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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
7
A dense list of assorted foods and staples with numerous prices including peaches, raisins, dates, figs, butter, eggs, citrus, cheese, honey, cereals, grains, nuts, and sugars. The itemized column highlights daily market prices and bulk options, reflecting a wholesale style wanted column for shoppers.
Real estate notes from North Central Washington highlight daily bargains in World want ads. A $5000 house may be offered at $4200 as owners liquidate before moving, with Home News Farm News Rental News and Investment News all linked to local property deals.
Market shoppers see a long list of produce and meat prices. Items include beans, cabbage, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, parsnips, potatoes, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, turnips, tomatoes, and various meats with prices per pound or per unit.
A testimonial from Anton Hansen of North Yakima Wash explains a severe lumbago attack and back stiffness that left him unable to work. After starting Doan’s Kidney Pills he improved and regained health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for the United States Remember the name Doan’s and take no other.
A Munich paper recalls Gustav Mahler during a rehearsal intermission when he lost his way in a corridor under plasterers. A guard told him painters were not ready, prompting Mahler to improvise and find the hall. The episode shows a humorous mix up given Mahler’s name meaning painter in German.
A Chicago Record-Herald piece laments odd names given by parents in England and elsewhere. It cites Busybody Airs and Graces Numicer and Wellington Wolseley Roberts as examples. It notes the humiliation of children bearing strange names like Not Wanted James or Last of Em Harper, harming innocent youngsters.
The girdle served as a carrying belt for many Everyday tools from inkhorns and pens to knives and rosaries. In plays merchants and ladies mention pouches spectacles cases and a range of small wares. Girdles resembled chatelaines in function but were more utilitarian and costly when finished and were often bequeathed as heirlooms or memories.
The text describes a fixed value system where every life had a price. A peasant was valued at 200 shillings, a noble at 1200, and killing a king required 7200 shillings. Heirs could attempt regicide to confiscate the hold on the throne by paying the fine to the exchequer, reclaiming the money, and purging the offense. It notes these practices were plausibly used by Some rulers of Faeland in early times.
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