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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1908
Page
2
The Wenatchee Daily World lists subscription rates for 1 year and 6 months by mail in advance and carrier delivery by week. The notice mentions main office and building details with Farmers phone 1132 and postal entry as a second class matter.
The article extols irrigation's benefits and Wenatchee’s growing wealth adding about 1 million dollars to the region. It mocks trivial criticisms of Daily World and highlights local advertising value and civic pride. Mentions Dr. Dennis W. King returning from Kansas and several residents making travels.
LOST Between the bridge and Columbia Valley Bank a ladies open faced watch. Leave at World Office for reward. 24th LOST watch between post office and Baptist church. Finder return to O. E. Anderson at Wells Morris or Phone 881. WANTED A representative in this county by a large real estate corporation. Special inducements to those who wish to become financially interested. The Real Estate Security Co Fort Dearborn Building Chicago Ill. 229
Editorial notes Aberdeen faces a heated dispute over allowing smoking in libraries and its potential impact on the upcoming presidential campaign. A separate item humorously recounts an Iowa ad seeking a wife and the editor’s refusal to publish it over concerns about consent and enslavement.
Ellensburg prepares for a new free mail delivery service starting August 1 with carriers L. W. Offield Wallace H. Tharp and Arthur J. Hampson. Fixtures are in place and redistricting completed as carriers train. Ellensburg shows 286 percent gain in second class post offices for fiscal year 1908 versus 1907.
Ennis Bros report strong success selling Cham berlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Born in Iowa, they cite long use and a life saved in El Paso Texas, with Des Moines origin and expansion into Narcoossee Florida where demand grows. Sold by all dealers.
G W Duffy of the Work Job Department received a letter from his father in Cottonwood Idaho describing a morning fire that wiped out the town Forty business houses were burned none survived The father escaped with $350 in property loss reported
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