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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1910
Page
8
A holiday note invites shoppers to the Owl store where Kris Kringle has set up headquarters. The message suggests shopping early before crowds and full selection is gone.
New York hosts three league meetings this week as Eastern and National league magnates discuss leadership and constitution changes. Patrick Powers may seek reelection as Eastern president while Ed Barrows pursues the post. National league head Thomas J. Lynch appears set for another term, with talks on expanding terms to five years. American league talks focus on 1911 playing dates and potential trades under Ban Johnson’s near lifetime tenure.
Earl Howard an eight year old from Chelan is jailed on a bad check charge against Entiat merchant C E Hedding. He raised a $1.50 note to $11.50 with a accomplice and cashed it. The case came to light late fall and Sheriff Ferguson brought him from Tacoma for a hearing set for today or tomorrow.
Quotation from the Washington Star features Farmer Corn tassel wryly remarking that keeping dates useful, a memory for dates helps little when selling spring chickens. The line blends humor with rural life imagery.
A Boston Herald excerpt recalls a wife leaving strict daily house duties to her husband Tom. She records orders on a phonograph so he can follow them nightly, but he admits he forgot and cannot bear to play the record while she is away. The setting centers on memory and loneliness.
Warren G. Stone arrives in Chicago to deliver the final strike ultimatum after an engineer vote showing overwhelming support for a 15 percent wage increase. Railroads offer 8 percent and may seek Erdman Act arbitration if negotiations fail. Officials expect possible mediation by Knapp and Labor Commissioner Neil.
Municipal and county health officials meet in Seattle under state health commissioner Dr Elmer E Hegg for two days to discuss closer relations a uniform system and remedial legislation. Dr A T Kaupp will lead Thursday on the typhoid problem and an informal dinner will discuss city milk supply.
A novelty contest at Endinburgh corporation baths pitted a famed Scottish swimmer against an angler in an eighty by forty foot pool. The angler used an eleven foot trolling rod with a fixed line. after initial line break, he persevered, but the swimmer finally prevailed in a test of stamina and strength. A second bout with a lighter trout rod saw the swimmer again pressed but the rod prevailed, leaving both exhausted at the finish.
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