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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1909
Page
4
Main Office Business and Editorial Wenatchee Washington lists subscription rates for one year and six months prepaid and carrier delivery options. Entry notes second class matter posting and farmers phone number 1132.
In Seattle on Monday Congressman Poindexter spoke plainly about the tariff bill, opposing it for not matching Republican campaign pledges. He backs Roosevelt era conservation, supports Pinchot, and says Ballinger must answer related charges, aligning with trusted American statesmanlike conduct.
Miss Florence Holbrook principal at Forestville near Chicago plans a pupil built bungalow on school grounds. Students design plans compete with a school board judge selecting the best. They will lay a brick foundation, raise a story and a half, add a roof and finish interior including a kitchen. Boys and girls learn home construction and housekeeping with furnishings donated.
Chronology of notable events across centuries begins with Oliver Cromwell’s death on September 3 1658. Other items include the 1777 Philadelphia campaign, 1894 Labor Day as a legal holiday, and treaties and births spanning 1800s.
Journal column excerpts discuss Joseph Holt Gaines WV congressman born in DC and serving West Virginia’s Third District, his career from U.S. district attorney to multiple reelections, and a critique of municipal utility governance. The piece also examines German Wander fairs versus American state fairs and calls for public conscience and ethics in public service, signed O.M. Thomason.
In New York a divorce hearing reveals Homie Davenport allegedly earns $15,000 yearly for newspaper cartoons and over $25,000 yearly from lectures private art work and Arabian horse breeding on his farm near the city. Davenport rose from a Oregon squirrel farm to become the world’s highest paid newspaper cartoonist.
A Waterville railroad committee meeting resulted in the incorporation of the Northern and Southern Railway Company to build a line from Waterville to Douglas. A. L. Rogers transferred the project to the new firm for $1, with C. A. Granis as president J. G. Kennedy as vice president Geo. P. Wiley as secretary treasurer and trustees named. The officers left for Seattle to confer with Great Northern on rates as work expected to start in 30 to 40 days and push to completion quickly.
Margaret Mixter argues that drinking three pints of water daily can aid appearance when used properly. Do not drink with meals or when ice cold. sip a glass every 10 minutes, half an hour before meals, and keep water accessible to maintain clear complexions through continual cleansing of impurities.
Simple ceremonies at Menango ND mark the dedication of a monument honoring the 1863 Whitestone Hills battles. Thousands attend as North Dakota officials and Indian war survivors recall a clash where Sioux bands outnumbered U.S. troops, involving the Sixth Iowa and Second Nebraska cavalry under Brigadier General Alfred Sully.
Indians attempted to retake their ponies two days after an escape. The renewed fight ended in a rout with about two hundred Indians killed. White troops suffered twenty nine dead and nearly one hundred wounded.
Unclaimed letters for the week ending August 31 1909 listed include Ames Morris Anderson James Bowers George Bermejillo Mrs Marie Raigosa de Cohen Archie Carter Robert Clarke Fred B Cushing Mrs Jennie David Helen Gartin Walter Higginbothan Mrs Effie Johnston B A Kiser F H Lemon Mrs J W McFarland Moody L C McKay John Miller Carrey Miller Clay Parties calling for the above will please say advertised L M Hull P M.
First class hotel and saloon offered for sale. Thirty rooms with a first class bar and billiard hall. Parties compelled to go east. Address 9 6 Saxton and Owen Port Angeles Washington.
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