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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1914
Page
6
Merchants tout spring sale with sharp prices on hats gowns and undergarments. Gage Millinery trims and designs highlighted with hats priced at 2.95 5.75 7.95 15 and up. Ladies Swiss vests union suits hose and silk hose offered at deep discounts with multiple price points.
A persistent dealer urges customers to buy for keeps promising long term trust. He touts low prices with 94 sheeting at 19 cents per yard, 75c all wool serge at 38 cents per yard, and linen towels at 5 cents each as part of a broad sale.
We present a premier line of garden seeds for the locality. All fresh and clean stock is available, including carried over items. Call 335 to inquire and purchase.
Advertises multiple tracts near Leavenworth and Merritt with irrigation water and timber, including Lot 2 of 28 acres at 1500, Lot 6 of 40 acres at 2000, Lot 8 of 42 acres at 2500, plus 10 acre and 35 acre listings. Encourages buyers to visit Echo Leavenworth for details and terms.
The program lists Gaumot three reel features The Tomb of Flame Bandit's Woman at Large The Man of Him or in the Quick sands The Price of Money and The Farewell plus a Sunday Gaumot feature The Fall of Constantinople. Local druggist promotes Adler-ika bowel cleanser. Community notes include births illnesses travel and a column on hisses heard by actors.
A New York Times writer recalls a dangerous misstep in the Philippines. He picked up a well dressed boy and asked his mother his value, triggering a mob and a priest who explained child bartering is a grim local reality and forbidden toward women.
The piece surveys beauty ideals of brows from Turkey to Greece and Rome with pastes and pigments used to create the illusion of joined brows. It notes proverbs linking meeting brows to luck or misfortune and mentions Chinese beliefs about a ministerial rise being unlikely if brows meet.
Dr. Jean Cartier told the French Association For the Study of Cancer that scratching a mole may trigger cancer. He cited harmless moles and warned warts and wens should be left alone to avoid worse outcomes, recounting a man who cauterized a wart and developed cancer.
An inventive chemist improved glue manufacture so a post production chemical turns to a color on true glue. Salesmen test suspected batches by applying the chemical. color confirms their product, while no color marks a competitor. The test dispelled complaints and protected the firm.
A humorous courtroom moment features Enpeck noting his wife’s single mood. The other speaker quips that it is the imperative mood, and he is the one under its influence. The exchange highlights tonal wit between the participants.
An etymology note explains that Heart is a corruption of Hard, a name once given to denote a man of firm character and resolute bearing. The piece links surname meaning to personal traits and historic naming practices.
A Latin proverb states life’s value lies in experiences rather than the number of years. It emphasizes experiential depth over time lived.
Step by step farm butter making guidelines include cream cooling, ripening, and churning temperatures. Instructions cover mixing, aging, coloring, washing, salting, and packaging plus a note on market-ready packaging. Also cited is a testimonial praising Electric Bitters as a spring tonic for tiredness and digestion.
Mrs. Madge Beasley Johnson traveled to Seattle this week for treatment of appendicitis and anticipated surgery at Providence Hospital on Wednesday.
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