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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1908
Page
2
The broad review praises Governor Mead for fulfilling party pledges during his term. It highlights savings, creation of the railway commission and tax board, state deposits, and reforms in labor, oil, highways, and con finement. The piece also notes Taft’s campaign chair Hitchcock as capable and cautious.
Dr. A H Blake and wife and R L Bartlett and wife return from two weeks at Lake Chelan with a ton of fish, a cougar sighting and several bears. Captain C S Miller reports cool, pleasant weather at the lake head and the need for night covers. The dressmaking business plans a August 15 reopening with gowns and tailored suits. Pendleton reports record heat with 102 in shade and winds driving temperatures to 107 in spots amid a hot spell.
Five cent per line ad copy notes land sales with two tracts sold: a 160 acre Talbot & Connor estate above the high line ditch to James E. Dorman for 15000 dollars and a 10 acre plot near Lewis Clark school to W E Stevens for 10000 dollars. Also quotes a Sabbath school anecdote on Gideon and a Tommy Pop dialogue about monologue versus dialogue.
A brisk, satirical verse mocks many figures from the era including Gov Johnson Wilson Weaver and others. The poem contrasts pride and disdain for a second-place bid, ending with a provocative image of the toad and his garden bag.
Editorial comments on Congressman Jones letter asking whether Senator Ankeny will honor the primary vote and refrain from running for Senate if the primary fails. The Loomis Prospector accuses Ankeny of choler and suggests legislators are treated as chattels, noting county supporters’ claims of trading legislators for Piles’ support and implying Ankeny’s own position is slipping.
The article reports United States Senator Samuel H. Piles will address Seattle business men at Moore Theatre to explain the Piles Sweeny Ankeny agreement of the 1905 legislature. It urges publishing the exact terms, circumstances, and parties to allow Republican voters to judge its merit and future aims. It notes critics label the pact as secret and potentially corrupt.
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