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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1910
Page
5
Rev. H. D. Stanley, once remembered for exploits years ago, faces charges in Pierce county for passing worthless checks. He reportedly served time in Walla Walla since then and was a public speaker against prohibition in town.
Pat Moore faces Young Erne in six rounds at Philadelphia. Harry Forbes meets Earl Denning in eight rounds at Windsor Ontario.
F. W. Graham Great Northern official visits the exhibition car traveling through Pennsylvania to bolster interest in western lands and Wenatchee valley shows. The car tours Johnstown Altoona Tyrone Huntington Lewiston Mifflin with hundreds visiting daily and 500+ inquiries.
Arch bishop Ireland marks the 49th anniversary of his ordination and the 35th anniversary of consecration as a bishop in St Paul Minnesota. Only three US Catholic hierarchy members are older in service. Gibbons Hogan and Ryan are the others noted. Preparations begin for next year's sacred total jubilee celebration.
Reports from sections of the country indicate state legislatures at sessions to begin will give more attention to conservation primary election reform initiative and referendum good roads drainage extension of agricultural education and related issues. County option and prohibition will not be as widely discussed as before.
President Taft sent a special message to Congress advising the adoption of a joint resolution to annul the provision in New Mexico’s constitution that sought to alter the boundary line between New Mexico and Texas.
The New York Herald notes that poor rural groups in southern Austria Italy and Romania often lack bread. In Obersteiermark sterz or heiden porridge made from beechnuts replaces bread while in northern Italy polenta serves as daily sustenance boiled into a solid or served as a porridge mama liga in Roumania keeps grains distinct like oatmeal.
The New York Tribune reports that under 3,000 kg pressure water compressed and cooled in CO2 snow and liquid air yields a colorless dense ice IIIL that sinks in water. Ice III is unstable, swells and forms a dense white powder upon slight warming, reverting to ordinary ice as it melts.
A Detroit Free Press note cites Professor Brander Matthews of Columbia critiquing dull playwrights. He recalls a student’s exam answer to what Shakespeare meant by sermons in stones, describing tombstones for dates and morals, milestones for miles, and road repairs signaling neatness.
The London Saturday Review praises authors for portraying high society and clerical life despite having no direct experience. It cites Trollope and Disraeli as examples of writers who master characters like bishops dukes and great ones without personally visiting their settings.
A brief exchange notes uncertainty about recognizing a man in the city after a chance seashore acquaintance. One character recalls a promised marriage, but the commitment remains vague and unresolved.
quotation attributed to George Eliot on steadfast resolve. The line urges holding to one’s chosen aim despite obstacles, emphasizing moral courage and perseverance in pursuing the best path one perceives.
Oakland California adopts a commission form of government marking a shift in city administration. The move consolidates city departments under a small elected body with a separate mayoral post to oversee executive functions. The action reflects reform efforts aimed at centralized decision making and streamlined services.
Wenatchee police arrested three bootleggers in a night of raids. John Doe, Thelma Stanley, and Lucile Richardson were taken into custody for illegal saloon activity and public disorder amid a cautious, routine operation in Shantytown Columbia Street and Yakima Street areas. The raids concluded without violence or notable resistance.
In Budapest a handsome hairdresser named Vigyazo ran a planned blackmail scheme against aristocratic ladies. He sent letters detailing intimate liaisons and demanded 3000 to 5000 kronen for silence. After his arrest he died by suicide, but fears linger that compromising notes may still surface.
The article notes the shortest day in the northern hemisphere and that winter begins at noon tomorrow Washington time with the sun and earth at their minimum separation. Nights will shorten from tomorrow night until June 21 when the longest day occurs.
Few measures will target railways and corporations this session, as Western state legislatures push for broader reforms rather than concentrating on monopolies like in recent years.
Waterville businessman George W. Hendricks reports Wenatchee valley apples gain favor in Ohio while Missouri fruit dominates earlier seasons. He criticizes the Shaver News company for selling inferior apples on trains labeled Wenatchee and urges action to protect the valley’s reputation.
Whitman College chose its Glee Club members this week for the annual state tour in mid April. Guy George was named a second tenor and Paul Garrett a first bass.
Stratford reports the county bridge nearing completion with workers filling grade and riprap. Mangold and Lessing strike running water at 120 feet in a well three miles from Stratford, signaling Crabb creek underground flow and potential irrigation for Avon valley. Cox brothers pause well work awaiting more water then plan nearby projects as Wenatchee Stratford land ready for market.
The children of this place will enjoy a good Christmas entertainment and tree. The program was arranged by Mrs. C. E. Smith. All are invited to attend.
Patrick J. Boyle has just been elected for his fifteenth term as mayor of Newport Rhode Island. Florida democrats will hold a primary next month for the selection of a United States senator. Chase S. Osborn, recently elected governor of Michigan, issues a no second term declaration. An even hundred cities across twenty three states have adopted the commission form of government. Jerome Templeton of Knoxville, a candidate for Senator Frazier’s seat, has long led Tennessee’s prohibition movement.
James L Cowles, secretary of the Postal Progress League, announces candidacy for United States senator from New York to succeed Chauncey M. Depew. Campaign expenses of the leading parties in New York state neared one million dollars. Several states contemplate senatorial elections this winter. Rhode Island faces a predicted deadlock in its senate. Several states adopt initiative and referendum like Oregon.
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