Daily World masthead and staff listings
The record shows the Wenatchee Washington Daily World masthead with editors and staff including Rufus Woods, W. S. Trimble, and Chas E. Stohl, plus publisher and advertising manager roles and the main office address. It notes postal entry as a second class matter.
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Rufus Woods
W. S. Trimble
Chas. E. Stohl
Daily World Building
Wenatchee
Washington
Farmers
Wash
Weeding Out Graft as Direct Primary Grows Strong
The article argues king county needs a grand jury after rottenness is uncovered and notes a city official’s embezzlement acquittal despite a clear state case. It cites widespread graft in cities and state, but hopes from Hamilton’s conviction and rising insurgent movement hint at justice prevailing through direct primaries.
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King County
Hamilton
Defender of Foreign Missionaries
President Taft rebukes critics who belittle foreign missionaries praising their role in spreading Western civilization. He cites his own observations in the East and commends selfless missionaries for moral progress, aligning with Mr. Bryan after his world tour. The piece attacks critics as selfish and idle in moral matters.
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Taft
Orient
The
Bryan
Arctic Plant Growth Supports Electricity Influence on Crops
Professor Lemstroem of Helsinki University argues atmospheric electricity boosts Arctic plant growth. He notes conifers and grain show growth cycles linked to sunspot aurora activity, with firs at 67 degrees north exhibiting stronger annual layers. He cites Holtz machine experiments on barley wheat and rye supporting the theory. Cosmos.
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Lemstroem
University of Helsingfors
Finland
Arctic
Earth
Arctic Circle
Coming Astronomy Should Add Large Observatories Abroad
Harvard professor Edward C. Pickering predicts a future astronomy with one to two large observatories and three observing stations. Two sites will be in the western United States and in South Africa, chosen for climate and altitude. A third station near a city will handle measurements and publication, while full-night observations occur at the desert observatories.
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Edward C. Pickering
Harvard
United States
South Africa
Fecundity of the Herring and Concrete Derusting
The article notes herring lay about 30 000 eggs per year per fish, underscoring vast potential yields given their size and abundance. It imagines rapid, unchecked multigenerational growth could fill seas and submerge land. It also reports rust removal from iron in concrete links to acid carbonates and sulphates forming during cement setting, causing derusting as concrete hardens.
Zeigfeld Plans New York Musical Stock House
F Zeigfeld Jr will establish a permanent stock company in New York and produce stock shows after the run of Raymond Hitchcock in The Man Who Owns Broadway. A strong company is said to be assembled and about one hundred fifty personnel will be employed for these productions.
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F. Zeigfeld, Jr
New York
Ziegfeld
New York Theatre
Raymond Hitchcock
Broadway
Re enforcing poles and melted wood use in industry
The Electric Railway Journal notes pole shortages and rising costs for electric light and railway lines. A reinforced pole design uses a steel rod cage and concrete shell to extend life, with rods driven into sound wood and four to eight rods per pole. Additional items describe melted wood as a new material and other brief notes on water intake, health, and a 197 foot Alaska timber at Nome circle.
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Electric Railway Journal
Nome Circle
Niagara Falls plants cut coal use by over a million tons
In 1908 the Niagara Falls hydro electric works saved more than a million tons of coal. The season also brings stage news with Bourget and Cury's Divorce to be produced by F. C. Whitney in New York matinees. Rostand sold English rights of L Aiglon to Chas Frohman who plans Maude Adams in the role abroad.
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Niagara Falls
M. Paul Bourget
M. Andre Cury
M. Bourget
F. C. Whitney
New York
Edmond Rostand
Chas. Frohman
France
L’aiglon
Reading Room Benefit Tickets On Sale At Local Stores
Tickets are on sale for a Reading Room benefit at Owl and Wenatchee drug stores and the Reading Room. The notice lists upcoming historical notes for Dec 15 including Ezra Stiles birth, Hartford convention, and Sitting Bull’s death among other events.
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Owl Drug Store
Wenatchee
Owl and Wenatchee
Birth Memoir of Captain Reginald P Nicholson
Captain Reginald P Nicholson of the United States Navy, born December 15, 1852 in Washington DC, enters Annapolis in 1869 and graduates in 1873. He serves on the Powhatan and other ships, takes part in the Oregon cruise during the Spanish American War, then commands the torpedo boat Farragut 1899 to 1901 and the cruiser Tacoma from 1903 onward.
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Reginald P. Nicholson
United States Navy
District of Columbia
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Powhatan
Portsmouth
Monterey
United States
Spain
Oregon
Pacific
Cape Horn
West Indian
Comander Nicholson
Farragut
Tacoma
Captain of the Nebraska during world cruise 1907
In 1907 he reached the rank of captain on July 1 and commanded the battleship Nebraska during the around the world cruise of the American battleship fleet.
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Nebraska
Hayes son begins public service in Toledo as assistant solicitor
Richard A. Hayes, eldest son of the late President Rutherford B. Hayes, will become assistant solicitor of Toledo on January 1 with a salary of 1500 dollars. He followed a quieter path after Cornell and Harvard Law, avoiding his father’s famous circle, and notes a contrast with his father’s rapid rise from public service to the presidency.
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Hayes
Toledo, O
Rirchhard A. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes
Toledo
Cincinnati
Congress
Cornell
Harvard Law School
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World Advance Publishing Company
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Valley
J. J. Browne
M. Horan
Guy C. Browne
Frank D. Case
Charles E Owens. Cashier
the Elks Hall
Buckeye Grocery and
W. C. T. U. Reading Room
Wenatchee Bowling League
Apple Packers Republics
Apple Packers
Electrics
Apple Packers Clerks
British Columbia
Francis Marre
Washington Post
Truxton King Éauan
George Barr McCutcheon
Louis Joseph Vance
America
Harrison Fisher
Emily Post
Frances Foster Perry
Regen
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Dodd, Mead and Company, Publishers
New York City
Ezra Stiles
Yale College
North Haven, Conn
New Haven
Met
Robert L. Waterman
California
Fairfield, N. J
Napoleon I
Paris
Nashville
Robert Toombs
Georgia
Washington, Ga
Sitting Bull
South Dakota
Prince Edward Island
Tugela
Reginald F. Nicholson
White House
R. Wallace
Ben Ben
Howard Thomas
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