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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
6
The notice urges moderation and purity in consumption noting that if one cannot avoid alcohol or tobacco they should choose the best quality and avoid excess. It also claims wines and liquors are suitable for cooking and praises cigars as superior.
A long column details numerous property transfers and sales with buyers such as Nannie E Allison, S J Lashier, Crystal Springs Water and Light Co, Will H Thompson, George D Brown, Albert M Wilson, David King, Wen Realty and Investment Co, Ed S Russel, W S Gehr, J F Stafford, R J Meath, Geo L Bray, J W Miller, and others. Transfers include lot and block designations across multiple additions and developments, with prices ranging from 1 to 2500 dollars and various installments. The notes also include a few unrelated comic exchanges and quotes at the end.
The Washington Oil Co and other explorers expect to strike oil within weeks as wells reach depths around 1440 feet and plans to hit 1700 feet. Multiple companies dig on the Olympic peninsula amid optimism.
The annual winter school of agriculture horticulture forestry and home economics begins January 5 1914 lasting six weeks. Courses cover soil management crop production irrigation farming dairy stock judging poultry and farm management along with fruit grading forestry and home economics. Open to men and women over 16 with no educational prerequisites. Costs include about 6 dollars weekly for board and lodging and about 10 dollars for books with no instruction charge. Proceedings promise practical instruction from experienced farmers.
Lands totaling 328.28 acres in Wenatchee National Forest Washington will be opened to settlement and entry under homestead laws. Qualified settlers who claimed lands before January 1 1906 have a preference right, exercised before February 9 1914, with specific parcels listed including Charley Spencer Adolf Fredrikson Archie H Brown and John Heaton. Local land office at Waterville Washington to manage the proceeding.
A testimonial notes a persistent cough as a danger signal for consumption. The ad praises Dr King's New Discovery for stopping cough loosening the chest reducing fever and aiding sleep with rapid relief from coughs colds throat and lung troubles. Money back guarantee is promised.
Price 50 cents and one dollar. Available at all druggists or by mail from H. E. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia or St. Louis.
John A. Love of Leavenworth Washington filed notice of intent to make three year proof on land described in his 1910 homestead entry Serial No 07307. Proceed before United States Commissioner John Koerner Leavenworth December 30 1918 with witnesses J B Kenyon J A Anderson Ezra Wood and Ross Ramage all of Leavenworth Washington.
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