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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1907
Page
3
A mass killing at a farm near Wenatchee leaves two women dead and three children missing. Authorities suspect two tramp robbers killed the family after a confrontation over money. A purse containing 60.2 dollars was found near the burned house as bloodhounds were brought from the Oregon state penitentiary to the scene.
Harness and saddlery shop listed at 25 Wenatchee Avenue next door to Little Wetzel's Market.
Presbyterian minister of Cashmere officiated as Miss Lawrence married Mr Berger in a formal ceremony. Guests included Dr and Mrs Cameron and Mr and Mrs Thompson. The reception featured white and green decorations with Oregon grape vine and chrysanthemums, and plans to travel to Seattle before settling in the Interim Manse after January 1.
P. S. Darlington spends part of the week at Trinidad and Quincy inspecting several carloads of fruit trees.
Readable items list seafood and crustaceans at the Little Wetsel market. Oysters and fish are advertised alongside trog legs in the daily assortment.
Removed to Wenatchee Hotel south of the post office a full line of fair goods with corsets made to order all millinery goods at cost Mme Tiffany announces the shop carries a full line of fair goods and custom corsetry in the corner of the Wenatchee Hotel.
Monitor News reports concern over smallpox leading some parents to keep children home while 1001 begins again the term. Ethel Ferguson and George Richardson start school. Everett Clothier and Leon Richardson return to Monitor business dull in Harrington.
Drayage and transfer options presented by R. E. Hastings. Contact phone number 772 for heavy and light hauling.
An old scholar’s plan for a railway viaduct ends in mock graves and epitaphs as two fishing figures disappear from the drawing. A Scottish tale then recalls Sandy and his mare crossing a ditch on a moonlit night with a humorous reply.
An American traveler from Havana refused quarantine on a Cuban steamer, while first class passengers were allowed home. The improvidence of strict quarantine laws is noted as outdated, comparing London’s lax approach and lower death rate to reflect on unnecessary restrictions and need for reform.
The piece cites a Times-Democrat quotation where an antiquary notes tea smoking among young ladies as an old vice. It claims French readers smoked tea two centuries ago, with references to Blegat and Grand d Aussy describing it in detail and blaming tea for nerves.
In an Oxford tale from Society In the Country House the Bishop Wilberforce deals gently with two troublesome youths named Hopknn and Phinehas. The scene at Cuddesdon palace features them singing The devil is dead as the bishop approaches with care and authority.
The verse memoriam by Alexander Pope honors Elizabeth Corbett who rests in St. Margaret’s Westminster. It praises her plain reason sober sense virtue and constancy over pride and passion, noting she endured trials with serene fortitude and moral purity.
The text explains that in Germany the prefix von signals nobility and is used by those who belong to the nobility. It notes that knighting grants the von prefix to a person and to all their descendants, regardless of gender, using Alexander Humboldt as an example to illustrate how a knighthood makes his family members Bavarian noble prefixes.
Reported findings near the Naomi mine in Fayette City indicate five Americans and forty-two foreigners died from suffocation after a gas explosion. Authorities fear additional fatalities as 47 miners remain entombed while rescue efforts continue and thirteen bodies have been recovered, eleven severely charred, at the United Coal Company site near Way City.
A brief line mentions Sauerkraut and wienerwurst alongside the Little Wetsel Company in what appears to be an old advertisement or notice, signaling culinary offerings and a business name from the period.
Near Lewis Clark School, an orchardist advertises grafting pruning and budding work with satisfaction guaranteed and phone contact 601.
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