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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1908
Page
2
Daily Wenatchee World carries a self help style sales blurb promising fortune and fate following the reader. A Leavenworth man’s court misadventure is cited as cautionary tale urging local boys to watch for a new arrival from the east.
Everett Tribune argues for greater protection of children in parental choices and condemns a youth who killed his father to stop his marriage. It warns that science has not removed hurdles to protesting against real parents and notes a child with a pistol could veto a stepmother or stepfather.
The Wenatchee city scene shows a sweeping moral house-cleaning led by the mayor and council. Officials closed down public nuisance houses, earning broad public approval and challenging critics who once defended such establishments.
E. C. Davis, former Douglas county representative, is named by Douglas and Okanogan politicians as the next senator. Rival W. E. Halteman of Ferry county leans in from the south, with Davis' stance on the free bridge across the Columbia still causing tension among southern voters.
A city business man extols smiling as a tool to improve business and mood. The piece contrasts a bitter recluse with the value of a cheerful attitude, urging readers not to join the so called lemon club and to smile despite troubles.
Notice shows rates at five cents per line for insertions with five average words per line. Mentions special rates for ads running one week or longer and counts combinations of figures or initials as one word.
Samuel C. Lancaster urges Washington state to leverage its natural beauty and develop better roads to boost tourism and population growth. He argues the Cascade and Olympic scenery surpasses other regions and stresses easy transportation as key to economic reward.
Paid notices announce candidates for Chelan County offices. F A Warren and J W Sussex seek county engineer and auditor on the Republican ticket subject to primaries. Reynolds also declares candidacy for county auditor in the approaching races.
J. E. Ferguson declares candidacy for the office of Sheriff and states intent to run in the Republican primary election.
Wenatchee steamer departs for Bridgeport on Monday Wednesday and Friday mornings. Return trips operate on the same days.
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