Man Arrested After Saddle Theft Near Waterville
Geo Foot, a rancher near Waterville, was arrested after a chase when Officer Sim mons spotted him riding toward Beal Milling. Foot refused to stop, drew a gun, then surrendered after being warned he would be shot. Authorities believed he stole a saddle and possibly a horse.
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Waterville
Geo. Foot
Sheriff's Office
Simmons
Beal Milling Company
Mr. Simmons
Foot
Thanksgiving market notes and local price shifts
Market items show eggs up five cents to forty five cents locally while Iowa eggs sell at forty. cranberries rise to twenty cents on the Sound but fifteen locally. turkeys hold around twenty two cents with Tacoma Seattle quotes at 29 to 30 cents. butter at 40 cents and produce prices drift. new horse donated to Rev. Ludlow as East Wenatchee church plans a new building. L Tice mourns loss of wife to tuberculosis and battles typhoid fever.
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Iowa
Tacoma Land
Seattle
R. L. Ludlow
Wenatchee
Methodist Church
Wenatchee Heights
Squillchuck
East Wenatchee
Monitor
Two Episodes From The Second Empire In Unrest
The narrator recalls a period of unrest in France under the Second Empire. He observes mobs, fear of Rochefort, and anti monarchist sentiment among students on the Boulevard Saint Michel. He details a summer trip to Beauvais with North Peat to cover a prize ceremony where youths rejected the emperor’s presence.
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Rochefort
Boulevard Saint Michel
The
Lanterne
Beauvais
London
North Peat
Morning Star
Prince Imperial
Lycee
H. W. Lucey
Cornhill Magazine
Adjusted His Cane The Man From Berlin Explains
A Berlin stranger explains why he tapped a man’s cane to stop it poking others. He says in Berlin such corrections are common and welcomed. The other man protests but the Saxon calmly argues for social correction and courtesy.
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Berlin
New York Press
John Wesleys Primitive Physick Shelf Note
A Methodist local preacher recalls John Wesley's Primitive Physick, noting Wesley dabbled in medicine and that the book, bought for 40 dollars, is not worth much as a medical work. He cites a curious consumption cure involving breathing through a turf of earth for an hour.
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John Wesley
Wesley
New Orleans
Tri -Democrat
Solomon’s Lions Den Admission Lemma
Willie compares Daniel and Solomon in a playful exchange about wisdom. The boy quips that Solomon would have charged admission when entering the lions den, highlighting a humorous parental read of biblical figures in a domestic vignette from Ladies' Home Journal.
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Willie
Daniel
Solomon
Lions’ den
Ladies’ Home Journal
Good Family Marital Insight Stirring Neighbor Gossip
A mother defends her daughter's marriage while a neighbor jokes about the groom’s lack of wealth and six children, noting he is a widower. The exchange reflects local gossip and family sentiment in a close-knit community.
Sign leads to uneasy confession in Philadelphia Ledger
A Philadelphia Ledger quote notes a man wearing a sign proclaiming he is deaf and dumb causing the speaker to feel unsettled. The remark highlights public perception of signs and disability.
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Philadelphia Ledger
The Other Boy's Fault
Brief children’s cartoon caption style exchange shows a mother scolding Tommy for being at the foot of the class while Johnny Smith is ill at home, leading to the line about starting at the lowest to reach the top.
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Tommy
Johnny Smith
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