Idolatry in Mexico and Native Sacrifices Highlighted
In Oaxaca near Tehuantepec villagers perform secret sacrifices to their gods using goats turkeys and other fowl with head buried offerings and blood. Tehuana grudges prompt covert at night rites outside homes while inside rites promise luck. Parents believe a newborn links to a jungle beast and death follows if that animal dies.
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Cortes
Honduras
Oaxaca
Tehuantepec
Isthmus
Everybody’s Magazine
Torricelli and the Vacuum Discovery
The Barometer Invention by Torricelli Traced to 1643 and a Florence Well Experiment. He found water could not rise beyond thirty two feet in a pump stock, attributing the limit to atmospheric pressure and invoking a vacuum.
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Torricelli
Galilei
Florence
Torricelli and the Invention of the Mercury Barometer
A glass tube four feet long filled with mercury inverted into a basin of the same liquid creates a vacuum at the top and a column height near thirty inches. This demonstrates atmospheric pressure and introduces the Torricelli vacuum named after the discoverer as the air measure.
Aunt Mary Finds Twenty Four Golf Balls in Scotland
At St Andrews, Aunt Mary visits a golfing family and recounts a moor walk. She notes many people calling out in peculiar ways and presents twenty four golf balls from her walk to a curious audience at tea. The scene blends golf culture with family humor.
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St. Andrews
Scotland
Aunt Mary
London
Mary
Styles In Teeth Show Global Dental Shade Demands
A firm of artificial teeth manufacturers keeps a stock of molars in many colors from white to black to suit global markets. Natives in Siam Java Batavia and Burma chew betel nut, whitening or darkening teeth as required. Orders from Bhavnagar India call for bright red and blue teeth. Smokers’ teeth are supplied in shades matching nicotine-stained teeth.
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Siam
Java
Batavia
Burma
Persia
Bhavnagar
India
Everett Moves to Seek State Capital Relocation
The Wenatchee Commercial Club pushes to move the state capital to Everett. Senator Evan C. Davis notes chance of securing capital if the next legislature opts to relocate for convenience. Washington holds about 2 million dollars in the capitol building fund and Everett gains eastern and central support, with King County backing.
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Wenatchee Commercial Club
Everett
Evan C. Davis
Douglas
Ferry
Okanogan
Olympia
Capitol Building
Davis
Washington
King County
Pullman Berth Charges Approved by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission tentatively approves fixing upper berths at eighty percent of lower berth charges. The new rates take effect nationwide on or before January 20, 1911.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Amendment to direct primary law proposed by G E Dickson
G E Dickson representative elect of Kittitas county will seek in this year’s legislature a reform to bar one man from appearing on two party tickets. He backs eliminating the second choice provision to keep Republicans off Democrats ticket and vice versa, as reported by the Ellensburg Record.
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G. E. Dickson
Kittitas County
Dickson
Ellensburg
National Apple Congress elects officers in Denver
The national apple congress elected President A L Prince of New Mexico and other officers. Clin ton Oliver of Paonia Colorado became secretary, E H Shepnerd of Provo Utah treasurer, with an executive committee including W T Betterman Colorado W L Hunt Washington M W Miller New Mexico Alan Eils on Wyoming and J E Taylor Utah. The committee will select the next meeting site with Denver and Pueblo Colorado as contenders.
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Denver
Colo
National
Apple Congress
A. L. Prince
New Mexico
Clinton Oliver
Paonia
Col
E. H. Shepnerd
Provo
Utah
W. T. Betterman
Colorado
W. L. Hunt
Washington
M. W. Miller
Alan Eilson
Wyoming
J. E. Taylor
Pueblo
A Desirable Xmas Present Card Offer at World Office
One hundred engraved cards and copper plate offered as samples by World Office. The notice invites readers to view the display of samples as a potential holiday gift idea.
Brave Fight Is Faced: Funeral for Thomas Wiswell Planned
Thomas Wiswell 40, long Seattle planing mill and church worker, died at his Wenatchee ranch after illness. He grew up in Maine, studied at Chicago Theological Seminary, led University Congregational church Seattle, then moved to Wenatchee with wife Bessie Doyle Wiswell and three children. A private service was held. body to Seattle for cremation. funeral in Seattle follows.
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Thomas Chaloner
Seattle
Henry Landes
State University
Bonney & Watson
Wisewell
East Machias
Maine
Plymouth Congregational Church
Wallace Nutting
Chicago
Chicago Theological Seminary
Graham Taylor
Wiswell
Bessie Lorene Doyle
Snohomish
California
University Congregational Church of
Wenatchee
Lewis & Clarke
Grace
George Wiswell
Mr. Wiswell
Local Man William Turner Dies After Pneumonia Attack
William Turner, recently arrived in Cashmere from Sandpoint Idaho, died last night from a severe pneumonia attack. He was about fifty years old and leaves a family residing in Cashmere.
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William Turner
Cashmere
Sandpoint
Idaho
Far Sight Records and Remarkable Sightings
A survey of extraordinary visual limits cites The Eye and Sight for testing Alcor in the Great Bear as seen star test. It notes naked eye sight of Jupiter moons and a nineteenth century Peruvians figure seen eighteen miles away, suggesting a record for far sight.
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Jupiter
Earth
Humboldt
Orondo Entiat Union Proposed by Fruit Grower Swartwood
H N Swartwood a leading Orondo fruit grower urges Orondo Entiat Chelan growers to form a union to improve marketing of up river fruit. He cites perceived year’s discrimination and advocates a capable manager to organize shipments east next fall. He predicts a thousand carloads could be shipped.
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H. N. Swartwood
Orondo
The Important Question at the Swell Restaurant
The proprietor recalls a customer who went crazy after receiving his check. The waiter explains the man became agitated when asked to pay, prompting the abrupt reaction at the upscale restaurant.
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Catholic Standard and Times
All the Difference in Bucks Snub Sparks Trade Talk
A sharp exchange via Cleveland Leader questions why the Bucks are snubbed for a rumored skeleton in their closet. The rival notes the snub stems from not keeping quiet about past issues.
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Cleveland
The Defects of the Mind Deteriorate with Age
A compact reflection notes that mental flaws worsen with age, comparing them to physical signs that deepen over time. The writer cites Rochefoucauld’s idea that defects of character or mind intensify as one grows older, challenging the notion of virtue improving with years.
Mrs Fisk Entertains Tourist Club at Douglas Street Home
The Tourist club gathered Saturday afternoon at Mrs. F. M. Fisk’s Douglas street home for a successful meeting. Performances included vocal, piano, flute and violin solos with local performers. The afternoon concluded with reports from the recent Walla Walla convention of the State Federation of Woman's Rights read by Miss Bessie Murray and Mrs. A. A. Lanham.
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F. M. Fisk
Douglas Street
Carmela
John Isenhart
J. M. Hill
Helen Ferryman
Glen Wells
Walla Walla
State Federation of Woman's Rights
Bessie Murray
A. A. Lanham
Reader letter corrects impressions on Christian Science
Wenatchee World reader asks to correct December 12 article. Writer argues metaphysical and materialistic views differ and notes that matter is not self-existent, referencing Berkeley and other philosophers’ insights.
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Wenatchee World
Berkeley
Matter as illusion and Mind’s infinite manifestation
Professor Oswald cites Leipsic and other authorities to claim matter is a construct of thought and perception. He equates modern physics with Christian Science, asserting matter is temporal and illusory while all is Mind and its manifestation. He praises Eddy’s solitary labor and its humanitarian fruits.
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Oswald
University of Leipsic
Science and Health
Eddy
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