Local Society Notes and Advertisements Highlight Week
Local and personal items from Francesville Indiana include Prewitt taking charge of the store’s grocery department, Pat Collier resigning, and wall paper offers by M O Merrill. Spokane visitors, Lake Chelan trips, and real estate prospects in the valley are noted. A lost ground plate fragment is announced with a reward. Also quoted are rail and railway regulation snippets from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moo
Inland Cracker Company
Spokane
Stocker
M. M. Gerson
Irvin Ballew
Danville
Ill
E. E. Shotwell
Lake Chelan Navigation Company
Chelan
O. M. Bramel
Maysville
R. C. Pitcher
Orondo
Clifford Griggs
Daily World Office
Advertised Letters in Wenatchee Post Office 1907 List
Letters remaining uncalled for at the Wenatchee post office for the week ending June 11 1907 include Atkinson Roger Anderson Miss S E Blake A G Bennett Mrs Rond Blocker Joseph Duncan Mrs M E Fitzgerald Mr Oliver Graves T A Harris Mr J Heath Mr Frank Hane Miss S Hopkins C W Hopkins Mr William Houghton Mr M L Hubbard Miss Maude Hunter Mr Newton Justice Mr Homer Jerome Mr B M Kenney Mrs James Lieser Mr Gilbert Miles Mr Gilbert Morris Mrs C J Morris Mr F B Morton Miss Ella Moor J K Moorhead I E Denerman Toney Otticera Mr Jno R Occonnell Dr Riley Mrs M Wilks Mr Frank Williams Miss Bessie White Mr J Persons calling for above will please say advertised.
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Wenatchee
Atkinson
Roger Anderson
S. E. Blake
A. G. Bennett
Rond Blocker
Joseph Duncan
M. E. Fitzgerald
Oliver Graves
T. A. Harris
J. Heath
Frank Hane
S. Hopkins
C. W
Hopkins
William Houghton
M. L. Hubbard
Maude Hunter
Hill Dodges Limelight as Railroad Boss Seeks Privacy
Chicago report describes James J. Hill avoiding press questions during a swift Chicago to New York trip. He insists he wants to stay out of newspapers, blaming reporters for sensationalism while noting no crop shortage concerns. He dismisses talk of a panic and brushes aside inquiries about the railroads.
DARED TO LET COP SEE HIM KISS GIRL
James F Higgins faced Magistrate Whitman in New York on a disorderly conduct charge after kissing his best friend in public. The magistrate let him go this time but warned him not to kiss on the streets. Policeman Sapleton testified, Higgins sassed the officer when warned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James F. Higgins
Whitman
Higgins
Sapleton
East Thirty-fifth Street
Second Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
Growing Flowers In Winter and Sunshine
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat note explains long winter gloom harms florists. Flowers like carnations, callas, and roses open slowly or half bloom without sun, requiring extra coal heat to imitate sunlight. prolonged cloud cover causes blooms to decay.
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Zergas
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
How They Dance In Hungary
The article notes Hungarians dance with passion unlike any other European nation, dancing anywhere and in all weathers. It extols their love of movement, saying they will dance in paddocks, street corners, stables, or outdoor inns, undeterred by sun, dust, rain, or snow, and claims they all dance beautifully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Europe
Csarda
Customs of Brittany Preserved in Daily Life and Dress
The article highlights Brittany’s distinct culture within France. It notes Breton speech persists among elders, mothers tell legends to children, and women wear traditional costumes passed down through generations. The piece portrays a people maintaining Celtic identity in daily routines.
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Brittany
France
Too Heavy to Keep Magistrate and Prisoner Exchange Bitter Exchange
A magistrate berates a prisoner for stealing and wasting years of labor while the prisoner admits the theft weighed on his conscience. The passage introduces a pun based vignette about a billboard and board bill, illustrating bills and burdens in a humorous exchange.
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Bill
The Cause of Snoring
An article explains snoring as a bad habit caused by mouth breathing. It recommends waking hours breathing through the nose, keeping the mouth closed, and using a flat pillow to prevent tongue obstruction and obstructed air flow, citing St James' Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James’ Gazette
Saddest Confederate Come Home Story From Dixie Diary
A Georgia enlisted soldier deaf from war wounds returns home after surrender. His father shoots him at the gate, mistaken for a stranger, and the son is laid to rest wrapped in the flag of his own service. The plantation mourns as guests learn the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut
Dixie
New York Sun
Georgia
Preiss
Deap
Story of General Lee and General Scott remark
In Richmond after the war General Lee refutes a child’s claim that General Scott was a traitor. He asserts Scott was true to his convictions of duty, just as he was to his own. The anecdote comes from Hilary A. Herbert’s address over Confederate graves in Arlington.
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Lee
Richmond
General Lee
General Scott
Bidding For Immigrants In National Settlement Debate
The piece weighs government aided immigration as a needed policy despite criticism. It notes Canada and Australia see large increases, the United States lags, and Brazil Chile Hungary and Italy use agents or state funds to attract settlers. It warns the U S may lose qualified migrants if policy lags.
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South Carolina
Canada
United States
Australia
Brazil
Chile
Hungary
Italy
Building Boom Overseas and Domestic Increases
The article notes rising international building activity with a 20 percent jump in 1906 UK wood imports from 1905. It discusses how high prices invite foreign competition and mentions Canada, Sweden, and Russia benefiting from increased UK demand. The piece links overall prosperity to broader building material demand and growth.
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British Islands
Canada
Sweden
Russia
United Kingdom
Rail and social trends cited in era commentary
The piece discusses improving housing and work spaces, calls for greater railway accident publicity, notes colonial independence mood in England, imagines Carnegie on a postage stamp, and mentions Cuban cement imports and Taft’s secure image. It blends broad social observations with light editorial quips.
The Captain’s Bold Request on a Calm Sea
A tale from Pearson's Weekly describes a ship becalmed for days. In a dramatic gesture the captain asks all aboard to surrender their matches, keeping one, then lights a solitary match to spark a gale that fills the sails and drives the Mary Ann onward.
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Mary Ann
Pearson’s Weekly
Cods Bill of Fare Exhibit at South Kensington Museum
An exhibit in the South Kensington museum shows the cod’s omnivorous diet. It lists prey including young herring, dab, whiting, sand eel, shrimps, young lobsters, sea mouse, large whelks, and whelk shells with hermit crabs. The diary notes mollusks as a strong cod preference and even mentions shells rescued from cod stomachs.
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South Kensington Museum
London
Woodward
London Globe
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Farmers & Merchants Bank of
Walter M. Olive
Pearl Grocery
Orondo Avenue
Wenatchee Bazaar
Wenatchee Theatre
Brandon
Nat Goodwin
Mizzouri
Wenatchee Drug Co
Willard
Erie
Hill
Great Railroad
Chicago
Record Herald Today
James J. Hill
St. Paul
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Business College
Tegeat Gonelgt
Railway Age
England
Andrew Carnegie
West India
Mr. Taft
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