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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
6
The draft measures set fire escape and interior view requirements for hotels, ban Sunday saloon and tavern openings, allow only certain Sunday businesses, restrict child labor with strict age limits, define vagrancy broadly to include fortune tellers and others, prohibit bucket shops, and impose penalties for displaying market prices or employing underage workers.
Local store advertises old out of date fruit jars and Glass Top Jars with Spring Clamp. Mrs. Smith from the east praises the jars and plans to trade her old jars for Atlas E. Z. Jars. Also offered are Mason Jars Caps Rubbers Economy Tops and Springs with prices highlighted.
Dr. King is spending a few days in Seattle. Mrs. Walter Ogilve and Earl Clayton returned from a two weeks visit in the Palouse country Sunday morning. H. F. Meehan of the American Paper company of Seattle left today for Leavenworth. Carl Pillsbury and mother, who have been visiting at the home of S. O. Pool, returned to Seattle today. Mrs. Katie Cohen left last night for Seattle to spend the summer.
A promotion for Chamberlain's Liniment claims sprains and bruises heal faster when used as directed, noting cures in less than a week and relief for chronic rheumatism. Advertises sale by all dealers and urges readers to receive the Daily World at their door.
May arrests reached thirty eight with the city police department reporting 258 in fines and 140 days of street labor. The city supplied 483 meals to prisoners. even after deducting these costs the department shows a substantial profit. Chief of Police Inscho filed the report with the city clerk detailing dates and names.
The article notes 130,258 men seek to locate and start plants as the cement era nears. Secretary James Wilson will visit the exposition to inspect Washington and Idaho forest lands, aiming to remove wrongly withdrawn land and open it for settlement, benefiting counties harmed by reserve policy.
Southside correspondent grills the ferryman on bridge versus ferry costs and service. Questions probe tolls, winters’ operation, and taxpayer impact amid talk of a new bridge, plus a note on a well attended dance, threshing stockholders meeting, and summer crop prospects in Wenatchee.
Seattle police report a week of enforcement against fake job brokers. Thirty complaints allege fees of 1 to 3 dollars for nonexistent positions, many tied to Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition promises. Captain Tennant vows vigorous prosecutions to curb this scam.
At five o’clock yesterday afternoon Jessie E. Kinney of Cashmere and Oscar V. Boswell of Twin Falls Idaho were united in marriage by Justice of the Peace Palmer. Also noted are Mrs A Swearingen returning from Indiana after two months, John Herman recovering from illness, G H Warren and wife visiting, Miss Maud McNeil arriving from Leavenworth, and W T Clark returning to Spokane after a brief visit.
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