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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1908
Page
4
An advertisement claims a private treatment for drunkenness that cures in three to five days and costs $500 if uncured. It cites affidavits from business and professional men and promises no interference with work. The piece notes a Seattle office and a forthcoming visit to Soap Lake.
A 300 year old custom in Ideford near Chudleigh sees the rector and church warden place coins on a tomb in the churchyard. Parishioners approach from the far end to pick up the alms, continuing a unique local charity practice reported by the London Standard.
A speaker announces a new tale to the audience while a heckler at the banquet hall doubts the speaker’s claim, prompting a quick cut in the Chicago Record-Herald style commentary.
A court of youth and advice appears in a brief Indianapolis News quotation. It notes that youth often ignores guidance and only after decades does one recognize such lessons as possible. The piece frames youthful behavior and the delayed wisdom of experience.
The piece surveys animal lifespans from whales at 1400 years to bees four months and swans 200 years. It contrasts this with a young Englishman in East African highlands whose minimal clothing and sun exposure yield darkened skin and Spartan endurance, as described in Strand Magazine.
The passage states that whales are the largest mammals, weighing up to 150 tons, far heavier than a six ton elephant. It notes about forty species exist, and though they live in the sea they are mammals feeding young with milk.
A young lady tours an editorial office and asks about the label MSS on a drawer. The editor replies that they sometimes pronounce it muss and sometimes mess, illustrating how pronunciation varies in prints and offices.
Bazaar presents a complete stock of pyrographic pieces including panels bowls and ornaments from local artisans. Customers can view carved wood art showcasing intricate designs and aged finishes.
The Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang proposes eight rules to reach 200 years, including two meals daily, vegetarian diet, no salt, thorough chewing, no drinking with meals, between meals drinking, deep breathing, and moderate exercise. The article also reports a violent incident involving Young Turner, his arrest, and a family assault case with Mrs Moore and her sons near Kettle Falls.
All members and families are invited to the installation of officers on Friday July 17 in Seattle. Entertainment and ice cream will follow. Members from Seattle Cashmere and Leavenworth will attend along with visiting Licthers and their families.
Norman Turner, 20, son of J W Turner, faces legal troubles after alleged assault on Lulu Moore, 16, at her sister’s home in Myers Falls. Police moved quickly to detain him, sending him to Colville for safekeeping as crowds gathered in the town.
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