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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1906
Page
2
Publication notice lists second class matter at Wenatchee Washington and file rates for subscriptions by mail in advance five dollars yearly six months two dollars sixty delivered by carrier ten cents per week
A July 31 1906 roundup notes Uncle Sam plans to spend forty million to reclaim arid lands while posing no money for arid threats. A Long Island magistrate seeks arrest of a railroad director over soft coal use. Lamb and Bullock contest Tennessee for public office with uncertain votes. Bryan hints Roosevelt stole his clothes as a jab, and London fashion declares women need at least 25000 yearly income. Gourdain of New Orleans and Joilet trains for a Chautauqua lecture or a Democratic nomination.
New York Commercial notes a shift in Alfred Bell’s fortune from billionaire status to about 50 million dollars after his death. It reflects on how wealth can rapidly decline when a multimillionaire passes away.
The fragment hints at a Shakespearean tone repurposed for modern ad rhetoric, suggesting a cautious listener who will consider statements and arrange a time to meet and answer. It reflects literary borrowing in contemporary advertising language.
The speaker condemns grafting in finance and politics, contrasting thieves and grafters with highway robbers of old. He warns of widespread abuse by corporations and officials, urging his son to stay honest amid rising financiering and legal evasion.
A reflective column notes shifts in public morality over decades. It contrasts past graft with current punishment while warning that a new era of reform may be near, citing judges with conflicts, bribed jurors, and corrupt bankers as indicators of systemic decline and the potential for change.
The article describes home remedies for jammed fingers and toes using hot water and a bread poultice, warning against neglect. It also notes New York’s first sidewalk, laid about 1716 by merchant Mrs Samuel Pro yvost, to aid customers and attract visitors from Philadelphia and beyond.
A quoted exchange mocks farmers gaining national financial power and watering the stock as a habit. The dialogue includes a plan to move to Swamphurst and a quip about climate affecting the wife, with attribution to Baltimore American and Philadelphia Ledger.
We will row a Incal fruit car leaving Wenatchee every Monday and Thursday at 6 p m for Spokane and intermediate points. Our will reach Spokane at 10 a m next morning after leaving Wenatchee. We will also row an iced refrigerator west for the accommodation of local perishable shipments every Wednesday about 3 pm.
General Meyer, dean of the Louisiana delegation in Congress, enjoyed a genial, convivial reputation. In the House cloakroom he faced a group of senators who teased his conduct, and he replied with a quip about his wife's confidence being insulting.
A Southerner recalls General Joseph Wheeler as one of the bravest men, noting his Civil War wounds and many horse losses. Wheeler’s pride is described as misplaced, with a private’s quip about learning to swear as a humorous example. The piece ends with a Chinese proverb about growth through time and advertising.
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