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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1906
Page
1
Interior department to open bids September 1 in Portland for storage works tied to the Okanogan irrigation project near Conconully. Work includes removing 155000 cubic yards of earth and 1060 cubic yards of rock, 160 feet of tunnel, and 1660 cubic yards of concrete.
Philadelphia on July 26 reports Gus Kathke 19 and Ella Miller 18, a lovers who ended their lives together by jumping into the Delaware River after parental forbids marriage. Their bodies surfaced near Chestnut Street Wharf, with a note the girl sent to her mother saying she would never see her again.
Residents of Lander Wyoming react with anger to a coming group of holy rollers intending to register claims on the Shoshone reservation and found a townsite near the city. An additional colony from California and Oregon is said to be en route. A heated meeting urged denial of a foothold and some urged driving them out with rifles.
Berlin reports the Chinese government plans wide reforms including removing men’s queues and ending the practice of foot binding for women as part of modernization efforts. The move aims to reshape cultural customs and align with new policy directions.
In Chehalis the Lewis County board of commissioners and state board of control discuss using 15 convicts from the penitentiary for road work. The plan aims to test convict labor as a policy, with Lewis County bearing expenses for the 155 convicts proposed to work on county roads.
In St. Petersburg on July 26 the Czar seeks to form a new cabinet to craft a constitutional framework with terror provisions while agrarian unrest continues. Jews fear further massacres. the government pushes an image of stability, claims the general strike failed, and seeks a large loan to bolster markets. Several council members resign in protest over the Duma dissolution.
At Kingston in Williamson County a Black woman yesterday gave birth to six children. All six babies were reported alive and well at the last accounts.
A baby boy was born today to Mrs Stella Brennan in the state prison at Stillwater. Brennan is serving a life sentence for the murder of her two children in Minneapolis years ago. The child will be sent to Brennan’s mother in Michigan.
The Amerika reports John D. Rockefeller is well aboard 770 miles east of Sandy Hook. He endured a rough voyage with fog and limited deck time, exercising in the gym and playing shuffleboard. Rockefeller laments wasteful wealth and calls for spending over hoarding. a Yale Hadley anecdote is included. An unrelated ad for loans ends the snippet.
The article notes a forthcoming shift in men’s evening dress. West End tailors show blue coat with velvet collar and silk facings, edged lapel, knee breaches in black, two braid rows on trousers, gilt buttons, and an outfit resembling the king’s household evening attire. It suggests a move toward footman like garb.
Mayor John on appeared before Judge Ford charged with contempt of court for disregarding an injunction to restrain him from tearing up certain street railway tracks. The court postponed the matter until July 31.
Twenty one cars of troops moved through Fort Worth en route to posts on the Mexican border. The convoy illustrates active deployment along the frontier during the period.
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