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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
3
A compact notice promotes coal sales from Black Diamond Crow's Nest Wellington and Newcastle with delivery pricing around 10 dollars per ton and Wenatchee Fuel Co listing lower ranges from seven fifty to eight fifty per ton.
An ad promotes cleaning and dyeing of gowns lace furs curtains and more with prepaid express charges on orders over three dollars and both ways over seven dollars. A hotel visit is planned November 4 to 8 to collect orders and arrange pickups by a house call.
H. H. Horton, formerly of Brewster and son of C. E. Horton, is in the city and likely to make it his winter home. Horton once published the Brewster Herald and later served as postmaster of Brewster.
A Washington Post report describes a zoo keeper displaying a rattlesnake tooth shaped like a horn with a hollow tube and dried contents. He warns handling the tooth carefully as a scratch or puncture could cause a bad sore, noting snakes shed teeth during natural changes.
A miscellany notes Gaelic as a common Celtic tongue across Manx Welsh Scottish Highlanders and others now spoken in parts of Ireland Wales Highlands and Isle of Man. It surveys Wales mineral wealth and per acre yields, rhododendron origins, Korea’s square mileage, Quaker name origin, Sons of the Revolution spreads, kettle noise caused by steam bubbles, and George Washington’s Virginia militia career.
A Parsee sacred fire at a Ligigull temple in Persia has reportedly remained alight since the Raphereth era, spanning twelve centuries.
The story centers on Dr. Francis L. Hawkes a famed New York Episcopal preacher. A Buffalo delegation offers 3500 salary but Hawkes notes his own 15000 plus parsonage and mocks the Elijah and ravens reference stating the Bible mentions no such provision for Hawkes.
The Hartford charter oak tale describes how Andros seized power in 1687, the candlelit panic, and Captain Wadsworth’s hiding of the charter in the oak, which later became revered until the tree fell in 1856. The piece also notes other old quotations from Youth's Companion and Punch.
A young man places cigars on a piano and opens his arms, but the girl coldly accuses him of past love. The scene, reported in the Chicago Record-Herald, hints at romantic tension and a reveal of history between them.
A brief humor line from the New York Press features a child asking what a pessimist is. The reply: a man who has a note to meet. The quip plays on expectation and timing with a wry punchline.
Mr Edmund Carroll stars in We Are King by Walker Whiteside, with a strong supporting cast, touring after signaled demand. The Wenatchee theatre hosts the performance Tuesday evening November 16, highlighting Carroll as Whiteside’s leading support in a comedy acclaimed by fans.
Ed S Russell and Terry Ross were among the first to file for councilmanic honors in a straight Republican filing as reported yesterday.
A notice urges readers with paper troubles to report the matter at once by phone 1132, promising a favor to the office for timely help.
Rural property listing for 12 acres of apples plus 13 acres other fruit now bearing 7 acres apples to bear next year 8 acres alfalfa adaptable to orchard tea room house barn chicken house wood shed and multiple horse cattle and equipment. Cash yield $10 000 last season first bearing year with 60 000 valuation this year 15 percent return. Terms 4 percent down balance easy payments. Owner 70 retiring E Morris Wenatchee Wash.
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