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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1908
Page
4
Woodmen are called to assemble at the hall tomorrow at ten o'clock in the morning to decorate the graves of their deceased neighbors. Bring flowers. Signature by R. L. Bartlett. Also listed are Alfred Wright's perfume, Wenatchee Drug Co, Dr. L B Manchester dental office, and the Columbia Valley Bank Building.
Victoria announces no licenses will be granted for liquor sales in construction camps along the Grand Trunk Pacific. Hundreds of applications refused. Government cites moral grounds and reduced policing costs as reasons. No license at Prince Rupert either.
A party game uses slips of paper with a story missing musical terms in parentheses. Guests fill in the blanks with correct terms like minor major staff note rest natural theme pitch sharp solo melody flat tune. The exercise links music words to a family tale and offers a sheet of music as a prize. Ten minutes given to complete.
A brief children’s tale describes a brown man living alone in a town. Each night he awakens and goes to a wood pile to saw wood with a smile, sharing a quirky charm that entrances boys and girls.
A poem-like piece describes a colossal wood pile blocking a street and sky, trapping clouds and rain, with a moon figure sawing the pile and smiling. The narrator attributes the scene to a recurring night imagery from Woman's Life.
Advertises rail fare deals via the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company to easier points this summer. Offers contact through Northern agents and executives WM McMurray Portland OR R Nagle Seattle WA for details and bookings.
First Baptist holds Bible school at 10 a.m. and sermons at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Topics include The Wise and Unwise and But God. Methodist adds 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. sermons with The Fulness of the Holy Spirit and The Open Door, plus 10 a.m. Sunday school, Junior League at 3 p.m., Epworth League at 7 p.m. Presbyterian schedules 10 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. sermon on Sin and Its Forgiveness, 7 p.m. Christian Endeavor, 8 p.m. Praise service with Present Day Regard for Life and special music. Wilson Creek vs Wenatchee game noted.
L C Ryan of Seattle wrote policies for New York Life in Malaga and met with good success. The Stemitt Hill Telephone Telegraph line between Wenatchee and Malaga received cedar pole upgrades and route adjustments to improve line straightness. H B Peterson closes a successful Malaga school term at the Malaga school house. Farmers Telephone Telegraph also upgrades cedar poles on the Wenatchee to Malaga line with route changes to reduce line trouble. Mr and Mrs A L Smart visit Mrs C M McCreery in Wenatchee.
The Republican Congressional Committee invites submissions on why the party should be successful next November. Cash prize of $150 for essays up to 1000 words by July 15, mailed to the Literary Bureau in Washington, D. C. Winners will have their work used in newspapers and pamphlets.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the Christian church hosted an ice cream social at the parsonage on Orondo avenue last night. Despite inclement weather, the event was a distinct success, raising 12 dollars. Readers of Wenatchee newspapers will recognize the benefit of community service amid local conditions. A medical item follows noting kidney ailments and endorsing Doan's Kidney Pills, with Mrs. J H Baldwin of Everett praising the remedy as valuable for kidney trouble. Doan's is sold by dealers nationwide priced at 50 cents, Foster Milburn & Co. of Buffalo, N Y, sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Dan Paul campaigns for the senate in Douglas, Ferry and Okanogan counties while nearby frost reports reach Pendleton. Forest Service hires ten at Entiat river to build a 25 mile trail as the Milwaukee Land Company auctions five new Palouse towns in Spokane. Malden to be a division point.
A. F. Estes, owner, notes hotel under construction and reservations for water, telephones, and street railway franchises. Early buys in towns prove good investments with low prices and easy terms. For details, contact Milwauk ee Land Company G W Morro General Townsite and Land Agent 519 Columbia Building Spokane Washington.
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