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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1908
Page
3
Notice to voters that Wenatches precinct registration books close October 14 and remain closed until after the general election on November 3 1908. Books reopen November 4 1908. J B Palmer Registration Officer dated October 3 1908.
Percy Scheble came back after three weeks in the Kla math district of Oregon reporting a successful hunt. He killed a deer and bagged a number of grouse during the expedition.
The Chewawa Grill advertises affordable boarders who want specific foods for four to six dollars weekly. Breakfast with free fruit lowers the meal to 15¢-25¢, noon and evening meals 25¢-35¢, and a 10 percent discount with meal tickets. Flexible hours and no charge for missed meals add convenience.
In Grindelwald at the Bear Hotel a mountaineer recounts a Tiger ascent four hours of ice slope climbing and a saved life after his guide slips. The guide later retells a harsher version, noting the climber paid 200 francs and pressed for a edelweiss sprig. Also notes ordinary notices and a near closing of registration in Columbia precinct ahead of the 1908 general election.
A reflective piece compares the calm faces of sea fish, from Naples aquarium specimens to a home goldfish, praising their balance wheel like regularity, quiet nature, and stoic character as ideal mature company over more playful animals.
An east side barber reports his pocket watch fills with fine hairs after a month. He swears he never opens the back, keeps the watch in his pocket while cutting hair, and wonders how hairs get inside and behind the hands, yet it keeps needing cleaning.
The class discusses a word ending in ous meaning full of. A student offers pious as humorous twist by defining it as full of pie, prompting the teacher to engage. The moment blends grammar lesson with schoolroom humor.
A manager of an intelligence office jokes that a commanded governess is not needed for children but a lion tamer is, in response to a lady seeking staff. The exchange highlights brisk, witty social banter likely from a domestic service column.
A reader notes a newspaper ad offering a dog return with no questions asked. The exchange shows a man seeking to retrieve the pet and a woman confirming she saw the ad in the paper.
Yesterday and fed. They were from Republic and bound for Seattle. Ralph Shotwell returned from Pullman, Washington, yesterday where he has been attending the state college. Roy Smith and Howard Van Slyke came down from Seattle yesterday and went to Lake Chelan this morning. They called on their old friend, Francis Little, while here. W. B. Moody, recently of New Hampshire, has bought out G. W. Jorgenson's business and will continue at that stand. He has also purchased the home of Mrs. Clapp, land moved in there recently.
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