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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1906
Page
2
Classified notice outlines subscription pricing for Wenatchee edition with annual rate five dollars, six month option two dollars and fifty cents, and carrier delivery at ten cents per week. Includes postal classification and office address at the Columbia Valley Bank Building.
A collage of editorial quips from July 25 1906 cites snappy lines about party politics, the ice trust, naval armor, Bryan, legal teeth in criminal law, waist fashions, coal mine stock, and the Dreyfus case amid a chorus of pointed opinions from major papers.
Professor Charles E. Lock of Columbia University has been retained by the government to study alcohol as a fuel for small engines. He aims to report by year end when the free alcohol law takes effect. The work will cover motor boats, autos, and stationary engines with European data and new experiments.
Washington July 25 Acting under Congress the central bureau will begin an inquiry into marriage and divorce in the United States. The work starts August 1 in every county seat twenty years old and aims to complete actual data gathering early next year. The project seeks to illuminate the issue and guide possible legislation. Carroll D. Wright will direct the inquiry.
The injured hunter, Roger C. Warner, trekked 74 hobble steps to safety after two days in the mountains near Coeur D Alene Idaho. He followed a calf to its mother and a herd that led him toward a cabin where he found help. The rescue ends with Warner limping to Dr Watts’s residence for aid.
San Jose reports $13,000 in diamonds and jewelry were taken from trunks of the A Fisenberg company left at Harry Fruiting’s jewelry store in Gilroy. The trunks were pried open two hours after a well dressed stranger was seen outside and suspected of committing the theft.
Bryan spoke at the Inter-Parliamentary Union session in London delivering a call for distinguishing fact from honor and delaying actions for peaceful settlement. Delegates congratulated him as the resolution to extend arbitration was unanimously adopted and a model treaty provision was reinforced to invite international inquiry or mediation before hostilities.
The report says American dairy and stock farms are needed in the Panama canal zone. Milk sells for 20 to 50 cents per quart and is often watered before reaching consumers. beef averages 20 to 25 cents per pound with poor quality. In Chelan County Washington a notice announces a franchise petition for a county wide telephone line with a hearing set for August 6 1906 at the Wenatchee courthouse.
D M Ferris and Frank Knapp filed with Chelan County Commissioners a petition for a 50 year telephone franchise. The proposal covers Wenatchee to Chetan along county roads and Entiat post office to Wentiat Valley around 30 miles. A hearing is set for August 6 1906 at the Wenatchee courthouse. Dated July 5 1906. Ex Officio Clerk of the Board of Commissioners Chelan County Wash.
Notice lists Monday and Thursday fruit car service from Wenatchee to Spokane with a 6 p m departure and 10 a m arrival, plus Wednesday iced refrigerator shipment. Also invites sealed bids by Chelan County for State Road No 3 Red Mountain work, with bid forms, payment, and completion by Sept 1 1908, and right to reject bids.
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