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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1906
Page
2
Public notice lists Wenatchee Washington postal rates for second class mail. One year by mail in advance five dollars six months two dollars and fifty cents. Carrier delivery per week ten cents.
A 1906 brief notes Sir Thomas Lipton will enter the cup challenge with two yachts rather than one, claiming two craft may sail faster. Other items remark on public sentiment toward a Mexican millionaire, playful French editors, Tom Watson’s party plans, Indiana school kissing rules, and Health Board comments.
From St. Petersburg reports circulate that Tsar may appoint General Kuropatkin to head the army department of war. Once a proud military leader, his dismissal after Liaoyang and earlier campaigns is debated by officers and military clubs as a possible vindication mobilizes attention.
An informed observer argues Kuropatkin alone can restore troop allegiance to the regime. Loved by common soldiers, he may become minister of war again after retirement at his mother's home following his front return.
20 acres with good water right and 10 acres of old bearing orchard. Includes a good house a barn and an apple cellar. Well improved ranch located about half a mile from Cashmere Washington. Price eight thousand dollars. A 3S Barbank Cashmere Wash. 2&829
Valparaiso reports the August 16 quake caused massive loss of life likely near eight thousand with property damage around 100 million dollars or more. After the first shock buildings collapsed and many could not escape, a fierce windstorm toppled weakened walls and broke trolley wires amid flames as fires broke out five minutes later. Firefighters fought the blazes with little water as water mains lay broken by the tremor.
Weasley Oeler, president of the ice trust, testified before the grand jury this morning and expressed indignation at being summoned. He claimed public knowledge would spur praise for the trust and oppose any nullification. The state plans to prove a conspiracy among the ice trust and independents to raise prices and create a shortage.
A reflective piece cautions that bragging misleads, habit dominates judgment, and past waste shapes present need. It argues beggars often erred before, polish does not equal humanity, and heed should align with independent judgment. It notes women’s beauty efforts as vanity and critiques spinsterhood and the idea of women as nagging angels.
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