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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1904
Page
1
A strange tree of unknown variety was found in a San Bernardino canyon by prospectors seeking water. The leaves resemble fig leaves but are vivid purple with stiff hairs that sting and may be poisonous. Flowers are rusty red, about two inches wide, and emit a perfume like chloroform causing faintness.
An Indiana lawyer teases Senator Fairbanks at the Chicago convention while Roosevelt and a cattle drive tale recount hardship at Kimney Buttes. A jailhouse humor piece and a tale of honey at a hotel add varied anecdotes to this column anthology.
The Theatened County Auditor C B Blethen of the Settle Times warned Auditor L E Kellog after a money order for 1 was met with a 2 demand for a hunter license Kellog refused and Blethen published a denunciation The article notes Judge Neal of Lincoln County and Prosecuting Attorney Trimble ruled licenses cannot be issued for less than 2. A separate note reports a sour dough issue from Water Ville where green wheat was threshed causing mush and potential unsellable grain
A humorous tale from a New York Times anecdote shows Noah Webster correcting Mrs. Webster on word use after kissing a house guest. The piece blends other brief notes on wheat prices, a Douglas county convention, a Jersey cow’s milk yield, and a Vancouver area crop report, reflecting a cluttered late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page.
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