Quick Pack Fruit Distributor Demonstrated by Dyar in City
L A Dyar of Dyar and Bronher Spokane inventors and manufacturers of the Quick Pack Fruit Distributor visit to meet fruit growers and demo packing. The device uses adjustable stands and canvas cars on a sectional track to sort wipe and pack apples with efficiency. It is endorsed by the state college horticultural department and suitable for small scale packing with collapsible transport. A separate anecdote about a dog valued highly by a poor man illustrates worth beyond price.
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L. A. Dyar
Dyar & Bronher
Spokane
Quick Pack
Horticultural Department
The
State College
Pullman
Dyar
Tom
Philadelphia Ledger
Sears Retires From Business After Building Sears Roebuck
Chicago reports Richard W. Sears founder of Sears Roebuck & Co retires from active business with an estimated fortune of 25 million dollars over 17 years. His rise began as a railroad telegraph operator and watch ad buyer leading to Minneapolis then Chicago and a partnership with A W Roebuck creating the mail order empire.
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Chicago
Richard W.sears
Sears, Roebuck & Co
New York
Minneapolis
Sears
Pri
A. W
Plays and Players in Berlin and America This Season
English actor Graham Brown will feature in Bern stein’s Israel. Dockstader’s minstrels present The Possum Aero Club. Alfred Sutro’s new play Making a Gentleman for Arthur Bourchier. Fritzi Scheff tours 30 weeks with The Prima Donna. Emmett Corrigan opens in Kee gan’s Pal in Boston September 6. Eugene Cowles to portray the general in The Rose of Algeria. Gerald du Maurier and Irene Vanbrugh tour America next year under Charles Frohman. Albert Chevalier and Mme. Yvette Guilbert sailing tours. Morton Selton and Kitty Gordon join Sam Bernard in The Wizard. Frohman to offer American actors matinee chances in London next summer. Slumming, an Aaron Hoffman, Will Madden and Harry von Tilzer musical comedy, to be produced in New York by A H Woods. Mrs. Leslie Carter hires John Glendenning for Vesta Herne in St Louis September 13. Frau Marietta Olly, dubbed German Bernhardt, to tour America in Baccarat starting New York October. John Slavin in The Hot Air King with Smith and Hubbell, opening early fall. Pinero’s Mid-Channel to star Ethel Barrymore in the coming season. Digby Bell rehearsing The Debtors with Katherine Clifford, season opening in Buffalo September 6. The Winterfest adaptation from Little Dor y a will be produced in Berlin, chosen by Dr Paul Lindau. Cast from Schauspielhaus company.
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Dockstader
Possum-Aero Club
Alfred Sutro
Arthur Bourchier
Fritzi Scheff
Emmett Corrigan
Paul Wilstach
Keegan
Pal
Boston
Eugene Cowles
Victor Herbert
Algeria
Gerald du Maurier
Irene Vanbrugh
Charles Frohman
Albert Chevalier
America
Mme
Yvette Guilbert
Comedienne
Morton Selton
Kitty Gordon
Sam” Bernard
London
Aaron Hoffman
Will’ Madden
Harry von Tilzer
New York
A .H. Woods
Leslie Carter
John Glendenning
Edward Peple
Vesta Herne
St. Louis
Frau Marietta Olly
Bernhardt
Henri Bernstein
John Slavin
Harry B. Smith
Raymond Hubbell
Fruit Boxes and Crates For Sale By Wenatchee Planing Mill
Mrs. Howard Thomas and her children arrived yesterday from a coastal visit with friends. The Wenatchee Planing Mill advertises fruit boxes and crates available both ready made and made to order.
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Wenatchee Planing Mill
Howard Thomas
Baby Parade Draws Near 1000 in Asbury Park
The annual baby parade in Asbury Park New Jersey drew nearly 1000 participants and thousands of spectators. Queen Titania Miss Henrietta Amelia Elker of New York led a festive procession with elaborate floats and a central court of honor.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Titania
Ocean Boulevard
Sixth
Sunset Avenues
Court of Honor
Henrietta Amelia Elker
New York
Prince Charming
Notes from the Labor World on Union Growth and Action
The piece outlines historical labor events and union activity including the Baltimore 1866 congress, James Farley’s retirement plans, Bakers' International union growth to 16200 members, and upcoming conventions in Eureka California and Chicago. It notes women’s suffrage support by New Jersey labor, federation efforts in Australia, Jamaica building trades uniting with the AFL, Kingston printers and binders organizing, American Federation of Human Rights incorporation in DC, and the International Pressmen's Union purchasing Hale Springe.
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James Farley
Bakers’ International Union
International Brotherhood of Woodmen and Sawmill Workers
Eureka
New Jersey Federation of Labor
Melbourne
Iron Workers’ Assistants’ Association of
Sydney
Brisbane
South Australia
Jamaica
West Indies
American Federation of Labor
Kingston
American Federation of Human Rights
French Labor Organization
Recorder of Deeds
District of Columbia
International Convention of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Chicago
International Pressmen’s Union
Hale Springe
Plan for Utopian Cooperative Colony Near Starbuck
Dayton philanthropist Dr Marcel Pietrzycki promotes a 10000 acre Lubla farm colony near Starbuck Washington to host 15 initial applicants and expand to 30 or 40 families. Land leased not sold with rental payments in crops or long 25 year installments. Applicants under 50, with 200 capital contribution, will fill roles from farmers to machinists.
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Marcel Pietrzycki
Dayton
Wash
Lubla Farm
Starbuck
Pietrzycki
Dr. Pietrzycki
Twin Falls
Idaho
R. H. Kipp & Co
Spring Street
Japanese business delegation to tour United States from Seattle
A 30 to 40 member Japanese business delegation from Yokohama Tokyo and Osaka arrives in Seattle aboard the Minnesota for a three day stay and a three month U S tour. The mission aims to build goodwill and identify U S products to export to Japan and Japanese needs to supply in the United States. The visit includes the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition and a cross country itinerary ending in November with a San Francisco departure for Japan.
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Seattle
Wash
Japan
United States
Minnesota
Yokohama
Tokyo
Osaka
Atlantic
Pacific
Douglas Street Lots Sold to David Keith
Miss Madge Cushing sold lots 10 and 11, block 20, Great Northern plat on Douglas street to David Keith for $1000. The transfer reflects a single parcel sale of two city lots.
Notice to Stockholders Farmers Telephone and Telegraph Co
Stockholders of Farmers Telephone and Telegraph Co of Wenatchee Washington are notified of a special meeting at the Commercial club rooms on September 14 1909 at 2 o clock pm to fix the price at which the corporate stock shall be sold and to transact other business All stockholders urged to attend H C LITTLEFIELD Secretary 9 13 Take warning and save money On September 1 coaster brakes will advance 25 N J Eyer 14 N Mission
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Farmers Telephone and Telegraph Company
Wenatchee
Washington
Commercial Club Rooms
N. J
National home for aged and disabled workers planned near Knoxville
Property 60 miles east of Knoxville Tennessee including a hotel and 1100 acres with four mineral springs will host a national home for aged and disabled workers. Kansas City hod carriers strike ends after 37 cent wage offer accepted by union. Strikers demanded 40 cents while contractors resisted. In Russia, St. Petersburg tramwaymen strike over new rules reducing working time, a significant early move for post 1907 labor movement.
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Tenn
Kansas City
Builders’ Club
State Board of Arbitration
St. Petersburg
Russia
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