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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1909
Page
2
A Wenatchee World commentary urges balanced community investment focusing on intellect and morals plus economic growth. It advocates pamphlets with city statistics to attract capital, discusses O. B. Fuller on high interest rates, and underscores urgent tariff action and early speakership resolution to aid employment and business.
A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Edwards at their Kingsbury place home in St. Louis. Edwards, president of the National Bank of Commerce, was once discussed as a potential Taft cabinet secretary. The birth marks the first heir in ten years for the area’s nouveau riche enclave.
The piece surveys multiple political shifts including Oregon’s new district, Washington vote on women’s suffrage, and Ohio GOP direct primary support. It notes appointments and backgrounds of Taft cabinet members Franklin MacVeagh Richard Ballinger Charles Nagel Richard A. Ballinger Frank Hitchcock and George Cortelyou, with governors and party figures shaping 1912 prospects.
The article notes a worn golf pen once used by Dickens in life sold for over nineteen guineas. It mentions other pens from the Dalhousie collection and works linked to Wellington, Scott, Lincoln, and the Empress Eugenie, with varying low prices. It highlights a prized Washington lens box nib owned by S. Reed of New York and a golden eagle wing quill tied to the 1856 Paris treaty.
A young man recalls his aunt's death and his role in her confinement. He must prove the aunt's sanity to inherit her money. Mr. and Mrs. Gruger of Seattle visit the city. Gruger works as a credit man for National Grocery and knows H. L. Wiester.
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