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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
2
The Daily World reports President Roosevelt's country life commission seeks local input on living conditions in Wenatchee Washington. It invites residents to comment on home life education farming finance public health and social life and to suggest improvements as commissioners visit Washington state.
W J Hamlet, secretary of Hull Hamlet company, was arrested on charges of forging the president S A Hull signature on a 500 share stock certificate to secure a 750 debt for a Port Angeles mill. Hamlet, released on 5000 bond, had recently stepped back from firm management amid brewing partner strife with Hull.
John Scott is constructing a fine home on a property recently bought from Chas Kinne, southwest of the city. E J Delaney is on the house, expected cost is 2000 dollars and it will be one of the valley’s finest suburban homes. Scott’s family is abroad. one daughter studies music in Germany while the rest are in England and Ireland, due back on the 23rd of the month.
Impersonator and reader W Eugene Knox of Puget Sound University will present an entertainment program. The event promises variety acts and literary readings, drawing attention from students and local residents seeking a light cultural interlude.
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Thursday night December 3 sees an entertainment under the auspices of the high school athletic association with Mr Knox highly recommended. Also noted are travel and local city items including L V Wells trip to Seattle, Capt Paul Stoffel’s foot injury healing, and a humorous reminiscence about the Yankee schooner Sally Ann.
A medical student entertains a girl guest with singing and asks for a vocal teacher. She provides an address. He calls the instructor who bluntly says he does not teach vocal music and adds I file saws. The anecdote is shared as a humorous miscommunication from Ladies' Home Journal.
A miscellany notes outfitter wit on dress, a chiropodist nephew W L Schroeder from North Dakota visits the city this week. He recently spent months on the coast and seeks a home for his family while examining valley conditions before moving on.
Frank Starr of the University of Chicago argues in a church lecture that all island tribes are capable of self government. He defends the idea against charges of head hunting and offers provocative comparisons to American practices. He cites Philippine incidents as evidence of imperial deception.
A dry joke notes a photographer's trick to elicit a natural look from a sitter. The exchange questions a small invitation as a mere ploy to achieve an authentic facial expression, illustrating the playful tone of Tit-Bits.
A court scene features Mrs Newlywed seeking a steak and lumberman debating wood types and shop locations. The judge quotes Franklin on frugality as a fair fortune and industrious habit, clarifying the confusion in a humorous exchange.
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