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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1907
Page
2
Rufus Woods and Red Simpich quote subscription prices for Que Year by mail in advance five dollars yearly, three dollars and fifty cents for six months, and ten cents per week delivered by carrier in June 1907.
Wenatchee officials face a growing refuse problem as the council debates site options for a city dumping ground. Councilman Mooney presses for a decisive location to prevent health risks from nightly garbage, amid hot weather and rising waste.
The Detroit lad Herbert Secrest warns youths about smoking in his dying moments saying if they could see him now they would quit. The piece argues cigarette use dulls senses, dulls taste, harms vision and smell, and can shorten life. Col Bryan’s tour suggests he sees no dark horses in the Democratic stables.
Wenatchee Real Estate & Investment Co offers near Tibbits residence grand view lots with $50 down and $25 monthly payments. Local buyers are urged to inquire for specifics and availability.
The article reflects on historical dueling codes as peacemaking devices and notes the shift to arbitration, citing figures from English and American history. It compares continental railway speed indicators with English lack, and comments on Poe’s grave neglect, Maarten Maartens, and Central American debt tensions.
The text muses on a Cuban figure hypothetically living to 150 and serving as an officeholder. It compares the Jamestown exhibition to world fairs opened amid music, and warns that half hearted effort leads to failure, urging decisive action.
Chicago report states Mrs. Potter Palmer engaged to Aubrey Fitzclarence Earl of Munster and Baron Tewkesbury. Engagement not officially announced yet but believed settled with plan for a fall wedding in London.
Oscar Harvey, veteran of the Spanish American War, dies from a bolo wound received in the Philippines. He was found by police and died in hospital after lingering since last night. Harvey's mother and sister live at 2416 Western Avenue, Seattle, and they were notified.
D W Kingsley first vice president was elected president of New York Life Insurance Company to succeed Alexander B Orr. Other officers named include Buckner Weeks Ingersoll Perkins Randolph McCall Ballard. Kingsley, born in Vermont fifty years ago, rose from inspector of agencies to active head of the company.
Walla Walla June 18 Chester Thompson, shaved and striped inmate garb, slept in a felon cell at the state penitentiary. He offered no sign of remorse for the slaying of former Judge George Meade Emory of Seattle and accepted penitentiary barber services without resistance.
Young Thompson arrived at the prison yesterday under Traveling Guards Estabrook and Charlott. He was not manacled and accompanied by his brother Maurice. He is placed in a ward for insane criminals and will follow penitentiary rules while losing previous jail privileges.
An advertisement promises a faultless complexion using a recipe claimed to be mastered by Orientals and Greeks. It offers a rose cut 12Kt gold Belcher Tiffany ring as a lure, priced under $2 with the recipe free, urging rapid orders and claiming wide American use.
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