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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1910
Page
4
Wenatchee Daily World established July 4 1905 by World Publishing Co publishes weekdays except Sunday. Editor Trimble E Stohl listed. Subscription rates include weekly and annual terms with Wenatchee Advance noted. Office contact World Building and telephone listed.
Hitchcock and Taft push for civil service placement of postmasters from first to third classes. The plan faces opposition from longtime politicians and party loyalists who seek patronage for themselves or relatives. The author argues removing patronage would elevate American politics to merit based debates.
The piece notes 1911 estimates place US military and naval costs at about 334 million dollars annually. It argues England Germany spend more, cites Canada Italy Japan as arming, and urges redirecting wasteful spending to productive enterprise. It highlights Carnegie and Nobel as peace advocates amid growing poverty and infrastructure neglect.
An eastern reader questions conservation, citing public lands withdrawn from entry as vast. The author rebukes the critic, noting westward scale, public ownership, and a policy transition to protect lands until a decision on their future use is made.
A Los Angeles Record editorial argues for stock accounting and prudent disposal of wealth in minerals oil timber and land. It warns against cattle barons and entreats national sanity through conservation and measured policy to ensure future welfare and happiness.
The Seekers Protective Association faces scrutiny over its land schemes while an amendment to raise dues to six months in advance is introduced and carried. Other items include publicity committee changes, a push for sworn statements by commission men with bonds, and plans for season luncheon tickets.
Wenatchee Drug Co promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a tonic that acts quickly to restore normal kidney and bladder function and corrects irregularities.
Dick Lillis and Mr Courtway buy 280 irrigated acres seven miles from Phoenix Arizona along the Roosevelt irrigation canal. They plan immediate residence and develop a large stock farm with alfalfa and barley. They report no crossing into Mexico and aim to skip fruit culture.
A Galveston News reminiscence recalls a father preparing for a banquet. He endures a comical wardrobe struggle with a dirty neckband short sleeves and a stiff collar while the family watches. The children note his discomfort and comment on adulthood and dinners.
Report confirms M. Casanoff who killed Minister Von Plehve in 1904 died in Zarantai prison from self inflicted wounds. Earlier a prison escape plot prompted reinforced guards and corporal punishment for two convicts, and six inmates including Casanoff died by their own action in protest.
The Bell company opened the third week in Wenatchee with The Hand of Justice drawing a large audience. Raymond Bell starred as a counterfeiter turned witness, with R. L. Butler and Miss Close Fizer acclaimed by playgoers. Two vaudeville acts and moving pictures complemented the strong show, with tomorrow's bill announced only by note on the program.
Mrs Rose Ford wife of Clyde K Ford an employee of a local furniture company fainted from steam in a bathtub and fell into the water and drowned Told that her husband returned home about an hour later and found her body in the tub in Sacramento California on December 13 1923?
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