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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1909
Page
2
A London inquiry exposes stewards on Baltic liners earning about 3 pounds per round trip and at most 12 trips yearly, totaling under $200 in wages. Passengers’ tips fund most earnings, prompting calls for union protection and a future no tipping policy.
The Twilight League outlines key matchups across late July to mid August. Icemen face Printers on July 26 and Eagle on August 2, with other pairs including Bankers Firemen and Ellis Forde Real Estate on subsequent dates.
The June 17 Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports Mayor John F. Miller and his secretary John L. Slattery conducted the first land trial west of the Mississippi of a wireless telephone. The mayor praised the demo and noted further experiments planned in Seattle and surrounding areas as Pacific Radio expands offices and aims to build a regional factory and long distance links.
The National Editorial association elected officers for the year at Seattle. Names include A Nevin Pomeroy as president and A P Baumgartner as first vice president. Other officers are R E De Artesian second vice president A D Moffett third vice president W F Parrott corresponding secretary R R Walker recording secretary and W A Steele treasurer. Next meeting site to be decided by the executive committee.
Washington state railroad officials and Great Northern experts conducted night trials between Everett and Gold Bar to compare electric locomotive headlights with oil lamps. Initial results showed 30 to 72 percent lower visibility with electric lights, improving to 10 to 50 percent by the second night. A test dummy on the track gauged visibility to over 1100 feet with acetylene lights, versus shorter distances for the electric setup. General Manager J M Gruber supervised the experiments.
A list of home expert tips including how to handle suet and meat cooking, setting jelly cakes, preserving fabrics, indoor versus outdoor exercise, whitening rice with lemon juice, avoiding facial washing before going out, warning about stagnant water, citronella for insects, packing plaster and vaseline for travel, avoiding vinegar with starchy foods, benzoin toning for skin, buttering custard cups, olive oil for skin, lime water for soil worms, celery for rheumatism, care of Japanned ware, oil for stains, blueing for laundried fabrics, and at last hot water bath with baking soda or borax for sunburned skin care.
J. B. Weige of Seattle is here on business for a few days. O. Wells returned from a business trip to Spokane Saturday.
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