness of his mother. Ellis Forde closes at 1 pm tomorrow for rest of day. High School play Between the Acts draws full house. review to follow. F W Graham of Great Northern Railway in town on business. territory spans Spokane to Seattle.
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Chas. Funderburg
Surry
North Dakota
Mr. Funderburg
Columbia
Wenatchee
Max Bass
Los Angeles
Ikenberry
B. W. Ikenberry
Sunnyslope
West Virginia
M. W. Nelson
Lebanon
Oregon
Ellis-Forde
Mr. Graham
Spokane
Seattle
Quincy Hotel Man Stung in State Case
Prosecuting Attorney Cross returned from Quincy to assist in the state against Mine Host Risedorph of the Quincy hotel. He had sold the hotel to a Spokane man and collected rent as of June 1, implying payment. later it surfaced the rent was unpaid, and Risedorph was arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses. Bound over to await superior court with $500 bond. Represented by Attorney Jack of Spokane.
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Cross
Quincy
Risedorph
Daily World
Spokane
Superior
Jack
Burglar Frank Ford Sentenced to Two Years at Walla Walla
Ford, described as a repeat offender, was sentenced to two years in the Walla Walla penitentiary for burglarizing the Catchall store. Officials note he has prior burglaries at the same facility within eight to nine years and is known there by the nickname coon with a past.
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Frank Ford
Walla Walla
Walla Walla Pen
Ford
Thief faces possible cumulative sentence discussed by judge
A fragment reports Judge Steiner may have imposed life imprisonment on Ford if his third conviction were known, citing a potential cum ulative sentence as the standard in such cases.
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Steiner
Ford
Stores to Close Early Tomorrow in Wenatchee
All stores and businesses will close from 1:00 to 6:00 tomorrow. Salons and ice cream emporiums will shut from 2:00 to 4:00 to allow employees time to listen to the band and talk with Wenatchee girls.
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Wenatchee
Roads Will Trim Wages See Summer Savings
The roads plan wage cuts to save millions during the light summer traffic. The largest reductions will hit operating departments, in shops and among clerks.
Trolley Employees to Tour Europe Conductor and Wife Save Six Years
Charles M. Kelly a longtime Fifth Avenue division conductor and his wife plan a six month Europe trip, spending about 3090 dollars from Kelly’s savings. They will sail from New York on a Hamburg American liner, visiting Naples Italy Switzerland Cologne Netherlands Belgium Paris and London before returning to resume his conductor job.
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Kansas City
Europe
Charles M. Kelly
Fifth Avenue
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Kelly
Kellys
New York
Naples
Italy
Switzerland
Cologne
Netherlands
Belgium
Paris
London
Fifth Street
City
Entertaining Monologue Delights Sleepy Council
Two weeks after a meat investigation a municipal board member delivered a flamboyant homily praising "good bacteria" and lightly referencing rain water and goiters. Last night the same member spoke again for a few minutes, providing amusement for the sleepy council as the incident closes and the garden seems lovely.
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Ezra Kendall
Undertakers
New Glad Rags for the Band Ready for July Fourth
Mills Haberdashery will equip the band with navy blue tunics, gold lace, and caps at about fifteen fifty per outfit. Garments arrive in time for the Fourth of July celebration. A special selection titled How Different They Look With Their New Clothes On will be performed as an overture.
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Mills Haberdashery
Athletic Teacher for Next Year
The high school directors secure Mr. Frank C. Lemon of Woodster City Iowa as athletic instructor for the next term. His reputed athletic talent is expected to boost attendance and inspire the larger boys at the school.
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Frank C. Lemon
Woodster City
Iowa
Lemon
The Call for Action and Respect for the Constitution
A critical editorial argues against demagogues and sensational journalism, warning that opposition without action harms the state. It condemns misused constitutional power, urges respectful reform, and calls for obedience to the Constitution as the fundamental law.
City Officials Ordered to Attend Council Meetings
City officials face a new resolution requiring regular attendance at Wenatchee city council meetings. The measure targets neglectful elective and appointed officials, with leaders insisting officials must appear unless prevented by unusual or mitigating circumstances. The session drew a full house and only a couple of absences.
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Wenatchee
Army entourage travels from Buffalo to Chicago
A Japanese army party accompanied by a suite arrived today and stayed in Buffalo overnight before moving on to Chicago tomorrow morning.
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Buffalo
Chicago
Beautiful tribute to Mrs McKinley from Washington sermon
Rev Dr Bristol, Mrs McKinley’s pastor, notes in a sermon the nation’s sorrow and the couple’s devotion. He says her death touches every American heart and she and William McKinley will be enshrined in memory as the White House’s reverent partnership.
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McKinley Washington
Bristol
William McKinley
White House
Mrs. McKinley
Railroads to Cut Payrolls Across Industry
Chicago May 28 Railroads anticipate large scale layoffs by early June with estimates ranging 50 000 to 100 000 workers to be discharged. The New York Central plans to cut payrolls by about one third potentially totaling 50 000 on that system. Managers say dismissals target inefficiency from the rush season and note many wrecks trace to incompetents.
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Chicago
New York Central
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