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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1914
Page
3
An old health notice urges using Sloan's Liniment to neutralize infection from insect bites and rust, claiming antiseptic effects on cuts bruises and sores. It promotes a 25 cent bottle with money back if not satisfied.
Treasury officials plan to deposit about 34 million dollars in national banks to support crop marketing and other legitimate business, with McAdoo ready to raise the sum if needed. Banks nationwide responded to a circular, mainly from the south and west, indicating demand for funds this fall. The move includes 2 percent interest on bonds and paper, with waivers on security rules this year.
The Northwestern Fruit Exchange extends its reach to South America with a Buenos Aires sales office led by George C. Gaede from Portland. He reports over 30 000 boxes of apples contracted or pending, signaling direct producer to consumer sales and improved pricing for Northwest growers in Buenos Aires and Rio markets.
Interior views of one of three studios for the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco show partially completed figures towering as high as thirty feet. The massive statues will symbolize the grand courts of the exhibit when completed next year.
The Washington Association for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis concluded its Tacoma meeting with the cornerstone ceremony for Mountain View sanatorium built by Pierce county at 23 000 dollars on a 40 acre site south of Tacoma. The facility will house 83 patients and cost 300 dollars per bed under 1913 tuberculosis law. Delegates discussed plans to attract attendees from Idaho Montana Oregon and British Columbia for the 1915 National Tuberculosis Convention in Seattle.
A vintage poem from the New York Sun mocks scientific motherhood and eugenics era fears. The verses describe a baby raised with milk from a certified cow and cold carbolic gauze, urging restraint and caution about germs.
State Land Commissioner Clark V. Savidge investigated state grazing lands in Klickitat Yakima and Asotin counties and led leasing of about 46 000 acres by Washington and Oregon sheepmen. Net gain to the state school fund totals about 20 000 dollars from a 500 dollar expenditure, with at least 4 000 dollars annual income. He plans further inquiries in Kittitas and Stevens counties with expected five year income to nearly double.
The Echo of Leavenworth Wash promotes land bargains in the Wenatchee area. Listings include 28 acres with 10 tillable, 8 in cultivation priced at 1500. 40 acres with 6 cultivated and 1% bearing orchard at 2000. 42 acres with 8 cultivated and 4 in young orchard with timber, all irrgated. Also 10 acre tract near Merritt and 35 acres near town, terms available. Contact Echo Leavenworth Wash for details.
The bill allowing an extension from ten to twenty years for settlers to pay for irrigation improvements on government lands passed the House by a large margin. It will aid hundreds of Washington farmers and orchardists to develop irrigated lands and bring prosperity to many facing ruin.
The ad warns that summer coughs and colds are dangerous and may indicate low vitality leading to lung troubles like consumption. It promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as soothing and antiseptic, claims prompt relief and complication prevention. Bottles cost 50c and $1 at the druggist with a money back guarantee.
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