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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1908
Page
2
Editorial notes the Kennewick Good Roads Convention and Chelan County figures like Jack Quigg I A Navarre and W T Clarke. It urges foresight in public and private improvements to support Wenatchee’s growth toward a double or triple population and market access.
Reports indicate a new prospect for Chelan Falls irrigation as McChesney and associates plan to supply water to land once irrigated by Fosdick. The proposal would convey half the land holdings to the water company in exchange for turning on water, transforming the arid tract into a productive oasis.
Riggs reports Mrs. Titewadd threatened suicide unless her husband bought a new hat. Estimates on funerals showed a $2 saving by the hat purchase, and authorities credit the purchase with saving her life.
London Mask argues against painting faces on stage calling it a barbarous custom from the oil lamp era. He notes gas and electric light and opera glasses lessen the need for such makeup in modern theaters.
A brief classified rates note outlines five cents per line for each insertion and estimates five average words per line. It mentions special rates for ads running one week or longer and notes counting rules for figures or initials as single words.
The New York Press recounts a doctor advising a patient to wake at 15 minutes before 2, then after 15 minutes at 2, walk two miles, and not nap. On successive nights the alarm is set later until sleep returns, with a warning that failure may mark a tougher case and a restart at 2.
In Pearson's Weekly a strange tale has two sailors pursued by a shark that swallows a chair and a box of oranges. After a chaotic draw for who must appease the shark an old woman is cast overboard and eaten, only for the creature to be harpooned and hauled aboard. On opening the shark they find the old woman calmly seated on the chair selling oranges three a penny.
Manama the Bahrein islands main port draws all fresh water from ocean springs. Boats anchor offshore as divers lower goatskin bags or bamboo pipes to collect water from deep sea springs, supplying the town without contamination.
The suitor asks for Mary's hand with a formal tone while Mary’s father questions who suggested the formality. The exchange centers on a long tradition of propriety and the notion that the request is a ceremonial step rather than a genuine doubt of consent.
A Chicago Tribune report recalls a juror recounting twelve jurors with seven active sleepers who refused to let others sleep. The witness describes being shaken awake during dozes, noting the majority’s rousing influence on the jury.
An Atlante Constitution quotation contrasts philosophical gratitude with practical desire. It frames life as what we make of it while lamenting limits, and asks Providence to grant thanks before calculating future gifts.
A European hunting party arrives in Dodge City with a Sixth Cavalry escort. Auguste Rouzand, Christine Nilsson’s former husband, and Englishman Mr Blackmore kill buffalo while Rouzand preserves a bloodied butcher knife as a trophy to display in Paris.
The St James Gazette notes surgeons use diverse threads for wound closure including kangaroo tendon silk and fine silver wire. Kangaroo tendon threads persist about four weeks before dissolving, silk threads last six months, and silver wire is nearly indestructible, with needles shaped in multiple styles to fit varied wound needs.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat snippet shows a speaker correcting names at length during a conversation about a dinner with Lady Featherstonhaugh Dalzell Colquhoun Leveson-Gower Bohun and St Maur Seymour. The exchange ends with a playful interruption as the earl teases her for being distracted.
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