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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1917
Page
3
Poetic tribute by W. R. Rose in the Cleveland Plain Dealer extols a revered figure. It recalls a leader who faced famine and hardship kneeling in snow and whose memory grows brighter with time.
In a Walks About Washington anecdote, David Burns the Scot resisted selling land for the capital before Washington personally urged a deal. Burns warned that without marriage to Mistress Custis he would be no land surveyor, but he yielded for liberal terms. One field became the White House site and Lafayette Square grew nearby.
A Barnegat schoolmaam asked pupils which Washington was, a great general or admiral. A fisherman's son answered that Washington was a great general, noting no admiral would cross the Delaware in a skiff standing up.
A compact biographical glance of George Washington recounts his birth in Westmoreland County Virginia on February 22 1732 his early survey work service as adjutant general and Braddocks campaign his Mount Vernon estate marriage to Martha Custis leadership as commander in chief independence victory retirement and presidential years ending with his death December 14 1799 and the words it is well
Oct 1785 diary notes reveal Houdon and three assistants arriving by boat from Alexandria to sculpt a bust and life mask of George Washington at Mount Vernon. Measurements and uniform details were recorded, the clay bust left at Mount Vernon, life mask and molds taken to Paris, and Washington’s pose studied in horse purchase discussions. Jefferson praised the likeness as work progressed toward a 1789 completion.
Describes McCall's Monthly Magazine and The Echo as premier all round women’s magazines with fashions needlework recipes and short stories. Notes a splendid twenty four page weekly issue with four pages on important events and illustrations. States yearly subscription for The Echo at $1.50.
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