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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
6
In Chicago at 3624 Ellis Park a carpenter tearing away wall planks uncovered a concealed apartment between the second and third floors of a remodeled three story building. The unfinished rooms held a stove a copper lamp and old dishes with a hidden staircase panel behind a wall hinge and iron hooks.
A Chinese writer proposes removing the legation roof to expose the room to sun and air for days, then reroofing to banish the haunting. The story notes foreign ghosts are unfamiliar to Chinese and references a U S response suggested by the Tokyo Advertiser.
In Corning California Mrs. Barkle reports an old man named Kempe who came from California years ago was found starving and taken to the workhouse. He claimed to have buried about $2,000 in a California hole five feet deep but could not locate it. He was a miner who returned to England eleven years ago.
In Bridgeport Connecticut Dr James EE Hair a noted dog expert was pinned against a garage wall when the car he was cranking rolled forward. His prize dog barked to alert neighbors who found him unconscious with severe abdominal bruises but expected to recover. He had started the engine without applying the brake.
In Hammond Indiana John Sebastian, described as a foreigner, drew a revolver during a screening at the Lyric theater and shot the man choking the heroine. Police led him away as patrons panicked while the villain died from a chest wound.
The Philomathian literary society schedules a Friday afternoon program after December 22. The program includes orchestral selections by the high school orchestra, recitations by Dorothy Bresch and Orriette Peterson, Christmas stories by Iva West and Marie Swartz, a solo by Orriette Peterson, and a Girls Glee Club musical number.
The wartime British blockade acts like a tariff boosting domestic knit goods. U S imports fell from 4.6 million to 682 thousand in nine months of 1914 versus 1913. German knit sectors remain at full capacity, threatening recovery if protection ends postwar.
The Wenatchee high school gym hosts a community program with performers and local participants. The event darkens plans for December 14 and shifts to Monday December 18 to avoid conflicting with a library benefit.
Miss Georgianna Cuthbert testified in an Ardmore equity case that she left a stenography job to operate a laundry in the rear of her neighbor’s lot. She earns 68 dollars weekly from five washes, saying none are heavily soiled and no bleach or acids are used. Neighbor Mrs. Marie Lusson seeks to block the laundry as undesirable and violating building restrictions, though experts testified the laundry would be unobjectionable with no dirt, noise, or smell.
The University of Washington campus closed for a Thanksgiving break after classes on Wednesday. Wenatchee graduates Carlos Zener and Chester Waitman join the engineering school and Theta Xi while Victor Nutley pledges to Pi Kappa Alpha. Wenatchee visitors Ray Morrison Robert Livingstone and Oliver Hayes attended the California Washington game at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house.
Leavenworth opened the season with a 22 to 16 win over Wenatchee All-Stars in a fast, crowded gym. Ed Hoxsey impressed as a freshman, with veterans Fitzpatrick McNett and Anderson delivering key baskets, while new players Nelson and Woldenberg showed promise as the squad blends experience with talent.
Charles F. Smith, general manager of the Toledo Bowling Green and Southern railway, was paid by two men who recently returned fifty cents each for fares from twenty years earlier. They said they rode from the north side to Tangent depot without paying because they stood most of the trip. Smith refused the money but Dr. J. P. Baker confiscated it for charity.
Huntington Pa Clark Smith rural route agent on return trip narrowly escaped a deer attack as a buck charged his bronco Hig horse after a herd of six does with a large buck moved toward the highway. Smith drove away and the bronco found safety. A second sighting reported ten deer and one elk farther along the route.
The article reviews factors driving a car shortage from July to October including Panama Canal closures, eastern manufacturing congestion, and increased eastbound shipments. It notes state laws delaying Sunday work, east coast car delivery delays, and calls western states to invest in railcar production while linking regional shipyards and jitney service to broader transportation issues.
George Meritts and Samuel Alley of Franklinville Huntingdon county awoke in fright during the night to a rattlesnake in their bedroom. With no light they were immobilized until a match and lantern were found. The three foot serpent with seven rattles and a button was killed.
Eighteen seventh graders in Westmont New Jersey performed original poems during a school afternoon. Each pupil delivered a five minute address without notes, revealing latent literary talent and providing amusement for the audience.
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