This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
2
Postmaster Hall reports the Christmas and holiday postal rush has begun with increased activity at the post office. Citizens should write legibly with ink, include sender and recipient addresses, ensure sufficient postage, mail east of the Mississippi by evening, and use registry for all packages to assure delivery. Morning deposits move on afternoon trains.
J Q Adams of the Farmers Independent Telephone Co led a meeting of East Wenatchee farmers to discuss connecting their line with Waterville. A committee will report next Saturday, with plans to extend to Orondo and link with the Southside line enabling Waterville to talk with Wenatchee. Triplett and Longanecker visited Cashmere on business Thursday.
Wenatchee shops report strong holiday trade with many stores adding extra clerks to handle demand. Apple shipments to relatives in the East are rising, fancy gift boxes selling for 2.75 to 3.00 dollars as supplies run short. Miss Kate Patterson returned from Cashmere with her father after visiting relatives.
Charles Matthews of Seattle mailed a large red, white and blue horn to his friends D. W. Jones L. M. Hull and J. T. Ajax. In letters he writes you have all been blowing so much about Wenatchee so I am sending you something to blow on. The gentre-
Chief of Police Ed Ferguson visited Cashmere on Thursday. C M Purrington from Lone Rock Washington stays several days here resting after work on the orchard. Olympia Hotel Cigar Stand invites ladies to suggest holiday gifts for gentlemen. Fine pipes cigars tobaccos and smoker items. Lowney's candies in fancy packages available.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.