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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
3
A catalog style listing describes numerous items for boys girls and young gentlemen including dolls, toy animals, wagons, sleds, knives, books, kitchenware, sewing and grooming sets, and military themed pieces. Several containers such as boxes, jars and cases accompany the items.
A listed assortment includes Haviland china pieces, a cut glass dish, a china fruit set, cup and saucer, a leather pillow and bag, a leather card case, a picture, a bomb and brush set, chocolate set, creamer and sugar, a hanging parlor lamp, a water set, and Rogers 1847 silver items.
An item listing names R. L. Bartlett of Wenatchee Washington and a collection of small articles including a smoking set shaving set watchchain watch fob cuff and collar buttons a reading lamp and a fine 192 reading lamp.
In Spokane a man calling himself D. H. Murphy is jailed after an early morning attempt to hold up the Northern Pacific westbound passenger train ten miles east of Spokane. A second man was wounded and fled. officers, bloodhounds, and a pursuing party recovered five dynamite bombs, fuse, nitro glycerin, and a syringe at an abandoned robber camp.
Washington special reports Congressman Jones argues that chief engineer may begin the Columbia River survey between Wenatchee and Kettle Falls under 1905 river and harbor authority without new congressional action. The engineer’s office leans toward that view and could proceed if the rivers and harbors committee declines to change the report’s interpretation.
Real estate transfers show numerous deeds recorded in Chelan and Wenatchee areas. Parties include Lily F. Butler Sarah Wise Nellie Wise T Sain B Stillwell J Hartl W E Porter G H McMaster Delbert McCoy C A Murray Matte L Keiser A F Anderson and Wenatchee Land Co among others with prices from 80 to 2750 dollars and various section town range designs.
A public health column critiques a New York health evangelist Dr Daniel Sager and nine rules for eating and living. It argues the creed is old as civilization, unproven as a science claim, yet may help a small audience who value talk over specifics.
The piece envisions a May governors conference in Washington to advance resource development conservation and distribution. It expects united state efforts to educate the public and shape policy though predicts varied outcomes from symposium value to eventual legislative impact. It references Kaiser Andrew Carnegie and Brander Matthews while noting social themes like wealth luck and gender notes.
A historical sketch reviews the rise of temperance activism from Carrie Nation era tactics to modern local option and prohibition debates. It notes shifts in public opinion, the link between order and anti saloon sentiment, and references to figures and events shaping the era.
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