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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
4
Just received a fresh supply of corsets and hair goods. Mrs. B. J. Tiffany advertises at the Wenatchee Hotel.
Notice to advertisers requires ads reach the World office by 11 o clock for display and by 1 30 p m for classified. The Minnesota climate humor piece recalls a sick visitor at a health resort praising pure air and renewed strength. A jail of school humor follows with a question about the earth axis and a joke about imaginary clothes.
Notice advertises theater seating nightly at 8 30 for 75 ladies 75 gentlemen and 25 well behaved boys and girls.
The Wenatchee Business College invites young people to apply this winter. They offer paid positions for both young women and men to help cover expenses while pursuing a complete course in commercial instruction. Write to the college at once.
Theodore Roosevelt cites a 1878 New York burglary episode when three armed men confronted firearms salesman Mr. Richards in his hall. Richards shot one, another fled, and the pursuing police later captured the man as reporters swarmed headquarters.
Ex convict Richards served 18 years in prison after a burglary spree and killing a burglar in New York in 1878. He later met Jacob Riis in Spokane and recalled the case to the slum reformer on the train. Riis gifted Richards a book later shown to Theodore Roosevelt.
Several parcels on Wenatchee avenue near Skagitst and Beal mill are offered for sale. One 50 foot lot with small house rents $10 monthly with $800 cash and $25 monthly balance. A 120 by 120 foot corner lot across from Beal mill is advertised as a good speculation. A warehouse lot with side track, one block away, claims to be a very desirable corner with a modern house and improvements. Contact Columbia Valley Bank Building for particulars.
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