Chicago Industrial Commissioner Visits Wenatchee
W H Manss Chicago industrial commissioner tours fruit land purchased earlier at Monitor with his wife as guests of Mr and Mrs Dallach. He heads the Chicago Chamber of Commerce which grew from fifty to 2850 members and spent 162000 last year on city improvements. They will travel to Seattle tomorrow. Water rentals due September payable by the fifth to avoid shutoff.
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W. H. Manss
Chicago
Wenatchee
Monitor
P. H. Sherburne
Wenatchee Business College To Reopen This Fall
The Wenatchee Business College will reopen after a several month vacation with tentative plans for a late September start. The exact date will be announced within two weeks and opening may depend on the fruit harvest. Last year 65 students enrolled and the school expects about 100 this year.
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Wenatchee Business College
Storm Sweeps English Coast Reports
United Press Service reports a storm along the English coast since Monday has cost 140 lives. The English Channel has been especially rough, and many schooners and fishing boats are feared swamped, possibly increasing the death toll.
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United Press Service
London
Eng
England
English Channel
Bryan comments on Vermont election in campaign note
St Paul Minn Sept 2 William J Bryan discussed Vermont GOP victory noting it had no clear effect on the campaign as it opens He declined to comment on the Independence League showing and said he would speak in Sioux City tonight The item ends with an unrelated candy ad about Snow Flake Marshmallows at Fern Candy Kitchen priced 40 cents per pound
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Bryan
Vermont
St. Paul
Minn
Independence League
Sioux City
Fern Candy Kitchen
Vermont Republicans win state by twenty nine thousand
White River Junction Vermont September 2 more returns show Republicans carry the state by twenty nine thousand majority The Independent League polled a thousand votes George H Prouty Republican candidate for governor wins
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United Press Service
White River Junction
Independence League
George H. Prouty
Marking Law 10 to be Enforced
Section 53 of the state horticular law requires proper marking on all fruit boxes with variety and locality where grown. The rule, once only partially observed, will be strictly enforced now. P. S. DARLINGTON. KEEP UP FIGHT FOR BIG BEND. The Big Bend reclamation project remains active despite lacking government encouragement. Spokane chamber of commerce backs renewed campaigning and urges state commercial bodies to press the issue with the government. French nougats fresh from Fern Candy Kitchen are praised. Parshall's offers reduced prices on school shoes this week with over a hundred cases received and on sale.
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P. S. Darlington
Big Bend
United States
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Parshall S
Parshall’s
Veterans Parade At Toledo At National Encampment
Toledo Ohio Sept 2 30000 boys in blue paraded while 50000 spectators cheered. Judge Taft and party sat on the reviewing stand as veterans saluted the candidate. The day ends with a bright electrical display. Ad notes Topsy hosiery two pairs for 25 cents at Parshall's.
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Toledo
Ohio
Taft
Party J
Washington Fruit Crop Sees Record Apple Yields in Washington
Spokane reports by the Spokane chamber of commerce show Washington apple growers will earn more this year, with record winter apple yields. Fruit is larger, well colored, and clean due to good spraying. Prices range from 1 to 1.50 per 50‑pound box as eastern buyers consolidate. Shipments to Boston, New York, Chicago and Europe and Australia are expected to be larger than ever before.
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Spokane
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Pacific States
Walla Walla
North Yakima
Wenatchee
Rail rivals race for Big Bend wheat belt reach
Spokane dispatch reports three steam railways and an electric line courting control of the Big Bend wheat belt west of Spokane. Northern Pacific surveys along the Columbia from Spokane Portland and Seattle connections, Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul eyes the area, and Spokane Columbia & Western Railway, newly incorporated for 3 million dollars, plans an electric line from Spokane to the Spokane and Columbia confluence seventy five miles west. Jay P. Graves linked Spokane & Inland Empire Electric system leads, with Nine Mile power plant supplying. Survey work to start before year end. line to extend 100 miles north from Miles next year.
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Spokane
Big Bend Wheat Belt
Washington
Northern Pacific Company
Coumbia River
Portland & Seattle
Great Northern
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Spokane, Columbia & Western Railway Company
Spokane County
Coumbia
Spokane & Inland Empire Electric Railway System
Jay P. Graves
Nine Mile
Wash
Wenatchee Schools to Start September 14
Superintendent Brown announced this morning that Wenatchee public schools will begin September 14. All teachers are employed and assignments will be completed within a few days. Further announcements regarding school work will follow.
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Wenatchee Public Schools
Brown
Clerks to Meet Over Late Closing Hours Tonight
Clerks convene at the Commercial Club rooms to discuss late closing hours. They oppose the petition from farmers and argue the issue would revert Wenatchee to country town routines. Tonight’s meeting may produce action of considerable interest.
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Wenatchee
Man Killed As Elevated Train Strikes Workers in Chicago
A group of laborers on the track were struck by an oncoming elevated train in Chicago. One man, John Seshne, was killed instantly, while two others died from their injuries. The victims had stepped aside onto a different track as a train approached from the opposite direction.
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United Press Service
Chicago
Ill
John Seshne
Avalanche Devastates Swiss Villages After Thaw
In Geneva on September 10 authorities report heavy loss of life and village destruction from an avalanche and floods caused by sudden mountain thaw. Ice deposits were loosened unexpectedly and forty people are confirmed dead. Eight English tourists are missing since Monday.
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United Press Service
Geneva
Switzerland
Poindexter Still A Leader In Spokane Vote
Judge Miles Poindexter maintained his lead in the Spokesman Review test vote for Spokane congressional candidates with 31 of 60 ballots cast yesterday. Rosenhaupt 11 Ludden 8 Rockwell 10 trailed, with Poindexter at 680 total to Rosenhaupt 233 and Rockwell 183. A note of candy appears with fudge flavors offered at Fern Candy Kitchen.
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Spokesman- Review
Spokane
Rockwell
Ludden
Poindexter
Rosenhaupt
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