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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1906
Page
2
Business manager note shows Wenatchee Washington post office second class matter. Main office in Columbia Valley Bank Building Wenatchee. Farmers phone 234. Subscription rates list one year by mail in advance five dollars, six months two fifty, delivered by carrier ten cents per week.
A Chicago Inter Ocean excerpt laments a French gun cotton silk dress as a dangerous novelty. It warns that explosive fabric endangers wearers, condemns imports and makers, and praises muckrakers for exposing such perilous fashion. The piece mocks consumer gullibility and urges caution.
A terse note suggests a quick rental of a horse without public ads. The line implies a discreet approach, with a few lines of copy expected to smooth the process. The tone is practical and businesslike, reflecting plain dealings.
Philadelphia June 14 Willie Schambreaner age 117 met Susie Wilson 13 three weeks ago and fell in love. Lacked money his mother hid funds, bought hat waist and shoes for Susie and gave her money for a dress. Magistrate William J Hughes heard Susie claim she only held money for him. The magistrate told Susie to go and asked the boy's mother to take him home for a spanking.
A colored Georgia clergyman paused during a baptism to learn the infant’s name. The mother proudly replied that the child would be called Shady, explaining that Shady Bower would be a fitting name for their daughter.
Washington June 14 It seems provable that as a result of late session legislation many immigrants will work southern fields. Southerners fear the influx while some seek to use immigrants as a corrective for black labor. Also notes trotters scams and a local doctor endorsement for Electric Bitters as a remedy.
A Navy chief recalls a time when a Navy Secretary ordered officers' wives not to reside at foreign stations. Commodore Fyffe in the Asiatic squadron sent a cable noting his wife Eliza Fyffe had defied the order and regulations by remaining at the station and refused to leave.
A kindergarten lesson about what end a kitty wears reveals the teacher’s struggle with unresponsive children. The excerpt then discusses Tupper’s dwarf as a symbol of confidence and resolve, suggesting the small store keeper who acts bravely in advertising can outweigh cautious large merchants.
Notice that A L Rogers has filed with Chelan County to obtain a franchise to lay water pipes in Entiat Fruit lands and Millside plats with routes along public roads. Hearing on July 2, 1906 at 2 pm before the county commissioners in Wenatchee, issued May 15 by Auditor Jno A Geilaly.
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