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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1909
Page
2
The Wenatchee Daily World published daily with Rufus Woods as publisher and R B Ellinwood as editor lists offices in Wenatchee Washington. It notes subscription rates for one year and six months and carrier delivery by week, details withheld in fragment.
Great Northern’s new timetable, effective next week, lets tourists from St. Louis Kansas City and Omaha reach Seattle via Wenatchee. North Yakima loses advantage and Wenatchee and North Central Washington expect a surge of visitors en route to the A Y P exposition in Seattle. The upper Columbia and Lake Chelan region are urged to promote side trips to attract travelers.
The piece urges remembrance of fallen soldiers and urges Washington voters to reject drunken, licentious, or grafting candidates. It defends the current executive for integrity and calls for thorough investigations into official dishonesty, even potentially convening a special session to address misconduct.
A vivid recounting of Harry Lauder’s Scotch dinner story about a hungry Glasgie man and fried eggs, contrasted with misread pride among Scottish visitors. The anecdote sits beside a vignette of Mark at his desk, where a lazy character prefers dust to cleaning and pays a nickel to dot an i in copy.
Rabbie Stephen Wise of New York cites two paradoxes about work and youth at the Colony club. He notes the unemployed man has a right to work while the employed child has a right not to work, adding commentary on how the child often bears the worst of legal missteps.
Former Governor Glenn recounts a Taft era tale in a Buffalo Commercial piece. Three colored men at a crossroads discuss the nation’s mood, Cotton prices, and optimism versus pessimism. Deacon Powell ends with a humorous line about ripe possum meat.
W Landsitter, foreman of the Lyons Republican in Wayne county, recalls a half century in newspapers and names Mark Twain as the chief lazy man of the trade. He describes sweeping duties at the Buffalo Express when Twain was a partner and bribed him for rest.
The Washington Post recalls Franklin MacVeagh's Treasury leadership and a past Foster Carlisle exchange. Foster asked Carlisle how political balance stood, Carlisle answered that Treasury staff remained loyal to the administration regardless of party. The anecdote underscores nonpartisan loyalty in the department.
Twiggs County Georgia citizens hear Judge Balcom advise on roof work. He says the old rule of six inches showing to the weather is too much and suggests four inches. A spectator quips about showing none, and the judge, amused, recalls roofs with no show yet many shingles.
Mrs. F A Spalinger and Mrs. Louisa Newman arrived this week from Wenatchee. They hold land on the Martin Miller homestead and seek a town residence to stay in. Spalinger is the widow of Frank Spalinger who was accidentally killed in Wenatchee weeks ago while employed on the city water system. Riverside Independent.
I A Navarre state road surveyor for Okanogan Douglas and Chelan counties passed through town Tuesday en route to Winthrop to survey the site for the proposed North Fork bridge on the Methow Barron state wagon road.
The text advertises Chamberlain's ointment as relief for rheumatism and mentions improved rest and sleep for many users. It notes temporary relief can become permanent, especially in chronic cases influenced by dampness or weather, and lists 25 and 50 cent sizes available from dealers.
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