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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1908
Page
3
The intendent of Linville is entering business, having purchased property and is starting construction on a new building. The move includes acquiring a Ford F500 truck and plans for additions to the existing site, signaling growth in the area.
From his Canyondale farm on the Columbia River opposite Oron season, a grower states he sold 872.50 worth of apples from 82 trees. He owns about fifteen acres under cultivation and plans to expand. He praises the industry and expects strong turnout for a forthcoming show. The State Horticultural Society meets in Spokane in early December with national speakers to address growers.
The Presbyterian Aid will hold a Thanksgiving sale on Tuesday November 24 in the King Coa company rooms under the Columbia Valley bank. At 9 a m the sale offers Christmas novelties fine needlework dressed dogs mincemeat pies and related items.
At the Presbyterian fair in Wenatchee, every dollar buys one free can of peaches or peach plums. with every seventy five cent purchase, a can of tomatoes is offered. The promotion highlights Wenatchee canned fruit products.
A prospective employer interviews a young woman, testing her stenography and punctuation knowledge with odd questions. The exchange includes remarks on dictation and efficiency as the judge interrupts to proceed with the letters.
An essay traces Japan’s 21 million wood lots, private and communal, mostly under nine tenths of an acre. It notes high yields from rough ground, widespread replanting, and attempts to preserve forests, with implications for U S timber strategies. It also recounts Dickens reacting to Byron and a poetic verse about beauty at a social gathering.
The excerpt parallels political loyalty and humor across regions. Sir Gavan Duffy recalls a voter who claimed two supporters. A New York boss answers conscience with authority. A humorist questions modesty and a friend refutes it. The piece closes noting women as custodians of speech shaping American English.
Dialog excerpt contrasts sisterly bond and romantic tension. The speakers debate emotional distance versus closeness with lines about heartbreak and time as life’s substance. Franklin’s quip about not wasting time punctuates the exchange.
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