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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1907
Page
2
Publication details list manager Rufus Woods editor Fred Simpich and postal note Wenatchee Washington. Subscription rates are five dollars yearly two dollars fifty cents for six months and ten cents weekly carrier delivery.
The Wenatchee Baptist church filled for Rev Jessup's talk on venereal houses and morality. He argued vice stems from heredity and urged parents to teach vital life truths to their children to curb social evils.
A fragmented line notes that an experiment could not be tried in Bridgeport due to a lack of politicians, though lawyers exist, reflecting local political insufficiency and tension between church and class.
In Greenwater Michigan on May 11 C J McCarty mine owner and Patrick Hogan owner of 460000 shares in Kingston Range Copper played stud poker for stock valued near a half million dollars on the Boston exchange. The secretary wrote certificates as Hogan fell from wealth to poverty while McCarty previously won a saloon by dice. Hogan later worked as a driller in the mine he once owned.
Commander Evangeline Booth, head of Salvation Army forces in America, has left New York for an extended western tour. She will address gatherings in St. Louis, Kansas City, Des Moines, Peoria, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco, Portland, Tacoma, and Seattle.
Terre Haute Indiana May 11 Indiana Republicans show strong backing for Fairbanks as a presidential candidate with Taft and Hughes receiving little support. Critics accuse President Roosevelt of boss-style dictation, provoking state-wide resentment in editorials and meetings to advance Fairbanks.
Sydney Lascelles once known as Lord Beresford, with an international swindle record, dies in Asheville North Carolina. He fled England in 1891 and later married twice, earning a reputation for charm. He served time in Georgia and Arkansas prisons.
The G A R veterans in charge of Memorial Day exercises announce a meeting at 8 o clock tonight in the Daily World second floor offices to plan a fitting observance. All interested in Decoration Day are invited. Wenatchee Furniture Co received two cars of handsome eastern chairs from Webster Furniture Co of South Superior Wisconsin.
A Tonga island rock rising sixty feet hosts a hollow sea cave called a chapel of the seas. A native chief's son found a six foot under water entrance leading to an interior chamber with stalactites. Locals use the cave to vanish from attackers, baffling outsiders.
Cashmere's Mamie Treadwell emerges as latest Jamestown trip candidate drawing support from Wenatchee. Calls go out for contenders from Leavenworth Entiat Wenatchee with more paths open for a young Wenatchee entrant. The World Advance invites inquiries for contest details.
A beggar argues winter is best for begging, noting people are warmer to the poor when cold despite fewer donors braving the cold outdoors. He says summer reduces generosity as people imagine everyone can cope, and indoors give would be easier if not for gloves and coats. He mentions the New York Sun as a possible better target in winter.
The article describes demanding long distance skee races in Norway and Sweden. It highlights the twelve mile Holmenkollen race near Christiania with steep climbs and rugged obstacles that test skill, strength, and endurance.
The winner of an international speed competition in Stockholm covered forty miles at an average speed of eight and a half miles per hour.
A naturalist calls the sunflower the most deceitful plant as six nations believe it turns to follow the sun. Names in French Spanish Italian Hungarian reflect this belief. He notes only the sun spurge actually turns with the sun, not the sunflower.
The Kansas state board of health advocates removing house flies to curb disease spread. Dr. H. J. Crumbine, secretary, calls flies the greatest disease carrier and praises wire screens as a major preventive. Law authorizes officials to remove nuisances and keep lots clean to combat breeding sites.
The Pastal in Indiin Territory printed a full-year calendar with day names and season names. It includes Sunday through Saturday as well as Spring and Summer, Fall and Winter, and months with native spellings for January through December.
In a Kansas City Justice Miller court a saloon porter describes a crowd as pottin and pushing the pot. The prosecutor asks what pushing means and the witness explains drinking beer from a bucket in simple English for the judge. The exchange highlights language friction in a criminal case.
A seasonal reminder urges readers to enjoy spring sunshine and stock up for future cold weather. The note hints at warmth for hands and hearts and advises prudent preparation.
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