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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement promises a rapid cure for drunkenness within three to five days and offers affidavits from many satisfied customers. It stresses private treatment that does not disrupt business, invites personal interviews, and claims all who try the treatment are thoroughly satisfied.
Miss Ethel Edwards dies at Soap Lake at age 19 from consumption. Her body to be sent to Pierre South Dakota for burial with Undertaker Hall handling arrangements. Mrs Elizabeth Mull wife of Jesse Mull dies in Leavenworth aged 24 leaving two young children. body to be shipped to North Yakima for interment with Undertaker Hall in charge.
Steamship men threaten higher floor rates to the Orient citing insufficient profit from the current two dollar rate and forecasting a rise of one to one and a half dollars this fall. Seattle advances park plans by purchasing Leschi and Madrona parks from Seattle Electric for the boulevard system while New Washington Hotel nears opening and state buildings for the exposition proceed.
The article describes Macao as a bustling Portuguese Chinese port at the Canton river mouth. It portrays Fantan gambling houses with oil lamp illumination, carved Canton blackwood rooms, a top floor betting area, and a banker handling brass cash for bets on numbers 1 to 4. The scene notes the widespread income these houses yield for Macao.
Historical note explains why many Japanese pagodas survive quakes. A heavy timber pendulum suspended from the apex stabilizes the base, keeping gravity centered and preserving structures 700 to 800 years old. The design’s symmetry and mass distribution render these buildings remarkably earthquake resistant.
A London note discusses the number fourteen as a recurring symbol in French history. It cites May 14 events: 1554 street enlargement under Henri II, 1610 assassination of Henri IV on May 14, 56 years later, and 1643 deaths of Henri III and Louis XIII on the same date. It notes 1643 and 1715 also relate to the numeral fourteen through sums and births.
The article notes Nelsons ships signaling to signal a specific officer to take charge if senior officers are incapacitated. Trafalgar Re fought author praises the tactic as effective because it trains everyone to be ready to command when needed, keeping crews vigilant and capable.
The excerpt presents two etiquette rules favoring self interest. It advises selecting the best cake with a quick gaze when cake is passed and urges tasting unfamiliar dishes to avoid missing delicacies, warning that restraint harms one’s pleasure while others benefit. Also mentions a bazaar sale of glassware with 15 and 20 cent prices.
City Council of Wenatchee convenes every Tuesday at city hall while a public concert is held each Friday in the park. R. F. Holm and his wife left for Oregon to visit friends and relatives in Corvallis for three weeks.
Secretary of State records show 57 declarations of candidacy on Friday morning for congress, senatorial, judiciary and state posts, with about 2200 dollars in fees. The list names Sam H. Nichols and many Republicans including Levi Ankeny, Lee Johnson, J. H. Shively, and Wesley L. Jones among others, spanning cities from Olympia to Colfax and districts across the state.
The article argues French temperaments yield dainty designs while Germans lag. It places the Irish as highly artistic next to the French, notes temperament influences taste, and celebrates American women as the best dressed as Paris and London models reach US importers. It cites a shift in the trade from restrained to more extreme designs over time.
The cost of every ton of anthracite rises 8 cents due to mine timbers. The Vegetarian Magazine notes 150,000 acres of forest yearly supply timbers for cross ties, tramway rollers, and props. Gangway sets, nine to ten feet by thirteen inches, are used at five foot intervals, with about 1,000 sets per gangway and ten gangways per colliery. Timber life averages two years. 45 percent decay, rest lost to breakage wear and insects. Treatments with oils or salts extend longevity.
The article describes classic illusions dating to Aristotle. It explains crossing fingers to make a marble or pencil feel doubled and a nose illusion when touching the nose with crossed fingers. It notes how edge perception differs between fingers and mentions the St. Louis Republic as the source.
A young man seeks the favor of Bobby’s sister and learns her mother confirmed a caller named Mr Brown. Bobby affirms the sister’s pleasure, saying she heard of the visit and was glad. The exchange appears in a playful anecdote quoted from Youth’s Companion.
Ink on leather chairs should be washed with milk and renewed until stains vanish. Then wash with warm water, dry, and polish with a small amount of linseed oil and vinegar mixed equally. Remove ink quickly as dried and hardened ink may be impossible to erase.
A humorous exchange between a young husband and his wife Jemima features a bad tasting pudding. The husband protests the dish while the wife cites a cookery book claiming it is excellent, reflecting a domestic quarrel over cooking standards in London.
A Louisville Courier-Journal quotation notes a character who is easily pleased, describing a self satisfied club critique and asking what commendable trait he possesses. The remark underlines smug self contentment in a concise newspaper tone.
A collection of quips on real estate and worth from old papers. The Kansas City Star jokes that buying by the front foot needs more than a yard to be respectable while the Philadelphia Telegraph muses that money talks for some people.
Howard Thomas advertises Agraiuate Philadelphia Optical tradeage offering glasses scientifically fitted to prescription ensuring accurate vision.
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