Graft Prosecutor Heney Shot in San Francisco
Francis J. Heney, San Francisco graft prosecutor, was shot by Morris Haas during a court recess as Ruef trial proceedings continued. Heney’s condition remained critical but showed signs of possible recovery after medical treatment and an X-ray.
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Francis J. Heney
Ruef
Morris Haas
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Heney
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United States
John H. Mitchell
W. L. Williamson
Oregon
Southwest
Burns
James Gallagher
Spreckles
Roosevelt
Moffit
Ankeny Calls Panama Canal A Gold Brick
Senator Ankeny in Portland declares the Panama canal project impracticable as planned with locks and quotes Speaker Cannon calling it a gold brick. He cites a 210 million dollar cost to convert to a water level canal and argues battleships could travel the isthmus at ground level.
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France
Germany
England
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Tedford Bros Win Keen Kutter Display Tools Prize
Tedford Bros won a complete Keen Kutter tool set from Halbert-Webber Hardware for the finest fruit display in the shop windows. Their three exhibits earned averages of 97.44, 99, and 100, with judges praising a near perfect fruit pack and top grading. Captain and Mrs. Ashby of Fort Madison are visiting and eyeing Red Apple land investments.
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Halbert-Webber Hardware Company
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Halbert- Hardware Company
Weber Company
A. N. Ashby
Fort Madison
Seattle
Ansel Griggs
Okanogan land to be opened for entry in Eastern Washington
Secretary Garfield orders immediate opening to entry of 3470 acres of Okanogan irrigating project land in townships 33 and 34 north range 26 east. Water access begins May 1 next year with 40 acre farm units. Entries in Whitville land office at 65 dollars per acre payable in ten annual installments. annual maintenance charge 1.5 dollars per acre.
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James R. Garfield
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North Range
Waterville
Yakima Thief Targeting Wenatchee Slogan Sparks Rivalry
A Yakima sign project portrays the slogan The Home of the Red Apple to draw visitors and promote the Yakima Valley. The piece notes Wenatchee’s historic use of the phrase and hints at regional branding tensions amid improving local business mood after an election.
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Wenatchee
Business Confidence Rises in Wenatchee Valley Banks
John A. Gellatly reports post election loan availability from many Wenatchee loan companies, signaling brighter times. A local banker notes business picking up in the city as lenders resume generous lending.
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World
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Apples Soweigh Apples to Council Bluffs National Horticultural Congress
The National Horticultural Association holds its annual session in Council Bluffs Iowa with large prizes for carload apple exhibits. M O Tibbits oversees state efforts with Wenatchee Fruit Growers sending a carload of apples in cold storage. Freeman Reed notes arrival of Mr Chapman and expresses optimism for the December congress, including a railroad rate promise.
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Council Bluffs
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Wenatchee
Wash
B. M. Chapman
National Horticultural Congress
Missouri River
Western Committee
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Tillett Hoffman Marriage in Indiana Couple Wed at Parsonage
Chas H Tillett of Indiana and Miss Maud E Hoffman of this city wed today at the Christian parsonage with Rev Adams officiating. After a brief visit to the Sound they plan to reside in Indiana.
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Chas. H. Tillett
Indiana
Maud E. Hoffman
Christian Parsonage
Adams
Sound
Talcott to Bring Portable House for Seattle Engineer
E H Talcott longtime chief engineer of the Seattle gas plant will move to the valley with his family. He will ship a portable house for temporary use on his five acre Orchard avenue tract and bring a carload of effects from Seattle with J R Taylor.
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Seattle
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Man Killed at Nason Creek When Log Crushed Worker
The body of Patrick Broderick, 38, killed at Adams & Cortello logging camp near Nason Creek yesterday afternoon, was taken to Sprague undertaking parlors. He had worked two days cutting brush when a large log rolled and crushed his shoulders and chest. four men freed him but he died at the scene. Broderick had no known relatives here, but some in Ireland. The accident occurred about 3 30 AM? The body arrived by early morning train.
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Nason Creek
Sprague Undertaking
Adams & Cortello
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Wenatchee Business College Social Opens Season
The Wenatchee Business College held its first social of the season with forty members present at the college rooms. The event featured evergreen decorations, a sewing machine game, dancing, a grand banquet, toasts, songs, and a new college yell W B C We We We Wenatchee We all go to the W B C, shouted by members as they marched up the street afterward.
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Wenatchee Business College
Wenatchee
Colonial Jack on cross-country trek shows illness in Tacoma
Colonial Jack, a wager participant pushing a wheelbarrow across the United States, arrived in Tacoma from Auburn today. He has been ill since early week but remains 600 miles ahead of his plotted pace after a 42 mile stretch from Seattle to Tacoma.
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