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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1906
Page
2
The notice lists subscription options for The Wenatchee paper with a main office in the Columbia Valley Bank Building. Rates are one year five dollars, six months two dollars fifty, and carrier delivery at ten cents per week.
A collage of editorials and quips from 1930s papers note varied views on Roosevelt Panama policy campaign finances and social satire. Mentions include Rockefeller gifts to Hughes, a cautious Panama stance, and a judge ruling on marital laziness.
Budapest reports the Hungarian Landlords' association vows 30,000 Chinese coolies ready to work if a January labor strike proceeds. The plan is opposed as the so called yellow invasion faces strong opposition. In New York three steamers arrive from the Mediterranean with 4,670 steerage passengers including the Slavonia, Konigs Suise, and Moltke.
A reminder promotes making Christmas selections early to secure preferred gifts and delivery times. Local retailers emphasize planning ahead as holiday shopping intensifies.
The Interstate Commerce Commission will study the nationwide car shortage starting in the Northwest wheat region. Commissioner Franklin K. Lane outlined a circular request for grain freight data and reasons for nonshipment as farmers pile wheat in bins while major terminals show spare capacity. The probe will seek patterns of car availability, dwell times, and discrimination among industries and car sizes.
The sporting element of high society abandons high power cars for ballooning. Recently the English Aero club or society drew attention as enthusiasts seek excitement in lighter-than-air craft.
In Essex a race from Ranelagh to Ingatestone featured seven balloons. Frank Butler piloted the Dolce Far Niente and won despite light winds that left the craft nine miles short of the goal. Several ladies rode as passengers. American society has adopted ballooning as a new fad.
A fragmented passage suggests themes of money making on the side, health persistence, and the paradox of consistency eroding enjoyment. It notes vanity and egotism as blinds to personal faults, implying a critique of self deception and pride.
The article discusses how the line between saint and sinner rests on the observer’s perspective. It asserts selfishness as the dominant trait in some men and in others, shaping moral judgment and behavior.
Great Northern Railway will receive perishable freight on Tuesdays each week and will arrange a refrigerator car to receive shipments on those days. Shippers should coordinate their consignments with A A Piper, agent.
A Wenatchee bakery, identified by Mre J. E. Mills in Room 6 Rosenberg, relocates to a new balding just across the street. The terse notice confirms a local business move with scant details.
A clipped prose collection notes on sympathy, self perception, and common sayings. It includes lines about kings admiring cats, recognizing wrongs, doctors judged by their bills, and pursuing personal livelihood amid life’s oyster.
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