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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1906
Page
2
Czar plans quiet summer as 80 acre lot sought
The article notes Czar Nicholas looking forward to a quiet day next summer to hunt the center of an 80 acre lot and open Christmas packages with a forty foot pole. It also mentions Secretary Loeb and President Roosevelt, Japanese ambassador Viscount Aoki, a Minnesota woodpecker find, and criticism of Congress for introducing many bills in a season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas
Heaton Refuses Honor From King Edward Montress
Jan 2 A Montreal arrival reports J Heaniker Heaton, originator of penny postage in Britain, declining knighthood of the Order of St Michael and St George. The note quotes civic pride and a long anecdote about cranberry sauce and a Manila medal read aloud at a Bangor reception.
Insurance Evils Spur New York Publicity Push
New York January 2 The insurance investigating committee has begun outlining recommendations for the legislature. Proposals include making it a misdemeanor for others to divert life insurance funds to politics and requiring full disclosure by companies on payments tied to supervision legislation. A radical overhaul of the state insurance department is also urged, though details remain undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Insurance Investigating Committee
State Insurance Department
United States Supplies Over Half World Petroleum 1904
The British board of trade reports global petroleum output in 1904 at 9.3039 billion gallons, with the United States producing 4.916 billion gallons, surpassing all previous records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
British Board of Trade
Why Cigarettes Are Harmful
In Buffalo on January 2, Dr Lee H Smith warned the Buffalo society of natural sciences that glycerine and acrolein, not tobacco, drive cigarette harm. He said manufacturers add glycerine to keep tobacco moist while burning glycerin converts to acrolein in the cigarette stem, with nicotine neutralized during smoking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffaly
N. Y
Lee H. Smith
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
Secretary Shaw to dismiss treasury clerks over debt habitually
Secretary Shaw will dismiss clerks of the treasury department who are habitually dead broke and mortgage their furniture. He will not turn the treasury into a collection agency. He will also dismiss any employee who lends money at usurious rates of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shaw
Treasury Department
Recollections recount a rector’s exam question on marriage
William O'Brien quotes Dr. Coke, archbishop of Casnel, recounting an exam for confirmation. A girl blushes as the archbishop asks, What is the preparation for matrimony The child answers with a coy, humorous line about courting amid a rosary of blushes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O'Brien
Dr. Coke
Casnel
Mexican Dollars Hidden in Freight Cars at Hoboken
In Hoboken New Jersey a guard detail with Winchester rifles and Colt pistols watched freight cars containing 60,000 pounds of Mexican dollars shipped from Texas by the United States Express Company. The money is to be reshipped to London with guards aboard and outside. One guard said the money would ultimately go to Japan where Mexican silver has strong links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elaven Ren
Colt
Lackawana
Hoboken
N. J
United States Express Company
Texas
London
Japan
Women 35 Rule to Bar Younger Job Seekers
Philadelphia reports the YWCA board will enforce a rule barring women under 35 from certain positions to reduce the waiting list for work in the city. The policy will not take effect until September next year. In a separate dispatch from New York, the Dominican gunboat Independencia demands surrender of Puerto Plata within 24 hours, threatening bombardment. U S consul says U S cruisers will evacuate women and children if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Satan
New York
Herald
Pueto Plata Santo Domingo
Independencia
Puerto Plata
Catrain
Morales
United States Cuisers
Smallpox exposed Duluth after thefts from pesthouse
In Duluth Minnesota on January 1 the city faces a smallpox scare after thieves stole cooking utensils bedding and clothing from the pesthouse and sold them to locals. Health officials will issue an invoice to tally stolen goods and Inspector Kichen will inspect the pesthouse area to trace items. Disinfection was applied last winter but fears remain that germs linger in some stolen goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Kichen
Pearls Found In Bird Nest Near St Wendel Farm
A woodworker on Patrick Meagher’s St Wendel township farm found about fifteen white pearls in a tree hollow near his house. They appear valuable and are believed to be Mississippi pearls brought by birds to the hollow. Local jewelers assess high value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Dan
Woman shoots man in self defense in Oklahoma City
Barbara Toer, about 25, shot F. C. Clayton, 45, in her room after he allegedly forced entry and attempted assault. Clayton died. Toer is under arrest as coroner's jury probes the case. The item closes with a social remark on working women and husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Barbara Toer
F. C. Clayton
Clayton
Mrs Fitzsimmons fears pugilist husband in Sioux Falls
Mrs Robert Fitzsimmons tells reporters she lives in fear of death at the hands of her pugilist husband. She says Bob is cruel and almost insane with worry over their divorce and may shoot her if he comes to Sioux Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Robert Fitzsimmons
Bob
Ranaway
South Dakota
Fire Rages Through Brockton Block at Main and Ward
Fire destroys main portions of city blocks at Main and Ward streets in Brockton. Loss estimated near 30000 dollars. Giry Theatre structure saved but auditorium flooded and damaged. Field block adjoining roof fire caused further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Mass
Main
Ward Streets
Giry
For Sale Farms and Land Listings Across Washington
Multiple agricultural properties offered including ten acre fruit ranch with house and hundreds of trees, alfalfa fields, and a packing house at 4100 price with cash option. Additional tracts include one acre near school, 12 acres valley land, five acre orchard with 440 trees, and 20 acre near Ashmere with water. Listings by Mooney and Co and Bousquet and Holm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. ‘Virtue
Seattle
Wash
G. A. Virtue
Boston Block
Wenatchee
Uvatley
John S. Mooney and Co
J. S. Mooney and Co
Bousquet and Holm
Ashmere
Alfeita
Bousquet and Helm
Postetiice
Wenatchee Avenue
Court House
G A. Virtue
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