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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1907
Page
2
Review notes strong audience praise for Ray Brandon as a lowboy in a western style show. Janie Russell praised as sweet heroine with talent and looks. The judge also drew cheers. a scenery mishap delayed the curtain after 11:30. Tonight the company performs The Heart of Kentucky to expected big crowds.
An essay praises Wenatchee for safe streets and low crime, noting transients commit most thefts while residents stay law abiding. The piece argues industrial towns with strikes would alter the harmony, asserting peaceful, nature-rooted living fosters docility and respect for neighbors.
Secretary Wilson spoke in Pittsburg praising the Agriculture Department for rapid progress and high standards driven by scientific study and experimentation. The article notes improved yields and arid-land reclamation, with the Brandon Company in The Texas Ranger drawing a large audience as a successful melodrama.
The piece describes a pretend fortune telling liquid made from quicklime and water, and a mock demonstration of milklike transformation. It also notes a grain of musk’s claimed twenty year odor, plus reflections on matter divisibility and the Greek Roman exchange shaping ancient civilization.
A speech extols the dignity of labor stressing work ethic over ease, honors Civil War era builders, and calls for shared duty among men and women. It argues merit over wealth, urges a square deal for all, and champions courage, self restraint, and collective effort to sustain a republic.
Alfred Winston Burleigh, the eastern youth injured by a gunshot at the Rothrock-Sharp ranch last Friday, was brought to the city this morning and placed under Dr. Culp. Doctors report the spinal fracture is stabilizing and the patient is progressing steadily.
A partial list shows Wenatchee dealers quoting meats fruits vegetables grain hay feed and flour. Notable figures include apples at 1.00 to 1.25 per unit, potatoes 20 to 25 per bag, alfalfa hay 16, wheat hay 20, timothy 22, bran and shorts 20 to 21, flour retail around 4.75.
Effective November 1 1906 the Columbia and Okanogan Steamboat Co lists up river departures from Wenatchee Orondo Chelan Falls Pateros Entiat with arrivals Brewster and down river departures from Brewster Pateros Chelan Falls Entiat Orondo to Wenatchee. Special folders available on request regarding the Okanogan irrigation project and Lake Chelan district.
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