Wenatchee Post Office Notices Second Class Entry
The notice states that the item was entered as second class matter at the Wenatchee Washington post office.
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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1907
Page
2
The notice states that the item was entered as second class matter at the Wenatchee Washington post office.
Subscribers should call 1131 before 7 30 pm if World is not received by 7 00 pm A Wenatchee Glorious Fourth crowds will arrive by boat train wagon horseback foot and car with plans for extensive amusements The event promises city level entertainment and hotels are urged to book early The piece also notes a distant marriage and a clergyman’s embarrassment without graphic detail
The piece argues private citizens should not carry arms during recreation. It recalls frontier days when might was law and justifies laws against gun carrying. It notes fines may deter the practice and references a Japanese diplomat and Roosevelt in a satirical aside.
The Columbus Penitentiary News pauses after years as a famous convict produced daily paper because no inmate remains who can handle type. Bankers, lawyers, doctors and other professionals are present, yet not a single printer remains to run the presses.
A collection of excerpts critiques on public figures and justice. Chester Thompson faces transfer to Walla Walla for confinement in the criminal insane annex. Observations touch on bankers versus printers, editorials on Japanese and Boxer history, and political maneuvering around Harriman and Orchard.
Plans submitted to the Allegheny county commissioners envision a 700 foot steel and granite structure with a 40 foot clock dial atop the new center addition. The project would cost about 2.06 million dollars and expand the courthouse while preserving the existing building’s exterior.
The plan calls for smaller entrances on Fifth Avenue Diamond and Ross streets with elevators on the Grant street side. A bridge would connect the main and present towers like the bridge of sighs. Rotunda would be 70 by 70 feet and 90 feet high. The tower would double floor space to 25,000 square feet with 26 foot high courtrooms. Property on Diamond street bought for 750000 may fund extensions. Costs are based on recent large city projects in New York and elsewhere.
A New Haven dispatch recalls how governors Heyward of South Carolina and Glenn of North Carolina avoided drinks at the Jamestown exposition, with Woodruff noting the teetotal stance of Heyward and Glenn. The piece ends with a London Tit-Bits quip about stage realism and wine in a theatrical scene.
On June 11 Seattle reports limited imports from Australia via Vancouver arriving this afternoon and tomorrow morning. Pears grapes oranges and apples join local stock while bananas remain scarce but edible. Prices shown include cherries at 1.75 and lemons at 4 per box with eggs at 26 cents a dozen and cheese at 16 1/2 cents.
Local market prices from Wenatchee dealers list quotations for meats fruits vegetables grain hay feed and flour. Notable items include Peach Blossom Flour 50 lb sacks priced at 1.35 per unit and various grain and hay rates such as oats 19.00 ton shorts 21.00 and Timothy hay 26.00 with alfalfa similarly listed.
Natchee Tent No 56 meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday at Bower hall. Commander J. H. Dahling and Recorder C. A. Battles are listed. Wenatchee Lodge No 157 meets at Ellis-Forde hall every Saturday night with N. G. T. A. Hilton and Sec. P. H. Sherburne.
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