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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1909
Page
4
The Daily World Wenatchee announces subscription terms for readers including annual and six month mail rates, and carrier delivery charges. This notice lists the paper’s address and postal service classification as second class matter.
The first National Good Roads convention in Seattle energizes interest across the nation. It notes farmers lose 250 million dollars yearly from poor roads and argues better roads save costs, raise farm values, and expand markets for perishable produce near cities. It links living costs to road improvements and highlights growing public utility interest.
A Wenatchee blaze yesterday damaged a block but removal of unsafe buildings promises long term gain. The Commercial Club and a future city hall on Mission street are eyed as more decorative landmarks, while fire crews and calm winds prevented greater loss. City officials may condemn fire traps in the business district to lower insurance costs and boost confidence and growth.
1535 Sir Thomas More executed in London. 1640 Rhode Island inhabitants form civil government. 1779 British plunder Fairfield Connecticut. 1798 Washington named lieutenant general. 1807 Missouri first Masonic lodge chartered. 1814 U S troops attack Chippewa. 1865 Payne Atterott Surratt executed for Lincoln assassination. 1905 Elihu Root becomes Secretary of State. 1908 Democratic National Convention opens in Denver.
Army Headquarters reports the Salvation Army will hold evening meetings at the Christian church after their hall was destroyed by fire. Captain Egan seeks a tent for the summer to continue services as funds are raised. Helpers are urged to assist the devoted Salvationists and their pioneering work in the city.
Angelo Vancello plans a new 18 by 50 addition to his greenhouse at the Miller and Wenatchee avenue corner. The project will double his plant capacity as he expands his cut flowers business and broadens activities in the trade.
A barn on the J. Leigh Campbell place on Chelan Avenue caught fire yesterday near noon. Percy Walker used the barn to store his automobile and after returning found a sizable blaze. strenuous work by responders prevented major damage with only minor loss.
Mrs L R Hunt, widow of the late H H Rogers of Standard Oil, inherited a large estate from his will. Born in Massachusetts, she was his second wife and mother of four aged children. She plans to carry out his charitable ideas in his boyhood home in Fairhaven, near the Old Bay State.
Misses Charlotte Groves and Myrtle Thornhill left this morning to spend the summer with Miss Lottie Wetsel in Seattle. Miss Stella Zwight returned from Seattle yesterday after visiting the exposition.
Delegates from the Young People's Christian Union gather in Minneapolis for their twenty first annual convention. The sessions begin today and run for one week. The union, affiliated with the Universalist church, will feature speakers from national and mission fields.
A formal opening in Seattle today signals a large religious demonstration with many Methodist bishops and lay leaders from the U S and Canada arriving by special trains. Notable visitors include Bishops Edwin H Hughes W H Warren E R Hendrix and Quayle along with Senator H L Bristow. Headquarters and department rallies accompany the program.
Yankton South Dakota July 7 One of the most notable gatherings in this region for waterway development opened as the Missouri River Navigation congress began its second annual session. Delegates from Missouri Kansas Iowa South Dakota and nearby states attended with leaders including James J Hill Governor Burke of North Dakota and Gifford Pinchot among the speakers for a three day program. F F Keller represented six fire insurance firms urging insured protection.
Seattle July 7 The eighth international convention of the Epworth League convened with delegates from Methodist societies across the nation and abroad. Proceedings opened with opening addresses and committee reports outlining plans for youth outreach programs.
R N Farrar of Cat Island Louisiana recalls a 1902 diarrhoea attack and a 1907 episode where Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy gave prompt relief. He states using it earlier would have saved a $100 doctor’s bill. Sold by all dealers.
Mrs. Hollenbeck and daughter Mil dred arrived from Seattle after a month there. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Ward left for Whidby Island to spend the summer. Mrs. Ward and children will join them there. George Miller went to Seattle Saturday to visit the A.Y.P.
Burned out but still in business. F. M. Lucavish states his real estate office was consumed in yesterday's Harlin building fire and he will operate from the Clark Cox office at No. 4 South Mission Street with phone 1305.
Orchard for sale by owner sits within one mile of Wenatchee post office on a prime street. Best merchantable fruit with bearing trees. Priced reasonably with cash and long-term terms. No commission or agents. Address E. H. care Daily World Wenatchee Wash.
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