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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
2
Business manager notes second class matter status for Wenatchee Washington post office and lists subscription rates and related details.
A report analyzed by fourteen large advertisers shows outdoor signs yield modest profits compared with newspapers and magazines. It notes public sentiment shifts against signboards, urges property owners to refuse such displays, and cites the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad as a model for resisting roadside advertising on nearby property.
Leslie's Weekly notes European progress in municipal advertising regulation and beautification efforts. Paris awards prizes for artistically designed house fronts and signboards, encouraging private cooperation to improve streets, parks, residences, and public buildings. The piece argues for greater civic effort to enhance urban beauty and commerce.
Des Moines July 5. Iowa bachelors and old maids plan a July 25 convention to discuss politics and women’s suffrage. Clinton Merrick, called the king of bachelors, chairs the event with tents, a barbecue, and free sandwiches. He attacks Roosevelt’s large family policy and argues bachelors deserve honor for remaining childless.
The article argues against roadside advertising boards as municipal disfigurement. It notes early efforts to redesign billboards and signs without real progress. It calls for removal of unsightly objects and for better regulation to balance business needs with public aesthetics.
An agricultural letter argues that honey producers near towns of 1000 or more should sell locally to sustain higher prices. If farmers ship to large cities, prices drop and home markets shrink. The writer calls for applying the same approach to other farm products to strengthen local trade.
Temple Texas has shaded streets thanks to a years long tree planting program. The piece notes that planting trees became a matter of town pride and contrasts sustainable progress with paying for want advertising. It hints that dedicating 30 minutes daily to reading want ads could be a profitable side business.
The Fourth of July dinner and dance hosted by Mrs. Stayvesant Fish will feature a bathing suit costume at the Casaways. Harry Symes Lehr plans the event with Mrs. Fish accepting to direct a short season opening. Newport society expects novelty after a dull early season.
A Chicago Inter Ocean correspondent reports Lawton Oklahoma plans a Thirty Thousand club of 1,000 members who commit five years to grow the city to thirty thousand. They aim to build a business center, attract mills and factories, and create a thriving expansion across the southwest. The effort emphasizes self help and opportunistic growth driven by eager home builders and merchants.
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