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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1908
Page
2
A Wenatchee note lists subscription prices and advertising deadlines. The Loomis Prospector endorses I N Navarre of Chelan county for State Land Commissioner, praising his civil engineering experience and longtime public service suitability.
Washington newspapers and business groups push for higher immigration through low colonist fares from the United States and Canada. Paul Morton, once secretary of the navy, now head of Equitable Life, visits Portland amid plans for the Rose Festival Spirit of the Golden West parade. Washington livestock growers anticipate Portland packing plants lowering costs, boosting demand and cold storage needs for regional poultry.
Jacob Riis praises Wenatchee Washington for pioneering playgrounds and public recreation, noting a local commercial club committee chose a site for a playground and elders’ recreation. He cites Spokane and the Inland Empire’s efforts and urges Pacific Northwest cities to adopt and expand similar playground plans before land values rise and spaces vanish.
A humorous exchange from the Catholic Mirror features a surgeon, a medical student, and a misinterpreted accident tale about an umbrella. The anecdote plays on misread dialogue and ends with a family kitchen joke about jam and a pantry key.
The London Graphic laments a swelling class of clerks and typewriters as the nation overflows with underpaid workers. It argues youth seek clerical roles while skilled laborers and servants vanish, creating a vast army of unemployed, underpaid clerks in a crowded economy.
A Boston Transcript quote calls Wiswell Charley a Napoleon of finance. A Chelan Leader note reports the Chelan foot race between Joe Michles and Arthur Dexter will not be run in Chelan as Michles prefers Wenatchee due to larger crowds and better inducements. Also mentions Gem Cafe’s 25 cent meals and local eggs for sale near Stevens School with contact details.
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