Three Hundred New Subscribers Boost Local Paper Reach
The Daily World and Weekly Advance report 300 new subscribers in two months with none lost. Management aims to improve publications for Wenatchee readers and invites advance paying subscribers to vote on candidates for a Jamestown Exposition prize trip, listing Misses Cushing, Beezley, Treadwell, Amos, and Davis as contenders.
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Daily World
Weekly Advance
World Advance Publishing Company
Wenatchee
Jamestown Exposition
Madge Cushing
Mable Beezley
Cashmere
Mayme Treadwell
Clara Belle Amos
Annie Davis
Leavenworth
Runaway Steamer Pringle Hits Bridge at Waterfront
A derelict steamer named Pringle drifts down the Columbia under full sail toward a new bridge. Crowds scramble for vantage points as the vessel strikes the bridge boom, grazes piers, and continues downstream with no crew aboard. Bruce Griggs says the Pringle wrecked last fall and is uninsured. replacement cost about 40000 dollars. No news yet on her current location as messages are sent for tracking. A switch engine is sent with a crowd to the bridge in case of further trouble.
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Pringle
Columbia
Bruce Griggs
Fragmentary note on a fatal incident under the bridge
A brief, damaged line describes a boom and an under bridge event with no available actions noted. The text provides limited readable facts, not identifying people, places, organizations, or outcomes beyond the scene.
Grinde Lemmon Wedding Held at Olds Home
Horace Lemmon and Florence Grinde united in marriage at 8:30 pm on Washington avenue, officiated by Rev. John Berger. The couple, attended by intimate friends, plan to reside at 324 Douglas Street, Wenatchee, after the ceremony. Lemmon is an engineer with Wenatchee Cold Storage and Ice Plant. Grinde is from Silverton Oregon.
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L. G. Olds
Washington Avenue
Horace Lemmon
Florence Grinde
John Berger
Lemmon
Wenatchee
Grinde
Silverton
Ore
Benton
Ohio
Douglas Street
Olds
Wenatchee Seeks Big Fourth of July Celebration
Citizens rally funds for a two day event featuring parades fireworks and local vendors. D A Beal reports raising about 950 dollars with donors to remain private as organizers pursue speakers and a lively program to attract crowds from Orondo Entiat and Cashmere.
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Wenatchee
Columbia
D. A. Beal
Mr. Beal
Orondo
Entiat
Cashmere
Squillchuck
Badger Mountain
Weed implement dealer arrives with stock in town
Orchardists and farmers are urged to act quickly as the Ideal weeder agent arrives with a stock of weeders at the corner of Wenatchee and Orondo avenues. Demand is high and current stock may be exhausted soon.
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Wenatchee and
Orondo Avenues
Porch Climber Chase Stirs Wenatchee Night
A prowler attempted entry at the Carl Christensen home on Mission Street while Miss Grace Parker heard disturbances and alerted others. Berger, Hutchinson, and a Tacoma traveler gave chase but lost the intruder, while police treat him as a transient prowler. Local chatter humorously notes wives may keep men at home after the incident.
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Wenatchee
Mission Street
Carl Christensen
Miss Parker
Berger Butts
Berger
Dr. Hutchinson
Tacoma
Presbyterian
Youngest Union Soldier Recalls Civil War Service
J R Wheeler attended Decoration Day in Wenatchee as the youngest Union veteran. Enlisted at eleven in the 9th West Virginia Infantry, he served two years, saw combat without wounds, and survived a close brush with danger. His family from Portsmouth Ohio includes grandfather in Indian wars and son in the Spanish American War.
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Wenatchee
J. R. Wheeler
Mr. Wheeler
9Th
West Virginia Infantry
Wheeler
St. Louis
Missouri
Porto Rico
Odd Fellows Lease New Hall in Sprague Building
The local I O O F lodge租ed the Sprague hall for five years, with upper rooms suited for fraternal use including an assembly room and kitchen. The hall will be sub let to other lodges for meetings. Yesterday the band decorated graves in Wenatchee cemetery including Bert Bosworth, organizer of the band, and others.
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Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Sprague
Ellis-Forde
Wenatchee
Bert Bosworth
Alvis Johnson
Gorge Stebbins
Richard Morrizon
Miss Maude Hayden Receives China Shower
Teachers at Stevens grade schools held a china shower for Miss Maude Hayden on Wednesday evening. They collected numerous Haviland china donations, served refreshments, and enjoyed a delightful, memorable evening together.
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Maude Hayden
Stevens
Haviland China
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S. S. Pringle
Grinde—Lemmon
Grace Parker
Christensen
Christensen Home
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J. R Wheeler
Orondo Avenue
Wenatchee Ave
Arthur Guin
Level
No Rocks
Mission St. South
Bousquet & Christensen
Wenatchee Avenue
Beal Milling Company
Walter M. Olive
New Hall
Wenatchee Valley
Wm. Briskey
Wash
Ferry Barn
Bert Johnson
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