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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1915
Page
4
On a Mississippi steamboat a social empire formed with gambling, dining, and courtly rituals. Colonel Sinclair helps Hartleigh recover losses from a blackleg gambler and later invites him to his wedding in New Orleans.
The piece surveys Guayaquil and Quito climates, the unstable government, and booming industries. It recalls Inca rule and Atahualpa birth, Gonzalo Pizarro's Amazon venture, and Ecuador’s geographic diversity from coast to high Andes. Two thirds are Indigenous, most live above sea level, and the nation remains largely unexplored yet commercially advancing.
The Southern Workman argues Native students face greater burdens than eastern peers. Distances from railroads, scarce water, and unhelpful nearby white communities hinder success. Indians must master trades, English, theology, and civic duties, or risk being labeled failures.
The article notes upper class Swahili women wearing leather and bead masks in wooden frames derived from Moslem face coverings. It describes silk clothing, partly silver shoes, and heavy silver jewelry, attributing much local civilization to Arab trader influence. It also remarks Zanzibar Moslems as less strict than those in Morocco and Turkey.
The flying birdcage is a renowned aviary in the New York zoo. It is 55 feet high 72 feet wide and 150 feet long making it the largest of its kind. Oak trees stand inside and birds roam freely within the wire netting frame of iron pipes.
A metropolitan choral conductor held voice trials to form a colored jubilee singers club. A soprano applicant refused to sing a scale, saying she wouldn’t sing personally, prompting the director to press for an answer.
A Baltimore American excerpt describes a man who forged a friend's indorsement to cash a check and the friend pursuing him to recover the funds. The dialogue illustrates a crime-and-pursuit scenario from a historic newspaper.
A light exchange notes marriage timing and finances with a punch line about politics. The snippet cites conversations featuring Maud and Jack, and Senator Sorghum in a humorous contrast between religion and strategy.
Susie Maryweather, aged eighteen, vanished after leaving for library and shopping. A plaid dress found in river led to a corpse mistaken for Susie, but she reappeared married to her lover after the truth emerged, and the body identity remained unresolved.
The article details factory outputs for rifles, machine guns, and field guns, with private firms in New Haven and Ilion capable of 1000 rifles daily. It notes cartridge production of 30,000,000 weekly, 180,000,000 on hand, and delays from drying powder. Torpedoes cost 8500 and take six months. submarines and aviators require lengthy training.
In Chelan county Washington the Superior Court will hear the final account of R A Brown administrator of the estate of Ora Othello Brown deceased at 9 30 in the forenoon on Wednesday August kth 1915 at the courthouse in Wenatchee. The notice dated May 10 1915 is signed by A Brown administrator.
The Superior Court of Washington Chelan County orders all heirs of Ora Othello Brown to show cause why the residue of the estate should not be distributed per law. Hearing set for August 18 1915 at 10:00 a.m. in Wenatchee. Publication to run weekly for four weeks in Leavenworth Echo.
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