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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1909
Page
4
New York experiences a mass moving day on May first as 1.25 million residents seek new homes and a large share relocate to suburbs. The moving season costs movers about 25 million dollars yearly and peaks in May and October with high rates and increased cleaning costs.
A detailed tale of E. H. Harriman's European auto trip and his experiment with a gasoline motor car. He observed wheel revolutions, fuel use, and per mile costs, testing the vehicle on varied roads to assess transport efficiency and wear costs, seeing potential to boost rail progress.
A reader column surveys global newspapers from the Chamberlain Medicine company and details language scripts, formats, and layouts. It notes large Bengali and Cape Town papers, Urdu and Chinese scripts, and the rhythm of colonial press versus American style.
A persuasive real estate pitch urges investors to buy Wenatchee Park lots at low terms. It claims many merchants have failed but could cover losses with gains from quick flips as the city grows. The ad highlights street grading and rising prices to lure immediacy in purchasing.
Wenatchee May 3 1909 editor of Daily World prints a thank you note from Bessie Estes thanking friends for support in a Spokesman-Review contest. Although not the prize winner she notes usefulness of the buggy and harness and praises the Big Red Apples and local girls in victory.
Washington May 4 Senator Dolliver of Iowa attacked the pending tariff bill noting deceptive provisions. He argued the measure increases duties on many articles containing only a trifling quantity of wool and directed much of his remarks to the Senate debate on tariff revision.
Senator Aldrich serves as chairman of the committee on tariff policy, guiding legislative consideration of duties and trade measures.
From Constantinople on May 4 the Associated Press reports a daily exodus of women from the imperial harem at the Yildiz palace. Forty five carriages carried women away yesterday and fifteen more today toward Stamboul. Palaces house the women as their fate appears bleak amid a toppled regime. The Turkish cabinet resigned today and the latest ministry was formed April 30 with Tewfik Pasha as grand vizier.
Mrs Lucia Ames Meade of Boston declared at the National Peace Congress in Chicago that a century will see an international police replacing rival nations and armies. Marcus M Marks of New York urged merchants to fund peace efforts and warned against settling conflicts by mutual annihilation.
Department Commander Boardman will attend next Thursday afternoon and all G A R veterans are invited. The Relief Corps plans a program and lunch for the event, with the exercise at Sprague hall at 2 p m.
Classified notice offering a free copy of a medical prescription claimed to cure nervous debility lack of vigor and weakened manhood. The ad asserts home use without drugs and requests writing to Dr A E Robinson Detroit Michigan for a copy in a sealed envelope.
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