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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1922
Page
6
The U S Bureau reports wide variation in state compulsory attendance rules affecting minors. Ages range from twelve to eighteen with many exemptions for work or grade completion, and rural districts often require far less attendance than cities.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger report recalls a scene at the U S Senate where Senator Harry New of Indiana and the barber Sims are accused of staging a private dice game. Sims the trusted preacher barber is shocked to be implicated.
London report notes Chester the original of Sir William Orpen's Le Chef now runs the grill at Royal Palace hotel Kensington. The hotel manager, while in Paris on business, visited the Hotel Chatham and praised Chester's sauce and artistry. He offered a substantial seasonal salary, making Chester one of the highest paid assistant chefs.
Experts say the claim that copper production and the electrical industry hinge on flotation bubbles is exaggerated. The electrical sector does not depend on this method more than others, though it benefits more from the intensive refining process where copper is widely used.
A soda counter cashier notes women now use coin matching to decide who pays. Previously a masculine ritual, the process has moved into everyday shopping and meals. The ritual ends with the winner getting treated.
The piece explains rain insurance as a bet with an insurer that it will not rain during a vacation. If rain pours, the insured collects a payout, with examples from the United States and Canada. England popularizes such policies and a Kansas Topeka fair is cited among payouts.
Immigrants at Ellis Island were served ice cream to celebrate reaching America. A Balkans native and an East Indian clashed over a larger scoop, smearing faces as others copied the prank. The head steward declared the stunt unfit in eight languages, then the buttered bread method popularized the dessert.
Scientific American analyzes how highway transport shifts car ownership. It concludes that the 2,000,000 cars retired in seven years averaged about 5.8 years of use, with replacement needs rising as new car demand aligns with retirements.
Austin J. Hannan of Custer Oklahoma claims a new and improved tombstone design. The hollow galvan ized iron body can hold a cement filled base and may bear an urn for ashes. The head screws on to resemble the deceased.
The archeological service informs the minister of education of a fourth century BCE Olympian temple found at Ferres near Velestion. The site mirrors Olympia, remains well preserved and includes ten bronze plaques detailing laws and decrees.
A Chicago Herald and Examiner snippet quotes a man praising wealth health and family while a wife complains some wives talk too much. The exchange hints at differing views on contentment and communication in marriage.
A tired traveler in a California wood contemplates lighting a single match and the fire it could ignite. He imagines a spread that could burn forests, threaten cattle, and ruin farms before realizing the match fails and he refrains from lighting it.
H McDaniel recently returned from Everett where he is commissioning a number of fine boats for his summer trade at Lake Wenatchee.
Six rules for preventing fires cover matches tobacco camp making camp leaving camp bonfires and fighting fires. It advises ensuring matches are out breaking them before disposal stamping out cigarette stubs and avoiding throwing them into brush. Build camps away from trees clear around and never leave fires unattended. Do not build bonfires in wind or when risky and keep them small. If fires are found report to forest rangers or fire wardens immediately and stay in touch. Prevent forest fires it pays.
A Chicago conference of animal husbandry and marketing extension workers on March 2 to 4 urged well established stock production systems as key to the Livestock industry. It emphasized economy of production as the main controllable factor and urged producing livestock of the best quality at the lowest cost.
Delegates from the USDA and extension workers from Central West agricultural colleges emphasized economical livestock production. Key factors discussed included animal selection, ration choices, and sound care and management practices for a prosperous industry.
The USDA and Southern states begin experiments at McNeill Mississippi with Mississippi Experiment Station aid to raise feeder hogs at about 100 pounds for lard and bacon markets. Similar trials planned for Northwest and Southwest. Mr and Mrs Clare Preston visited Dryden guests of Mr and Mrs F C Olberg.
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