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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1908
Page
4
A discussion notes Ruskin's sentence length and Wordsworth's long lines in The Character of the Happy Warrior. It cites Frederic Harrison counting words and a Victorian joke about a streetcar conductor and superintendent, with a Judge reference.
The fat maid warns of danger as a heavy step approaches. The dialogue follows a flurry of quick exchanges between the maid, her lover, and a distressed figure, centered on escape and fear in a charged moment.
A New York Press quip notes how a man hears his wife describe a play inaccurately after he told her he was late at the office. The line jokes about miscommunication and the oddities of memory in domestic chatter.
A Louisville Courier Jounal quip cites a man claiming to rock the boat while brandishing an unloaded pistol. The remark is paired with a Teagao News line about not borrowing the scales of justice to measure others' faults.
A Philadelphia Ledger item recounts Judge Norton delivering a solemn, dramatic speech about Wisconsin’s early days and a thunderstorm he rode out. Judge Nelson mocks with wit asking why Norton did not seek shelter under another tree, revealing casual attitudes toward decorum.
The text describes the snow buran of the Panirs with extreme cold and sudden storms, noting temperatures as low as 45 degrees below zero. It also recounts a violent incident from Bohemian Magazine where a man strikes a woman repeatedly, climaxing in her decapitation after the fourth blow.
The Greater Norris and Rowe circus in San Francisco drew 279 873 paid admissions this spring yet turned away hundreds. Manager H S Rowe hosted city orphans as guests, sharing peanuts, popcorn, balloons and lemonade while expressing pride in the gesture over decades in the business.
The Greater Norris & Rowe circus will exhibit in Norris City Friday June 26 with an afternoon and night show and a big street parade. Special arrangements ensure the Norris & Rowe show is the only major circus visiting the west this year.
Miss Ola Gochnour and Mr. G B Palmquist were wed yesterday afternoon at 5 o clock in the home of the bride with Rev E O Jessup officiating. The couple will reside on King street after a quiet ceremony and wedding dinner.
Frank Baker and J B McCauley of the Central Market saved a man’s barn from flames while en route to a Monitor picnic. They found smoke, rushed in, and extinguished the blaze. The barn owner did not know who saved it until reading in the World. The fire appears started by a dropped match nearby.
County Superintendent Bowersox and his wife welcomed an eight pound boy to their home last night. The superintendent is described as a Roosevelt Republican. Congratulations are extended.
William Dudley was laid to rest last Saturday afternoon in Beaver Creek school house, with many relatives and neighbors in attendance. Interment followed in Southside cemetery as the family receives community sympathy for their loss. A Saturday freeze damaged some tender garden vegetables while others escaped. Well drillers on Louis Kuhman’s place found abundant water at 250 feet. The season’s winds continue strong though no tornadoes or cyclones have struck nearby. Summer fallow grain looks good though stubble and spring-plowed fields need rain.
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