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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1908
Page
3
The Seattle correspondent reports continued prosperity across Washington with strong crop yields and a robust lumber industry. Farmers express satisfaction while the state anticipates a prosperous fall campaign and steady business conditions. An editorial note urges Eagles to visit Seattle next week for a major event.
The piece notes a surge in political activity with many running under the new primary law. King county emerges as the focal point for campaigns as candidates tour the state. Local papers disagree on favorites while the Pacific fleet prepares for a South Pacific cruise carrying homegrown flour. A room rental notice closes the item.
W E Flynn, pioneer Ellensburg barber, has purchased the Palace Barber shop and will hire first class artists to offer top service in the state. Chelan county’s older residents know him well. Patronage is solicited. shoe shines offered at Mills barber shop. Frank Shrader notes the city’s only polishin g shine.
John Carlyle, Lakeside justice of the peace, reportedly became intoxicated and attacked Hatfield McArthur. McArthur allegedly threw Carlyle into a lake, costing Carlyle his shirt. Mayor Darnell intervened and Carlyle spent Sunday in custody, with rumors he may lose office.
Miss Lulu Brown improves from rheumatism as Mrs. Richardson’s family returns from Kansas. Mrs. Cornell suffers muscular rheumatism. Monitor adds an agent and ships fruit daily. F. M. Clothier’s barn burned with hay wheat and harness lost. Miss Golda Loving visits from Wenatchee. Ludlam delivers sermon at Monitor schoolhouse. A moving picture show airs there. Hugh Wantz visits en route to Arizona. F. C. Callender of Tacoma here, now with Tacoma and Eastern railroad. Birth announced at Stair South Mission. Daily World ads praised for results.
The debate at the Weatghee Theatre drew a sympathetic audience for Reeves as he challenged Strong Grimshaw supporters who argued the rival was the stronger judicial candidate. Reeves touted his Chelan county bar and prosecuting record amid broad street discussion afterward.
Walter M. Olive notes campaign promises before primaries and a Cashmere visit by County Clerk Campbell. A divorce suit is filed by Elizabeth S. Robinson against A. J. Robinson in Leavenworth. Various stray items include exploration aims for a northeast passage, a typhoid survey funded by the Russell Sage fund, and statistics on New York City office buildings. Also a collection of humorous exchanges and social vignettes from multiple papers.
A local judge hears a tense domestic dispute from a Black woman claiming betrayal by her husband. She seeks redress and a separation, insisting she will not grant him mercy or a divorce. The exchange reveals distrust and unresolved marital strain amid crude language.
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