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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1906
Page
2
Business and editorial address listed at the Solumbia Valley Bank Building in Wenatchee Washington with a Farmers Phone number 234.
Washington July 23. The White House endorsed a Chicago dog tag found in a can of meat story and sent it to Labor Commissioner Neill for investigation. Roosevelt noted the matter and referred it to Neill, who was away from his office at the time.
A pet pig belonging to G. W. Dixie of Henderson County started a fire by running under a residence. Coal oil was poured to kill fleas, causing the pig to ignite and blaze in the yard. The house burned and the pig died from the flames and fleas.
The tug Chehalis of Union Steamship was cut in two by the steamer Princess Victoria near Vancouver Harbour. Nine aboard the tug died as the vessel sank quickly after the collision in broad daylight. Survivors say lifeboats were lowered about 25 minutes after impact as the Princess Victoria continued at full speed.
D. M. Ferris and Frank Knapp filed a petition with Chelan county commissioners seeking a fifty year franchise to build and maintain a telephone system in the county. Public hearing is set for August 6, 1906 at Wenatchee to consider the petition, with the hearing held at the county courthouse.
A playful travel puzzle lists U S seaside and mountain locales as apt destinations based on readers’ roles and crafts. It names Vineyard Haven Bay Head Prout's Neck Marblehead Tampa Keys Stone Harbor Block Island Cape Cod Deal Beach Quaker Ridge Fire Island Watch Hill Sullivan Sugar Hill Cold Spring Water Gap Bar Harbor Rockaway Sag Harbor Bell Beach Point Comfort Lake Placid Shelter Island Mount Desert for various professions and tastes.
O A Hoag has filed a petition with Chelan County Commissioners seeking a franchise to lay and maintain a telephone line to county roads outside Chelan and Lakeside in specified townships east of the Willamette meridian. A hearing is set for August 6, 1906, at 2 p.m. at the Wenatchee courthouse.
Notice to shippers announces weekly Wenatchee to Spokane freight and midweek ice refrigerator service for perishables. Chelan County invites sealed bids by August 1906 for Red Mountain road No. 3 clearing grading surfacing and related work with a September 1908 completion and 10 percent bid bond.
In a clipped exchange, a worried woman asks Mr. Smith if her brave Fido will die after biting a man an hour earlier. The dialogue shifts to a social disdain for late arrivals and questionable money handling, mentioning ad avoidance and securing loans from strangers on chattel or land.
A compact aphorism notes self-critique by night and judgment of others by night. It frames a habit of introspection before sleep and outward reflection upon others as the day ends.
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