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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1906
Page
2
Co. A Briggs Business Manager notes Wenatchee post office second class entry. Main office and editorial address listed at Columbia Valley Bank Building Wenatchee WA. Farmers phone 234. Subscription rates shown: one year by mail five dollars, six months two dollars fifty, carrier delivery ten cents per week.
About 1000 workers were deported in a major action under contract labor laws. The detainees, detected during a spring surge at Ellis Island, mainly hailed from Greece Montenegro Bulgaria and Serbia. Officials say wages had attracted the group with daily earnings around 250 dollars.
The Mokelumne River near Wool Bridge has fallen twelve feet after the earthquake centering the area. Waterways fill with silt yearly, allowing higher water capacity without endangering adjacent lands, pleasing local farmers. Tracy Lake in northwestern San Joaquin County has dried up, with water levels dropping toward the Mokelumne.
City Engineer Tomson questions a $10,000 relief bill identifying $2,072 for tobacco and cob pipes and $225 for matches as misapplied funds for San Francisco hunger relief. The council issued the check but officials note the expense may be rejected as improper. The Chamber of Commerce relief committee ordered the items from Schwabacher Bros. Co. and paid for them.
San Francisco approves a temporary iron and steel framed city hall on the Lincoln school site at Marger and Fifth streets. The structure will house all municipal offices, be fireproof, and reduce the high rents charged by property owners for city use.
The British steamer Blanefield was sunk off Beachy Head by the Kate Thom amid a voyage from Antwerp to Callous. Four others are believed saved, nine crew and the captain landed by a pilot boat, and five have drowned. cargo valued at 250000.
New Westminster B C May 2 Great Britain's alliance with Japan and the stance of Britain and Canada in the Russo Japanese war have boosted Canadian commerce. Trade with Japan and via Japan to Manchuria has increased fourfold since the war and may double its present capacity.
Washington reports that Central China boycott effects are offset by Manchuria trade. Consul General Sammons notes American cotton cloth gains favor at New Chwang. Gray sheeting imported in 1906 totaled 5,677,000 dollars with Japan at 125,000 and Britain at 25,000.
At an auction sale of boxes for a concert to aid San Francisco sufferers held in May, Filipinos outran Americans with a prominent native purchasing the governor general's box for 350 dollars.
A reader’s fragment outlines dessert and baking recipes from Marion Harland style cuisine. It includes gelatine coffee cream, doughnuts with sour milk and nutmeg, chocolate mousse with gelatine and vanilla, spice cake with raisins, and coffee cake with molasses and cloves.
The article argues that initial civic betterment focuses on practical condition improvements rather than artistic revolution. It notes Americans grasp tangible gains quickly, while artistic aims come later as public taste shifts toward public embellishment and the value of improvements becomes recognized.
A collection of brief humorous anecdotes from period sources. A Portland commercial traveler recounts a Bangor area hotel rat incident. Mrs Brown tests a new Swede waitress. a Mormon joke about a marriage license. and Hiram Bodds puzzled by a knot in his handkerchief leading to a cobbler exchange.
Wenatchee Washington cleaners advertise French steam process cleaning and dyeing for ladies garments with pressing and repairs. Corner Wenatchee Ave and 1st Street North. Satisfactory work guaranteed.
Daily World job printing department advertises sat isfactory work guaranteed and invites readers to view samples. The copy includes a provocative line implying a girl enjoys being kissed while feigning indifference.
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