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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
3
An Albany dog named Owney began travels after a clerk fed him at the post office in 1886. He wore a collar with Albany, N Y, and toured the United States and Canada earning medals from many lands including Japan. He died in 1897 after a bite incident and is preserved in a taxidermied exhibit at the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition.
M. Summers of Lex W. South Bend Indiana offers a free home treatment with full instructions to mothers troubled by children’s bed wetting. The ad claims the method cures adults and elderly urine difficulties and urges writing for details.
An ad touts low costs compared with cities and offers a gold filled ladies watch guaranteed twenty years for ten dollars. It promises to duplicate catalogue house prices and is labeled The Jeweler Graduate Philadelphia Optical College.
Washington state July oil collections totaled 2822.17 dollars, about three times the amount collected in July 1908. The figures reflect a substantial year over year increase in state oil revenues.
The cornerstone of the Bishop Atkinson Memorial Church in Charlotte was laid with impressive ceremonies. Bishop Strange of Wilmington and Bishop Cheshire of Raleigh delivered addresses as a large gathering from Holy Comforter parish and other Episcopal churches attended.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt leads a party into British East Africa’s Kenya province, aiming to pursue man eating lions near Fort Hall. The region lies south of the Gwaso Nyiro and east of Naivasha Masai preserve, with sparse surveys and a population of about 600000 among Kikuyu Masal and Dorobos. The Masal are described as warlike nomads living under local chiefs who are retired warriors.
A Chicago heat wave over two days left two people dead and many others prostrated. By 9 am the temperature reached 83 degrees and officials warned it could rise further, sending hundreds to sleep in parks overnight.
The western division of the American Canoe association opens its annual summer camp at Sugar Island in the St. Lawrence. The two week event hosts thirty races drawing top canoe handlers from the eastern western northern Atlantic and central divisions making it an international affair.
Leading Wenatchee grocers declare Folger’s Golden Gate the best coffee on the market, praising its aroma and flavor. The endorsement highlights the staple brand as a top choice for local shoppers.
A pamphlet-style pitch offers a doctor crafted recipe claimed to cure nervous debility and diminished manhood without medicine. It invites men to write Dr. A. E. Robinson in Detroit for a free copy mailed in a plain envelope, asserting others would charge $3 to $5 for a prescription.
The body of Thomas E. Sellers, 17, son of Mr and Mrs J H Sellers, was found by his father in a canyon behind Woodland church on Little Kilitis creek. He had been missing and a search found him. It is believed he accidentally shot himself while seated on a log near the discovery site.
Fire destroyed a large barn owned by Robert Richardson at Husum on Tuesday. Six horses perished in the blaze and substantial stable equipment was ruined. The total loss amounts to 3000 dollars with no insurance.
MO P Nelson refracting optician presents a large assortment of spectacles frames nose glasses mountings goggles chains and cases. Broken lenses replaced and frames repaired with satisfaction guaranteed. Graduate of Northern Illinois College of Optics Chicago.
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