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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1908
Page
2
Editorial argues the attempted assassination of Heney should rally San Francisco citizens to moral reform. It condemns civic cowardice and warns that government becomes a mockery when prosecutors face threats. The text urges a Puritan revival of duty to strengthen municipal life.
In a London Scraps tale Ava Lelly confronts Algernon who drinks poison. She revives him with a bizarre mixed antidote recipe learned from a correspondence course in first aid, noting she could not tell if acid or alkali was taken. The scene ends with her controlled narration of the rescue.
A Paris salon tale recounts how a peasant girl from Avranches, first portrayed in a village fete picture, captured the heart of the Marquis de C. He sought her out in 1878, learned she was the daughter of a poor farmer, funded her education, and nine years after her eighteenth birthday she becomes the Marquise de C.
A British reader recounts ivory jelly made from ivory dust ground in Sheffield. The jelly is said to nourish the anaemic and is now produced on a larger scale by a local firm. The writer and a doctor both find it good, and the cousins in England sent a case.
A French marquise crowded with guests during hunting season placed a register for wishes and criticisms. Entries include debts to souls, comments on burned peas, and flirtation notes. The marquise has withdrawn the book.
A note suggests hair type of children can be predicted from parents hair. It claims blue eyed straight haired parents yield blue eyed straight haired offspring. Two wavy haired parents may have straight, wavy or curly children with low curly probability. Two curly haired parents may produce all hair forms, curly offspring likely common.
The excerpt explains that the bolster and sac were brought home and, per Dr Cantile, wives unaware of a proper use place the bolster under the pillow instead of discarding it. The passage highlights household confusion about using bedding correctly.
The exchange names a bad actor as Goose M Bull M and Frog M with playful labels. A Gypsy Life portrait notes a couple aiming for $500 and plans to buy gypsy wagons to travel, sleep outdoors, and compare wagon life with houses and houseboats.
An excerpt describes high altitude ballooning in arctic skies. The narrator praises clouds as beautiful and recalls the thrilling view of distant green patches below. The piece notes safety and minimal dizziness, comparing skyward ascent to standing near cliffs on earth.
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