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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1920
Page
7
Seattle P. T. notes a shift in immigration from Europe toward America driven by the promise of safety, opportunity, and stable government. It argues educated workers and former officers are now among arrivals seeking a life of material comfort and upward mobility in a democratic society.
An American returning from London recalls a charity restaurant that serves hash to the hungry for six pence. The walls bear many biblical texts and signs offering aid, including a notice reading We make our own hash, paired with scripture beneath.
A nostalgic reminiscence contrasts a mother's hash with restaurant hash. The writer recalls the brisk bustle, chopping, sizzling odor, and a steaming dish shared by family. The piece elevates hash to a sacred standard, humorously deeming it worth more than politics and economics.
The butter market drops to 55 cents wholesale as prices ease across the board. Retail prices likely hold due to thin margins. Alaska Christmas trade boosts turkey bidding to 45 cents for fancy stock. Hog prices rise to 13 dollars at top, with brisk bidding and 516 hog receipts. Potatoes stay idle with ample supply and shifting grower confidence on FOB pricing. Beef and veal demand remains varied and lean.
Hog quotations show primes at 12 13 dollars with various grades from smooth heavies at 10.50 11 and rough heavies at 8.50 9. cattle prices list prime steers 5 9.50 and other grades 7.50 8.50. sheep demand covers prime lambs 7.50 9 and valley lambs 6 6.50 with yearlings 7.25 7.75. Purchasing prices present eggs 67c per dozen for Puget Sound select, butterfat 58c per lb, raw milk 2.10 per cwt, broilers 85c per lb, and hogs 18c per lb for choice block 20 to 150 lbs. Beef steers fat 8c, veal 18 19c, mutton fat 5c and spring lambs dressed 14c.
A discussion on the 1907 law tying a woman’s citizenship to her husband. A U S born woman who marries a non citizen may lose voting rights while a foreign-born wife who marries a citizen can gain status. The piece questions fairness and invites reader opinion.
A discussion based on Dr. Samuel Willis Bandler's report to the Journal of the American Medical Association examines how fear and courage relate in normal people. It notes sex differences in endocrine balance and its effect on instincts and emotions.
An aging industrial leader’s noted instinct is likened to a Minerva born full grown. A Jura innkeeper’s happiness ends in disaster when her husband’s affair leads to arson and a suicide after she destroys the inn and burns banknotes.
An Indiana family adopted a boy from an orphanage several years ago. To help, the boy volunteers to fetch a box upstairs. The woman doubts him but the child confidently leads everyone to the pantry closet where the clothes are kept, saying he has seen the boxes there before.
An Italian engineer reports a zinc copper alloy named Black Metal with the highest breaking point and elasticity, superior heat and chemical resistance, and full homogeneity. It can be cast machined rolled forged drawn and stamped and may substitute steel brass and aluminum.
The paper notes two common varieties of ground ice in northern Alaska. It explains burial of river ice by sediments and growth in place of vertical ice wedges as the main forms.
A mother touts her daughter's singing talent to an impresario and suggests a public appearance, imagining the girl as a future movie actress.
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