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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1908
Page
1
The South Wenatchee avenue improvement presses ahead under Jack O’Connor and his crew. Work starts opposite the Beal mill and runs southward, with rock blasting and obstacle clearing first then grading. Foundations and bed for the grades will use much of the blasted rock.
The high school program will be rendered in the school building on Wednesday during commencement week at 8 p m. The program includes Orchestra Opening Address F C Lemon Duet Grace Wiester Sadie Godfrey Recitation Guy George POE Wasipa and Jose Stella Savaria Piano Solo Flossie Gallatry Recitation Helen Keith Boys Quartette Cora Colton Mildred Finch and other selections. Also notes on an upcoming sale of property and various short notices follow, including local ads and miscellaneous quotes. The document blends event listings with notices and unrelated quotes from contemporary papers.
A May 24 1908 birthday surprise at Mr and Mrs Barclay home honored Miss Beulah’s seventeenth birthday. Friends hid in the house while she attended memorial services then hosted luncheon and presented dainty gifts. Attendees included Florence Huling Jessie Huling Nellie Buttles Stella Adams Mary Katsenbarger Mabel Crow Estella Crow Viletta Guthriel Ola McCardell Eva McAllister Nellie Huling.
The piece urges balancing effort with restful breaks. Do tasks in order, avoid dwelling on outcomes, and accept that worry hampers success. Focus on the present, manage expectations, and value calm progress over perfect wins. Even failure may be preferable to anxious, extended strain.
Senator Link Davis says he is out of the game for good and will devote his time to business. He cites the costs and says political friends may disapprove, but he will show them by stepping away. He spoke in Tacoma on May 25.
Judge Palmer boasts a two-year-old apricot tree with 165 apricots, claiming a bearing record unmatched by any known tree. The note invites challengers to beat this tally.
City Attorney Grimshaw leads the Wenatchee condemnation cases for Wenatchee Avenue regrade with Judge Steiner announcing June term focus. Dozens of defendants face potential hearings as the large suit aims to resolve multiple property interests worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Blewett Nuggets notes Seattle Mine staff visit and local arrivals including Limbach and Heisletten.
Miss Ida M. Case a former Wenatchee high school principal and long time educator at the State Normal school Ashland Ore has been nominated by the State Board of Normal School regents to participate in the American teachers visit to European schools. She will sail from Quebec in July and stay abroad until September 1909. The program includes training college inspections and study at Cambridge University and a German university.
The high school will graduate fifteen students this year the largest ever though next year may double in size. The 1908 commencement week features a baccalaureate sermon by Rev A J Adams and a commencement address by Professor Lee Daggy of the state university. Students listed include Fred Ellis Edna Milner Edith Milner Harrison Amos Audra Harris Anna Sumner Cliff Knowles Zelma Reeves Lyman Shotwell Stella Zwight Roy Smith Laura Sibbons Thayer Littlefield Diana Wise Kalph Shotwell Boyd French. One Palmetto trip promotion invites steady customers for a nut mint ice cream.
The eighth grade schools enjoyed an outing and picnic at Squullchuecx on Monday with a large attendance. A. F. Anderson plans an extended Idaho trip for about three months. The Ladies Guild of St. Luke's meets Mrs. C. A. Bower on Chelan Ave Wednesday at 2 30. Chas Edler and family arrive from Alexander MN to Wenatchee and stay with Ed Batterman. Presbyterian Aid women host a social at the manse Wednesday afternoon hosted by Mesdames Shipman Whitson Iudington Williams.
A historical fragment notes Dr. L. B. Manchester at a dental office in Columbia Valley Bank Building and remarks on Hughes related articles no longer timely. It mentions Alfred Wright perfumes and Wematchee Drug Co as city offerings.
In forty years 1,769,729 people arrived from England and Wales, with 390,432 from Scotland. Combined, 2,040,291 came to the U S from England and Scotland in thirty years, more than Ireland, four times Sweden, and more than Poland and Russia together. In six months to February, 299 streetcar deaths and 944 serious injuries occurred in New York. Brewery capital was 415 million dollars per federal census, with experts estimating near 700 million.
The city council will hold its regular meeting this evening to consider the ordinance on the water bonds. The discussion could influence financing and approval for upcoming projects.
H C Littlefield praised Seattle for handling a huge crowd during the fleet visit. He estimated 200000 visitors swarmed the city with crowds everywhere and noted Seattle’s readiness for the upcoming exposition next season.
The county assessor completes population counts within city limits, noting Cashmere at 535 Wenatchee 3075 and Leavenworth 1362 with Wenatchee suburban 1500. The 1900 census placed Wenatchee at 450. county tally expected in two days. Local notes include church services, property trades, and upcoming entertainment at Dorn's Hall.
A. G. Bowie announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for county superintendent of schools in Chelan Falls Washington ahead of the upcoming primaries.
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