County Earmarks Funds For Jail Plans And Road Repairs
County commissioners met to review jail construction plans by Pauly Jail company, which were not ready. They settled $300 in damages from Lily Lake Irrigation bridges and roads along Stemnilt valley. They published the annual county expense estimate to guide the tax levy, listing department costs and fees for offices, juries, and miscellaneous items.
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Board of County Commissioners
Pauly Jail Company
Lily Lake Irrigation Company
Wheeler Hill
Stemnilt
Shansag Nsee
Superior Court
Justice Court
Record-Breaking Exhibits At Annual Fair And Auto Races
This year’s fair features an unprecedented collection of agricultural horticultural and livestock displays along with machinery exhibits. Star attractions include a match race between trotting horses Dan Patch and Minor Heir. A two day auto race program starts tomorrow afternoon with free vaudeville band concerts balloon ascensions and a fireworks display enhancing visitor entertainment.
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Dan Patch
G N Surveyors Plan Branch From Odessa to Winchester
A party of surveyors in Ephrata reports a Great Northern branch line from Odessa to Winchester to tap rich country south of Ephrata. The move aims to preempt Milwaukee interests, with engineers working on preliminary surveys in the field.
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Ephrata
Great Northern
Odessa
Winchester
Milwaukee
Fruit Boxes and Crates for Sale at Wenatchee Planing Mill
Wenatchee Planing Mill advertises fruit boxes and crates for sale and made to order. Local timber mill offers custom sizing and rapid delivery for orchard and market needs.
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Wenatchee Planing Mill
Was There Ever An Uncle Sam
The article explores the origin of Uncle Sam as a personification of the United States and the evolution of the nickname. It cites definitions linking Uncle Sam to the government of the people and notes the song implying federal ownership of land. It mentions a claimed original real Uncle Sam and references Robert Thorne’s Fugitive Facts.
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Uncle Sam
The
United States
U.S
Sam
Robert Thorne
Origin of Uncle Sam name traced to Samuel Wilson tale
A long account recounts Samuel Wilson a Troy beef inspector whose nickname Uncle Sam spread from military beef shipments marked U S to symbolize the United States. It notes Wilson's life 1767 to 1854 his role in the 1812 war era and a tablet at the Anna M Plum Art building.
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Sam
Samuel Wilson
Troy
N. Y
Elbert Anderson
Uncle Sam
U. S
Brooklyn
New York City
New Hampshire
Green Mountains
Anna M. Plum
Ferry
Second Street
United States
Sam” Wilson
Sylvester Wells Cone
Sea Girt rifle matches open after arrival of teams
Teams from the recut shoot at Camp Perry have arrived at Sea Girt New Jersey for the annual rifle matches to be fired over the historic ranges. The event runs for a week starting tomorrow with events including the revived Nevada match at 600 900 and 1200 yards and the Maxim match along with Hugo Neuberger trophy contest where a man must drop out after missing the ball's eye.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Camp Perry
Nevada
Hugo Neuberger
New York
Water Rentals Due for September
Water rentals are due for September and must be paid before the fifth of the month to avoid shut off. P. H. Sherburne, Water Commissioner.
Anna Schumacher and Her Home Murder in Rochester
The seventeen year old Anna Schumacher was killed in a cemetery while pruning her sister’s grave. Strangled and beaten, she fought her attacker before being dragged to a shallow grave buried in dirt. The crime shocked Rochester and its outskirts with citizens vowing swift, decisive punishment if the killer is found.
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Anna Schumacher
Rochester
N. Y
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County Auditor's Office
Detroit
Mich
Seattle
Wenatchee
Bill Johnson
Bill
Folger
Will
Waterville
W. T. Riste
E. Riste
Riste
Kansas
Eee Snions
Eee Eweeee
G. N
New Fall
P. P. Holcomb
Wenatchee Avenue
P. H. Sherburne
Chas. Becker
F. A. Rogers
Chelan County Realty CO
First National Bank
First Avenue
Seattle, Wash
Lake
Chelan
DR. Moorefield
Nature
Lady and Gentlemen Attendants
Mission Street
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