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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1914
Page
3
Nolan remains a steady force in tailoring with long tenure and busy dressers. His fall and winter sample showings attract old customers and new clients seeking good fit and satisfaction. call to inspect his line.
Analysis shows the University of Washington receives $450,531 yearly maintenance from mill taxes while rivals spend substantially more per student. It maintains 3,200 students with salaries for faculty lower than many neighboring states, and salaries top out at $3,000 for full professors versus higher caps elsewhere.
A Cleve Plain Center correspondent suggests reusing Christmas trees after holidays by placing sharpened trunks in public squares to create visual beauty and wind shields for shrubs. The note cites a year old eastern city practice and advocates planting evergreens in the southwest corner to improve and beautify the area.
A New York Sun correspondent reports on European soldiers attitudes to wounds with a wounded veteran declaring he is decorated not disfigured. The piece also describes wartime bread rations for German Austrian Belgian French and British troops including ingredients and storage.
The poem pleads for Maymie Knott to win the speaker's heart, promising longing and restraint from scornful eyes. It expresses devotion and a wish to avoid pain while appealing to love, set in a lyric voice from the New York Mail.
A humorous exchange in the Atlanta Constitution notes the editor is out once more. A man complains he has seen the editor buying an automobile for 1500 dollars, prompting the office boy to insist the editor is out in charge.
Manufacturers say women should line skirt hems to reduce silk wear from continual rubbing against tight hems. Dry Goods section notes the issue and suggests lining as a remedy.
The article explains obesity as a cycle of fat gain and muscle atrophy from inactivity. It notes heat retention by fat, the role of diet in weight, and suggests deep breathing and cautious medical treatment. It warns against self treatment and emphasizes physician supervision for obesity remedies.
The piece explains that the explosive Lyddite derives from the town of Lydd near the Kent coast rather than from a person. It notes its powerful force and choking fumes and compares its notoriety to the Bengal bullets from Dumdum. It also recounts a jest about a minstrel from the New York Globe.
The passage links liver sluggishness to unhappiness and dullness, claiming mental misery accompanies poor liver function. It advertises Dr. King's New Life Pills to empty bowels, tone the stomach, cure constipation, and purify blood, priced at 25 cents. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is praised for piles.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as Immediate relief for cold coughs and throat irritation. It claims rapid soothing action, loosens phlegm, and delivers instant comfort with testimonials. Available 50c at druggists. butter wrappers at the Echo office.
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