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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1906
Page
4
Local items note residents traveling to Seattle and Spokane, job changes, and social visits. Figures include E. O. Scott, Charles Gochnour, and Miss Hearle. County bids for a wagon bridge at Monitor were reissued after an error.
Thanks go to Mrs. H. S. Martin for a bouquet of sweet peas at the reading rooms. Two umbrellas await their owners at the reading rooms. The regular W. C. T. U. meeting is set for Friday afternoon Aug. 10 at Mrs. L. W. Reeves residence.
A newspaper solicitor faces a firm refusal as a man declares he will stop reading the paper to focus on eating three meals a day. He objects to reports on meat preparation grocery practices and food safety, insisting he cannot starve.
Forest fires one mile below Chiwaukum nearly destroyed the Washington State fish hatchery Thursday night. Section men fought flames to save the hatchery as three miles of mountains burned and about 1 million feet of timber were destroyed. Winds fanned the fire and danger grew hourly.
Malaga August 6 The Balot families returned from their Monitor trip Sunday evening. Several residents including Tom Derifield Jamee Atkenson Alec McMaollen and Chas Kinney were seen in town Friday. Workers like S E Hanan Mark Fuller and Harry Kancker head to Badger Mountain for harvest duties. Spectators attended the local sport event.
Samuel R. Phipps born August 24 1884 in Darks ville Missouri died July 20 1906 at the home of Mrs J J Barnett in Callao Missouri aged 21 years 10 months and 26 days He came to Wenatchee in December 1903 lived with his brother and wife entered the M E church and worked as a clerk at P P Holcomb's store He returned east to spend his last days with family and friends leaving a message citing Psalm 23 and Revelations He leaves his mother one brother J R Phipps and three sisters in the east and a sister and many friends in this city
A husband returns home with a large package and recalls his wife’s thrifty purchases. He reports buying 50 yards of green and yellow plaid fabric at four cents a yard after her bargain buy of shirts and negligees. He claims the material will make many dresses and teases the wife.
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