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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
4
Practical note style recipe lists ingredients such as sugar walnuts flour milk and baking powder. The method suggests letting batter rest half an hour in a cake pan then baking about an hour. Ends with serving idea for sandwiches and notes the result as tasty.
A dialogue in a New York slang vignette shows the Night Watchman and the Milkman debating why New Yorkers stay out late. They ponder bedtimes crowded subways, cabaret shows, and the city’s all night habit, contrasting urban rest with theater and dining crowds.
Department of the Interior notice from Waterville Washington dated July 29 1912 declares Calvin Young of Leavenworth filed intention to make final five year proof on lands described in his homestead entry. Witnesses listed include J B Cahill James Ainge Charles Cromwell Joseph Teshera all of Leavenworth. Also an advertisement for Bucklen Amica Salve claiming cure for piles and skin conditions.
A collage of quotes honors leaders and visionaries including Rothschild Rockefeller Riley Bryan Roosevelt Carnegie and others. It contrasts frugality ambition and persistence with traits like prudent finance refining oil creativity obstinacy and steadfast square deal ethics.
Last year six day and twelve day schools were held in Lynden Cashmere Snohomish and Puyallup arranged by the Extension Division of the State College. This year ten schools are planned with applications from Olympia Stevenson Lynden Puyallup and others.
Washington faces a need for ten thousand teachers in common schools and only one thousand for higher levels. The piece argues the core task is improving common schools through well selected teachers, with state normal schools and summer normals leading the standardization effort. It cites Ellensburg, Bellingham, and Cheney summer schools as evidence of earnest teachers striving for higher standards.
Martin Gohlman of Leavenworth Washington filed notice of intention to make Final Five Year Proof to establish his homestead claim on the land described in Section 18 Township 24 Range 18 W. M. with witnesses Win Faulkner J B Hathaway E C Booth and William Simpson all of Leavenworth, before A S Commissioner Frank A Reynolds on September 25, 1912.
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