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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1915
Page
3
Washington reports Franklin H. Smith of the Commerce Department predicts a large rise in demand for American lumber and forest products in China. He warns about marketing flaws, stresses a fixed standard price, cautions against grade manipulation, and notes exchange risks in tael settlements.
In La Grande Oregon a 600 pound bear was shot after a confrontation near the Susi Sh Weattr creek mar area close to the water supply. Twenty bullets bore into the bear before it fell, ending a menace to local sheepmen and stockmen who sought to kill the animal.
Atlas Mich residents showcase five generations under one roof at the Macomber home. Nine ty three year old Margaret McCandlish, born in Scotland, shares life with John Macomber and Mrs. McCandlish along with her daughter, granddaughter, and great grandson, all within the same household.
Philadelphia will overhaul prison care with a medical board classifying inmates as sick rather than criminal. Treatments aim to restore utility, with discharge plans to dispensaries and social worker follow up. The program calls for four yearly inspections by the physician board.
A rural Ohio survey shows one in nine country churches abandoned and overall slow growth with many small congregations. The report urges churches to become community centers led by ministers, advocating good roads farming outreach, health, recreation, education, and holiday observances to save church life nationwide.
Huntington West Virginia Mrs Annie Mahan aged 102 of Logan county is reportedly cutting teeth for the sixth time with the sixth set appearing nine weeks after the preceding set began to grow. Mrs Gregory aged 109, neighbor to Mrs Mahan, uses spare time gathering ginseng roots on mountain sides.
Investigation by Dr. H Albert oeMurray coroner of Westmoreland county reveals a three year old boy James Henry Pershing of Grapeville died from fright caused by a cow seen through a home window.
Oxford professors and tutors join a volunteer crew to load shells and toil in ten hour days at a nearby arsenal while others weed and grade potatoes planted to aid military hospitals. The effort, called Godley’s Army, raises funds and supports Red Cross hospitals in Oxford.
Miss Ada Boyd of Wyandotte weighs 500 pounds and required a drug to move from the railway station to the hospital for surgery. She is noted as the largest patient ever registered at the institution.
The Quo Vadis hob o fraternity at the University of Missouri votes to disband after a freshman was injured while bumming into Mob erly. The university discipline committee says the student had no connection with the group. Founded in 1907 the club counted many leading students among its members.
In Medicine township District No 2, Chillicothe Missouri, the smallest school in the world serves a single pupil taught by Miss Mary Phillips. The term began five weeks ago with expectations of more students, but only one boy enrolled and the teacher proceeds with textbooks, avoiding athletics.
The American Genetic association contest awarded the largest shade tree to an eastern sycamore in Worthington Indiana with a circumference of 42 feet 3 inches and a height of 150 feet. Foresters urge city planting for its urban tolerance and rapid growth while noting its distinctive mottled bark and seasonal leaf absence.
Sunbury Pennsylvania reports an Augusta farmer Allen Moore missing his horse. The horse fell into an abandoned well. Twenty men hoisted the horse out and uncovered a rusted bucket with a sealed top. Moore cut the bucket top and rolled out silver coins of Spanish mintage valued around three thousand dollars.
The Leavenworth State Bank sues John A Bellman Maisie Bellman L Lathrop Jane Lathrop and Frank H Hutchings in Chelan County Wash to foreclose a mortgage on Lots 5 6 7 8 Block 8 Ralston Addition Leavenworth. The debt is 1260 with interest since April 28 1915 at a high rate and the case requires a court decree and sale of the property.
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