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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
2
Mrs Clifford Griggs Mrs Guy Browne and Mrs John Seaman hosted a prettily appointed card party at Mrs Griggs home on Orondo Avenue. Pink carnations and Oregon grape vines decorated five tables for 500. Prizes went to Mrs John Gellatly and Mrs C Gilchrist, with a luncheon served at five.
A dense listing of state officers Governor Lieut Governor Auditor Secretary of State and others followed by city officials including mayor council members treasurer clerk police chief health officer and street commissioners. Also names of school board members and various department heads appear in the roundup. The fragment resembles a municipal and state directory page detailing governmental positions and incumbents.
The notice lists Wenatchee World subscription options with prices and delivery details from the Columbia Valley Bank Building office. It also states deadlines for advertising copy: display ads by 11 am to insure insertion and classified ads by 1 30 pm.
The article explains the direct primary as replacing party conventions by letting each party's voters select nominees on one ballot on primary day. Voters choose either the Republican or Democratic ticket, using separate ballots, and cannot mix candidates from both parties. A later general election uses a blanket ballot with all parties' nominees.
Byron Stearns longtime Skyline mill engineer is jailed awaiting a court hearing on a breach of peace charge tied to domestic difficulties. After a marital separation and a relocation, Stearns was taken into custody by Sheriff Webb following a breach incident. Hearing set for tomorrow morning. Faris Notes.
A Salt Lake City publication mocks Elbert Hubbard as a vile intellectual fraud. The piece attacks Hubbard’s Mormon writings, calling him a scurvy egoist and likening his intellect to a brainless goose. It ends with a jab at his fundraising credibility.
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