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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1909
Page
2
Daily World from Wenatchee Washington outlines subscription rates for mail and carrier delivery. The notice lists prices for one year and six months in advance and identifies the paper as entered as second-class matter at the Wenatchee post office.
An upcoming meeting features John Fox of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress discussing river navigation for Washington. Delegates from North Central Washington and Wenatchee residents are urged to attend to push a bid to make the Columbia navigable from source to sea and attract congressional support.
A Seattle city council discussion on vice regulations argues against establishing a restricted district. Officials note locating it in poorer neighborhoods offends residents and that abolishing such districts shifts responsibility to the whole community. They claim prosperity comes from trade and industry, not vice.
A Hungarian psychology professor in Buda Pesth told students that married life in England is duller than in any country. He blames excessive early romance, rapid marriage, and the proverb familiarity breeds contempt for the eventual monotony and misery in English marriage. He notes Scotland enjoys happiness due to freedom and climate. He argues lasting love requires gradual growth, not first sight passion.
A Wenatchee fruit man says Pacific coast fruits should sell at better prices this year despite a smaller crop. He cites higher purchasing power, revived prosperity, and strong eastern demand, plus Pacific Rural Press optimism on fruit prices.
The marriage of Miss M. E. High tcew and Mr. O. E. Duncan was solemnized at the Christian church parsonage at 1:30 Sunday by Rev. A. J. Adams. Only immediate family attended and the couple will reside in Wenatchee.
A brief roster of incoming residents and visitors includes John Ramoke of Tacoma, R. Ramoke of Seattle, T. O. Webster of Walla Walla, J. M. Gahin and wife of Centralia, Capt. Percy Smith, Maude M. Sticknell of Salt Lake, M. Z. Dannells of The Dalles, Ss. J. McDonnell of Trinidad, Sopha Ledbetter and Roxie Ledbetter of Quincy, S. R. McDonnell of Trinidad, H. G. Johnson of Quincy, and Chas. Black of Seattle joining the area.
Wenatchee high school releases the Wa Wa 1910 annual a 60 page book with photos of faculty and students. It is dedicated to Miss Cora M Colton and lists editors F Edna Browning Helen Keith Earl G Marr Grace M Weister John Deitch Mamie Walsh Nellie Eikelberner Don Wilson Harold Penhallegon Geoffrey Horton Hyatt Arthur Gunn. Book includes football basketball girls athletics literary societies high school quar tet orchestra and classes and sells for 75 cents at bookstores and newsstands.
Officials of Thunder Creek Transportation of Tacoma say surveys are under way to extend a railroad across the Cascades from the upper Skagit region toward Cascade Pass. The Skagit Power Co plans a 50 to 60 thousand horsepower plant with a 17 000 foot water tunnel, and rights have been secured from the interior department.
M J Leach, a Walcott Vermont druggist, reports an honored town citizen suffered severe dysentery but was promptly cured after obtaining Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, previously used in the west. Sold by all dealers.
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