Local and Personal News Items in Wenatchee Area
Three sheep buyers visit Wenatchee as L L Work, a Conconully banker, was in town yesterday. John Walsh of Chelan buys property in Wenatchee to locate here. Multiple social visits and movements described including Miss Mattie Rawlins hosting, Mrs. Landingham returning home, and Tom Philip and Ed Rose arriving from Shattuck College. Real estate sales include Weeks to Ethel Bean, Cox to Walsh, Whitaker to Gillette, Orsonett to Emma Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Work
John Walsh
Chelan
Wenatchee
Mattie Rawlins
Clifford Griggs
M. W. Lawrence
Seller & Co
Seattle
I. A. Hodges
Knox
North Dakota
Tom
Philip
Ed Rose
Conrad Rose
Shattuck College
Minnesota
Okanogan Country
Farmers’ Institute
Leroy Wright
W. A. Thompson
Wright
Wenatchee Avenue
Elza Vashon
University of Washington
T Wenatchee. He Will Be Employed By the Wenatchee Produce Company
Jos. A. Murphy
Cashmere
Ellensburg
Frank Dallam
Albany
Oregon
Eleanor Laura Hackleman
Louis Detwiller
Entiat
McCoy’s Hospital
Detwiller
Keller & Belser
L. B. Weeks
Ethel Bean
Chelan Avenue
E. D. Cox
Mission Street
Dr. Whitaker
L. Gillette
First Street
Charles Orsonett
Emma Gardner
Spokane
Cochineal Insects Used for Coloring and Remedy
The article explains that only female cochineal insects are used for coloring table jellies and for infant remedies for whooping cough. Males have wings and flee when smoke from fires under the host trees irritates the habitat, leaving the females to be collected.
Women’s Woes and Kidney Pills Endorsement
An advertisement argues women suffer many pains from backache to kidney ills and offers Dean’s Kidney Pills as a cure. It features Mrs. M. Chitenden of Everett Washington praising quick relief and lasting benefit after starting the remedy in 1902. Sold by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Chitenden
Chestnut Street
Everett
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Verse on Jay Gould and Miles sparks London ire
The London paper voices irritation at Eus tace H. Miles for how he treated Jay Gould in the tennis championship. A London World's poet cables to the New York Times about Gould traveling far to play while Miles was distant, and Gould replying that he dislikes being fooled.
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London
Miles
Eustace H. Miles
Jay Gould
New York Times
Gould
Mr. Gould
Jay
Italian cereal Olco Cafro touted for bread lightness
London Globe reports a public test in Mesbrino of bread made from Olco Cafro flour. Developed by priest Cundeo, the grain yields palatable light bread when mixed with one third wheaten flour. Inventor claims widespread use could combat pellagra in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Italy
London Globe
Mesbrino
Cundeo
The Waste of Children and Population Debate
An article discusses Professor George B. Mangold of the University of Pennsylvania arguing that lowering infant mortality, not increasing birth rates, expands population. He cites historical London mortality, English life expectancy, and 1903 infant death rates, urging preventive reforms and scientific approaches to reduce deaths. It notes the critique of war’s toll and the role of civilization in fostering healthier births through reduced mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Mangold
University of Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Popular Science Monthly
London
England
Napoleon
France
Mangold
Postscript Jokes and Matrimony Warnings
The cartoonish exchange features Mrs Stubb and Mr Stubb joking about mortgaged milliner bills used to warn bachelors about marriage. The Chicago News line adds a quip on why a woman adds a postscript to a letter, with a sharp retort about having the last word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stubb
Chicago News
The Trouble Between Mrs Poet and Husband
Jones and Smith discuss a domestic rift caused by poetry and hunger. A witty quote from Henry Sutphin frames gambling as folly, highlighting misfortune and ongoing losses. The exchange hints at personal conflict and public derision of gamblers.
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Jones
Smith
Furniture For Sale Parlor And Bed Room Sets
Elegant parlor and bed room sets offered for sale in new perfect condition. Seller will provide partial or whole purchase as requested. Inquire of the contact to arrange details and viewing.
Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers Association Contract
The World reproduces the official contract between Chelan County fruit growers and the Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers Association. It details delivery, grading, pricing, monthly statements, packing, and arbitration rules for 1907, including per package charges and notification requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee Valley
Fruit Growers Assn. Contract
Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers Association
M. O. Tibbits
E. T. Balch
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Farmers & Merchants Bank of
Walter M. Olive
Wenatchee Bazaar
Wenatchee Theatre
Brandon Players
Wenatchee Drug Co
Howard Thomas
The
Philadelphia Optical College
Logal
Weratchee
Relef
America
Henry Sutphin
G. M. Gilbert
Columbia Valley Bank Bldg
Valley Bank Bldg
Wenatchee Business College
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