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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1904
Page
4
The excerpt presents the well known first Congress prayer by Rev Jacob Duche, invoking divine blessing on the American states. It asks for wisdom, courage, and victory for leaders, peace after bloodshed, and guidance toward justice, order, and piety under God through Jesus Christ.
A quirky love remedies poem by Miss Eva Ross that proposes a potion of resignation and conviction, followed by a Texas anecdote about Garland and Parry slaughtering several hundred sheep to stretch dwindling feed for winter, reported by the Wilbur Register. The piece notes the cure may benefit a lovesick reader and links a grim farming decision to feed shortages in Coulee City.
Dr. William A. Harroun of Denver declines a $1,800,000 estate from James A. Harroun who died in Ireland. He telegraphed his sister Mrs. J. M. Lewis of Portland that the money should go to her. The will followed an agreement that the last to die leave the estate to the oldest living son of the Harroun brothers.
Dr Henry Altshed of New York argues iodide of potassium is a specific for lobar pneumonia. He cites sixty two of his own cases over twelve years with no death from the disease and similar results in over three times that number treated by colleagues, likening it to quinine in malaria and iron in anaemia.
A grand granite monument in a Massachusetts town cemetery memorializes a man with a checkered life. A former resident, returning after years, studies the obelisk and remarks that if it honors goodness it is too large, and if it honors wickedness it is not large enough.
Record shows M L Starr prepared to care for his wife before dying in a Hatton Washington railroad crash December 8. He had taken a $2000 life policy November 30, paying with a note the insurer disputes as cash. Court records reveal legal dispute over note and policy terms. In a separate note, Mrs May Bradley of between Kiowa and Alex Oklahoma Territory bore five children weighing seven pounds each. all survived.
United States Land Office Waterville Washington April 8 1904 notice of timber land entry by Emil Frank Leavenworth Chelan County filed sworn statement No 402 for the southwest of section 4 township 26 north range 18 east Will offer proof June 22 before J E Shore US Commissioner at Leavenworth Witnesses Martin Christenson Trad C Varney E D Shugart Louis T Hauck all of Leavenworth Adverse claimants to file claims by June 22 1904 M B Malloy Register First publication April 15 1904
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