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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1907
Page
2
A Croaker-borne editorial defends public funding for park concerts by the municipal brass band. It argues music brings public good and compares costs to water and roads, noting critics would mock the expenditure while enjoyment continues. The piece urges readers to stop hammering the council and accept the entertainment.
In a discussion with A A Piper and citing Railway Age, editors urge railways to disclose full accident causes and discipline failures. They argue public sentiment should target negligent workers, not managers, and cite statistics on cause of collisions. Citizens praise state efforts to stamp out tainted beef sales.
A New Broadway Magazine article denounces Wall Street influence over New York City finances. It claims banks extract an annual tribute of 20.09 to 25.01 million dollars for city government and predict tax revenue of about 130.6 million will never return to the treasury.
The text describes a powerful Wall Street clique dominating City Hall through bonds issued in anticipation of tax collection. It notes New York Treasury as a printing office and mentions Mrs. E. B. Knowles now in New York where her husband runs an asphalt company. A call for Fourth of July envelopes is tucked in.
Cor pal E L Knowles of the Twenty-fifth Infantry was sentenced by a court martial to fifty years hard labor at Fort Leavenworth for assault and battery with intent to kill and assault with intent to rob Captain Edgar L Macklin. The sentence, two years below the maximum, was approved by General Albert L Moyer at Fort Reno Oklahoma.
In Council Bluffs Iowa May 22 Pat Crowe was acquitted by a district court jury of holding up two street cars about two years ago and robbing crews The robberies were carried out by two masked men and one witness testified Crowe was not involved two defendants were indicted in the case
An old tale recalls Lord Toor declining a Duke of Ormond dinner over tipping costs. He offered to pay the cook with a guinea to attend, prompting the duke to continue the practice. Austrian General Taafe intervened, declining tips and arguing the payer should settle the bill. Sir Timothy Waldo is credited with ending the tipping custom after a Newcastle dinner.
A fragmentary passage discusses how shaking hands and gripping with force can convey dominance. It cites James Schouler and muses on how a leader might use a firm grip to influence others while avoiding harm, framing the handshake as a metaphor for political leverage.
The account recalls Fanny Kemble describing a strict inquisition like setting with devices such as finger stocks the cheiroplast and neck pulleys with weights. She notes deportment flaws and mentions wearing a steel back board covered in red morocco strapped to her waist for support.
A historical account portrays a drill sergeant guiding recruits through strict discipline and precise drills. The narrative underscores endurance, hierarchy, and the military ethos shaping a unit’s readiness and morale.
The article notes four dangerous snakes in North America copperhead moccasin rattlesnake and the coral snake of Georgia and Florida. It says many snakes are harmless and their bites are less feared than a mosquito with most rat tler species differing by region and all rattling when approached.
At sea level a cubic foot of dry air weighs 565 grains troy while water vapor weighs 352 grains. Damp air is lighter than dry air. smoke rises because air is lighter than smoke. Earth's atmosphere exerts about 15 psi, comparable to a 33 foot water flood. The human body experiences this pressure in all directions, yet feels nothing due to equilibrium.
George H. Powell in Fortnightly Review contrasts Anglo French tensions with mutual attraction. The piece notes France as a perpetual source of interest and critique shaping European ideas of reason justice and artistic tradition amid shared civilization’s woe.
An arctic explorer reports a belt eaten while on expedition and a scientist explains leather derives from albumin and tannin. The dialogue turns to whether daily tea or coffee consumption contributes to digesting leather fragments in minute particles.
D Gensinger the East Wenatchee Land Man in the Columbia Valley Bank Building announces agency for Hanford Irrigation and Power Company lands at Priest Rapids. He offers maps prices and printed matter with water expected on the land in spring 1208 and notes limited first choice lots as a party departs June fourth.
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