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Wenatchee Daily World

Location

Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1908

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Largest peach weighs heavy on Eikelburner tree

G C Eikelburner reports a peach weighing 17 percent ounces on a tree with thirty peaches the smallest at eleven ounces and others at 15, 16, and 17 ounces. Robinson will send the fruit to Omaha for the Union Stock Yards Exchange editor. The Rainbow chocolates at Pal-Metto are praised as delicate and delicious. The World apologizes for a Friday theatre notice error and vows accuracy moving forward. The Wer natchee Valley Fruit Growers Association Cashmere branch has nearly 150 cars of apples for the pool, expected to grow to about 250, signaling good prices.

G. C. Eikelburner Gellatly Commercial Club Eikelburner Robinson C. G. Hall Omaha Union Stock Yapyts Exchange Cashmere Wenatchee Valley

Levi Wratten Found Alive After 12 Years Missing

Levi Wratten former Clinton county sheriff long presumed dead is alive in Waterville Washington under an assumed name. He told a Frankfort Indiana visitor he regrets leaving his family and plans to return home to resolve debts and resume life with his relatives.

Frankfort Indiana Clinton County Orer Levi Wratten Waterville Wash Wrathen Clover Leef St. Louis Mchigan Township Clinton Wratten West Mr. Wratten

Wilson to Fight PLE Wilson for Senate Seat

John L. Wilson announced in Seattle that he will run for US Senate in two years and campaign statewide. He pledged to stump the state and oppose the South Carolina dis pensary law, saying he will cite twenty years of political history.

Seattle Times John L. Wilson Joe Schlump Cigst South Carolina Wilson United States Senate

Photo Postals Offer by Miss Turnbull

Miss Turnbull, photographer at Cal. Jones' ranch, offers custom photo postcards. Quote promises fine trees and fruit on personalized postcards for friends. Phone 1775 for orders. Dated 9-21.

Miss Turnbull Cal Jones’ Ranch

Debs Speaks in Wenatchee Park on Red Special Tour

Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs will speak in Wenatchee city park between 7 and 8 a.m. Wednesday after arriving on the Red Special. He spoke in Everett Tuesday night and will address Harrington in the afternoon and Spokane that evening.

Eugene V. Debs Wenatchee Debs Everett Harrington Spokane

Bishop Edwin H. Hughes Visited for City Union Meeting

About 1,500 people gathered in the park yesterday for a union meeting with Bishop Edwin H. Hughes of the Methodist church. All city churches dismissed services to join the event and hear the bishop preach on Christ as the all in all from Colossians 3 11.

Edwin H. Hughes Methodist Church Christ

Methodist Conference Adopts Rules and Withdrawals

The conference opened with devotions led by John LeCornu and ordains discipline changes. Roberts Rules of Order become the conference rules as amendments pass, with sympathy extended to Rev. and Mrs. Thompson. Several ministers withdraw honorably, with parchment return demanded for one. Pacific Christian Advocate and Willamette University speakers address education and funding matters. Next conference to meet in Coeur d Alene. Royal W. of the Anti Saloon League referenced.

Bishop Hughes Roberts W. E. Thompson Edwin B. Lockhart C. C. Babbidge F. C. Lee Pacific Christian Advocate D. L. Rader Coeur d'Alene Willamette University Fletcher Homan D.D Anti-Saloon League

Democratic Candidate Here in Colfax Campaign Stop

Wm Goodyear Democratic candidate for Congress from the third district visited Colfax today en route from Waterville to Quincy where he spoke tonight He opened his campaign Saturday at Waterville speaking in the afternoon and evening He told a World representative he was born in New Haven Conn in 1865 graduated from Williams 1887 began in Spokane then Whitman county and has run the Colfax Commoner for ten years He urged opening the Columbia River to navigation and reclamation of arid lands if elected

Wm. Goodyear Colfax Congress Waterville Quincy New Haven Conn Williams College Spokane Review Whitman County Colfax Commoner Columbia River Basin

Counties Valuation Upward as State Board Review Looms

County Assessor Spencer releases Chelan county valuations showing railroad property at 4,044,844 with 6 65 miles of track. Improved land values average 1790 per acre while unimproved land averages 3 per acre. Total acres assessed 405,787 including 12,950 irrigated and 26,336 unimproved. School district Wenatchee valued at 2,544,600. Cashmere Leavenworth Chelan area valued near 1,000,000. Overall assessment up about 98 percent versus last year with personal property up about 25 percent.

Spencer Chelan County State Board of Equalization Wenatchee Cashmere Leavenworth Chelan

Commercial Club Meets Tonight

Lillian B. Hill cites a Denver convention dinner tale about a confectioner who sold stale tarts after a humorous local ad offering a man’s matrimonial outreach. The anecdote highlights advertising’s wide reach and comic effect in Sea Beach commerce.

Lillian B. Hill Denver Sea Beach Atlantic Avenue

Coal Find Expands as Mine Development Advances

Fred Kiser submitted a substantial coal specimen from his south town mine to the World Office. The mine's development uncovers a widening body of coal as work continues. Miss Pearl Ping began a new school term on Badger Mountain in the same district as last year.

Fred Kiser World Office

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Wenatchee Electric Co Columbia Valley Bank Washington Bankers’ Reserve Life Company State of Washington Columbia Valley Bank Building Geo. O. Brewster Tuxarcune Sher Ple Wilson Vs. Piles Clifford W. Williams J. D. Lewellen M. E. Church South Edward J. Snell Evangelical Church James C. Clulow Puget Sound Mr. Adams Christian Church J. L. Rollins P. C. Money Adams Sisters W. T. Easter M. H. Marvin The Presbyterian Church Hughes Methodist Conference John LeCornu William Goodyear Wenatchee Commercial Club
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