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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1906
Page
4
Personal notices and city briefs spanning resig nations at Wenatchee merchants to new arrivals, church activities, school meetings, and shop announcements. Including tradesmen changes, cafe purchases, land and diamond ads, and social notes from Miss Mills to the Vendome Cafe ownership.
A 48 mile per hour southeast gale roared along the coast causing one death in San Francisco and injuring several others. Harbor shipping suffered damage and many walls toppled, blocking streets and interrupting traffic. Streetcar service was partially suspended due to danger from falling walls.
In Covington Indiana a Thanksgiving club of twenty men formed to save a banquet each year and open a port bottle upon the last survivor's feast. Louis R Hatfield aged 84, the final member, carved the turkey and toasted the memory of his nineteen fellow merrymakers, yet sadness tempered his cheer.
The president's son Teddy Roosevelt Jr. endures mock rituals by Harvard secret society members. He eats a wild lunch in Harvard Square then receives a benzine-filled finger bowl. Each day this week he and other novices perform odd tasks for the Dickie club and public amusement.
In New York Professor W H Diffenbach of Flower Hospital links stomach cancer rise to enamel ware particles. Dr William J Norton and Margaret Abigail Cleaves report tryposin, a pancreatic juice extract, showing tumor reaction and occasional disease standstill in thirty cases. Norton urges trials in hospitals and among specialists.
In Cincinnati the Supreme Court of the United States prepares to hear arguments on the Eight Hour Labor Law and its implications for workers and businesses. Details remain sparse as the case moves toward a ruling that could affect national labor standards.
The Sheridan Kirk Company challenged the eight hour labor law after a federal district court denied a new trial for employing workers over eight hours on a government dam contract. Attorneys said they would seek a writ of error to the U S Supreme Court, arguing Congress lacked constitutional power to pass the statute.
Captain W. Bentley notes that about one third of East Indians in Grand Forks are women. They wear male-style Hindu attire and frequently work as woodcutters, a role often assigned to Hindu women, including those at Fisher's railway camp.
Free samples of chinamel for floors advertised at Russell's For Sale Best of building sand. Inquiries directed to Ed Hardman one mile south of Wenatchee. Five stamp photos offered at Bixter's new studio for a short time at First St. No. o tf. The speaker recalled the first of the month and a florist's bill.
A reflective verse notes that moral injunctions against stealing are strong in principle but quickly forgotten when someone’s interests are damaged. It compares general ethics to the urge to take what is not theirs and hints at human inconsistency.
A man describes trading his wife for a horse, prompting questions about what flaws the horse supposedly solved. The anecdote reflects humorous moral framing and rural wit.
A discussion on balancing ongoing spring enthusiasm with industry needs shows a debate over who should lead the uplift. The text notes a joyous mood but no clear agreement on responsibility.
The Krupp wedding is mocked as overly elaborate with a private train to a Rhine castle for the honeymoon. The piece contrasts it with a typical simple civil ceremony and jokes about the couple celebrating by destroying gunworks.
Adolph Segal, arrested in the wrecking of the Real Estate Trust Company of Philadelphia, is charged by the late Frank K Hipple with causing his ruin. Segal, once an Austrian immigrant of modest origins, rose from soap caldron worker to inventor of a paper waxing process, earning $20,000, then borrows $60,000, builds a sugar refinery sold to the sugar trust for a million, and later collaborates with Hipple leading to the trust’s collapse.
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