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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1908
Page
3
The Wenatchee Business College invites young people to apply for winter sessions. Several openings exist for both young women and men to undertake a complete commercial instruction course. Write to the college at once to secure a position and help defray expenses.
Columbia Homestead No. 682 holds Tuesday night gatherings at Sprague Hall. Information available from A. F. Lake, Deputy. W. A. Grant is Foreman and C. W. Torgenson serves as Correspondent.
The Daily World is described as the logical advertising medium for busy merchants in Central Washington, promising quick returns for advertisers in its columns.
Advertises that money to loan is available at ten percent per year through John A. Gellatly, expert in securities and titles, offering lending services to potential borrowers.
A New Year's greeting to patrons notes the store's line of ladies' goods. It advertises lower prices on certain items and invites customers to inquire about prices at Woman's Exchange.
Advert says men needed for bridge work. Good laborers and carpenters sought. Phone contact John Gerrick for details and immediate employment.
Drayage and transfer services offered for heavy and light loads. Phone 772. R. E. Hastings listed as contact.
J Wolff and S Hess prominent opticians visit the Hotel Chewawa. Wolff formerly worked with the King Optical School of Spokane and Hess, also an expert, trained in Germany.
Prospectus notes a New Year savings account offer by Columbia Valley Bank inviting readers to open an account. The item mentions an inquiry response from the Daily World and cites calendar dates, including November 25, 1861 and May 23, 1888, connected to Mrs Homer Betty.
Henry C. Warnack lauds Opie Read as a warm hearted storyteller who speaks in unpublished tales drawn from Southern life. Read reportedly averages one story every three minutes, sharing vivid portraits of Tennessee Virginia and North Carolina landscapes and a lifelong devotion to southern themes.
Discussion claims President Roosevelt leans toward exclusionist views and may seek Japanese cooperation to avoid offensive restrictive laws. Report notes diplomatic balancing act and potential shift in national stance on immigration and civil rights.
Owing to time lost by the closing of school the work of the First Semester will be continued until January 31. Promotions will be made in the grades on the Monday following. Parents should start six-year-olds February 3, provided they are six by April 1. Irregular attendance has caused concern, but continued regular attendance may allow promotion. Smallpox scare does not justify keeping children from school.
Mrs. Carl Christenson, wife and mother of three, died after a brief illness in Providence hospital. Funeral at St Luke's Episcopal Church with Eastern Star service. Burial followed at the church, Rev T A Hilton presiding. mourners include brothers and Minnesota sisters unable to attend.
Mrs. Christenson died after a quiet domestic life. The funeral included cut flowers on the casket and the burial took place in Wenatchee cemetery. The Christenson family will be aided by Mrs. Frank Reeves in caring for the children until plans are made. Harold and Clifford, aged 10 and 8, and Frank, 2, survived by Lonnie Nyborg.
The piece argues against legalizing mercy killing and cautions that entrusting death decisions to any body invites anarchy. It notes concern over physician assisted death and cites Dr. Taylor as a vigorous, capable figure in San Francisco politics.
The Collected Letters of Queen Victoria will be issued in an American edition of three volumes priced at $15 net. London Times notes royalties of about 1400 percent will go to a recipient in England. Champ Clark notes most single men favor Roosevelt, contrasting Roosevelt’s early image as a polished but weak figure.
In Kansas City a stage manager announced Bertie Allendale would sing Down In the Valley after a brawl between a man in a red shirt and the manager. The fight ended with the manager bloody and the red shirt ejected, but Allendale received an encore after she performed the vocal.
A collage of verse and prose, including Kipling’s Recessional and excerpts about Miss Maude Adams, Seneca on Fortitude, and a tale of the Plucky Earl of Berkeley. The fragments present reflections on glory, virtue, misfortune, and brave defiance in wartime and everyday peril.
Special awards and cups announced for Rhode Island Reds Wyandottes Black Minorcas and Dillineys at Wenatchee Poultry Association show. Pheasant eggs setting won by Marvin Myr on Buff Cochin bantams with judges supervising. Notables include C E Buttles J Robertson and H Collier.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Chamberlain in Monitor on Sunday their eldest daughter Olo D Chamberlain wed Asa L Miller. Rev L E Miller officiated at noon and a wedding dinner followed. The bride and groom will establish a home on the Miller Sunny Slope homestead. The World extends best wishes for a long happy life.
Mrs B J Tiffany Wenatchee Hotel announces new cor sets and hair goods. W K Harvey and Otto Creen of Peshastin were in the city for business. Judge Steiner of Wateville presiding over a two weeks equity term of court.
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