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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
2
Public post office notice from Wenatchee Washington outlines subscription rates and mailing details. The text includes price figures and service terms, indicating standard second class mail handling and monthly or annual rate structures.
The year ahead will transform Wenatchee Avenue with new cement sidewalks and regrading. Old shacks will yield to brick buildings like the Columbia Valley Bank and Olympia. Tax increases on real estate will encourage private investment and notable structures will rise, including a new high school, library, and Great Northern station. The city aims for rapid growth and a progressive, modern image.
The W C T U plans a Monday evening entertainment at 26 Pennsylvania avenue hosted by R B Winans. Admission is nominal to cover expenses. Miss Mary B Winans from Chicago will read and be accompanied by local musicians. She recently impressed Wenatchee audiences and plans to open a local elocution and physical culture school.
Delbert Case the Red Cross drug store pharmacist will depart this week for Omaha Nebraska. W T Knapp leaves tomorrow for Chicago after three years away in the west. W H Sams becomes the local free mail carrier with Max Lebeck resigning. E A Wyman sells ten acre Monitor tract to Hector Patterson of Cashmere for six thousand dollars. James and Dan Lydon of Brewster visit en route to Moses Coulee. Seventh Day Adventist church to preach Saturday November 21 at 1130 with Elder A M Dart speaking.
Major Anderson of Great Northern buys right of way through Moses Coulee lands from Wenatchee Orchard company for 9000 dollars plus sidetrack and warehouse privileges. A townsite named Winesap will be platted to serve as a shipping point for local wheat and fruit, with road improvements funded by Douglas county.
A school district plans a $70,000 bond issue to build a new high school facility. The district carries about $68,000 in existing debt and, with a district value of $3,000,000, could bond up to roughly $150,000 under the 5 percent limit. Board members Gellatly Battles and Dickson urge bonds to prevent facility deterioration and propose new courses in manual science and domestic science after completion.
A compact excerpt contrasts romantic piracy with its brutal history, mentioning Kidd Roberts England Morgan and Caribbean shores. It also cites a Youth’s Companion piece about a three day transatlantic cattle steamer and passengers debating cattle temperature readings and nautical practices.
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