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Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1917

Page

4

Smile Brings Coherence to Wandering Mind in Detroit Love Story

Detroit man Arthur Connor 28, overcome by gasoline fume in his car, lapsed into a prolonged sleep with a detached mind. Nurses and doctors tried drugs and electricity with no success until a nurse named Nellie Winters visited, smiled, and his mind briefly sharpened yielding the first rational words. The couple, both in Grace Hospital with Nellie battling pneumonia, shared a moment that revived Connor. Doctors then found renewed hope for full recovery.

Detroit Mich Arthur Connor Grace Hospital Connor Nellie Winters Miss Winters Nellie

Becomes a Mother at 62 in Milwaukee

Mrs Barone Manzke ages around sixty two cradles a baby girl in Milwaukee as her once strained marriage with Albert reaches a new joy. Four years earlier the couple moved from Zion City to Kenosha for the wedding despite age disparity. The husband works as a chemist in a Milwaukee perfumery lab.

Milwaukee Wis Kenosha Albert

Jersey teacher a heroine during school fire

Miss Bertha Ruth a teacher at public school annex No 4 in St Stanislaus church basement in Garfield calmly kept students calm as smoke from a match sparked by Stephen Westcombe caused a fire. She directed orderly evacuation of 150 pupils and alerted other teachers, averting panic and fire damage.

Miss Ruth

Youth Blinded by Mail Bomb in Plainfield

Joseph Sevigny, a young French resident of Plainfield Connecticut, opened a powdery package that contained an infernal device. It exploded injuring his face and blinding both eyes. Police found strong explosives, steel fragments and coarse sandpaper in the car. package postmarked Taftville.

Plainfield Conn Joseph Emil Sevigny Sevigny Taftville

Golden Calf Litigation Costs Loom Over Hereford Exhibit

A golden calf, claimed by Brunton and Stapleton as either Brunton’s prize Hereford offspring or Stapleton’s scrub cow, has cost about $10,000 in litigation. Born spring 1914, the legal fight has drawn four juries and may reach the state supreme court.

Denver Pitkin Garfield Brunton Stapleton Supreme Court

Chinese revolutionary hero Tsai Ao honored in Shanghai funeral

Shanghai receives the body of General Tsai Ao from Japan with funeral rites featuring scrolls from Yuan Shih Kai’s sons praising him as a model of the people and republic. The American navy and marines attend, Japanese friends march, and thousands of Chinese students participate as Tsai Ao is interred in Hunan.

Shanghai Yuan Shih Kai Tsai Ao Japan Yunnan Yuan Ko Ting Yuan Ko Wen Brooklyn Hunan

Court equips Cupid's Bower at Chicago domestic relations court

Judge John Stelk announces a special room attached to the court to help estranged couples renew affection. The space will feature plants flowers canaries a music box and soft draperies to evoke courting memories and encourage reconciliation. The aim is to coax spouses to spoon and return to proper married life.

Chicago Court of Domestic Relations John Stelk

Deer Fights Cattle. Posse Kills Deer in West Virginia Pasture

A large deer charged a herd owned by W. L. Huffman near Estey West Virginia goring several cows to death. The animal was captured and shot by a posse after the attack.

Estey W. Va W. L. Huffman

Hanging exercise death reported in Chicago suburb

The body of Mrs. Charles B. Young was found hanging in her Riverside home. A verdict of accidental death was returned after relatives said health exercises, including shoulder hanging, were prescribed and she fainted or slipped while following her physician’s instructions.

Chicago Charles B. Young Riverside

Tracing a Counterfeit Bill Through Cities and Scheme Men

A Cleveland bank clerk detects a counterfeit twenty dollar bill and a Secret Service expert traces the note through a shoe dealer, a dentist, a New Orleans brother, a Pittsburgh landlord, a traveling oculist, and a boss carpenter to reveal the grocer as an agent for an organized counterfeiting ring. The case ends with the grocer’s shop closed and shown to be a blind for the gang.

Cleveland Secret Service New Orleans Pittsburgh Middle West Perkins

Raffle Ties Glen Carbon Bachelors to Brides

Three eligible bachelors were won by three women in a matrimonial raffle at a Glen Carbon dance. Joe Clenson, 33, coal miner, won by Maude Fletcher. Charles Hendricks, 38, marble worker, won by Sarah Brown. Joe Jiggers, 34, bartender, won by Rose Brown. The Brown sisters were not present and had numbers drawn by two local helpers.

Glen Carbon Lll Glen Carbon Bachelors’ Club Carl Huffman Joe Clenson Maude Fletcher Charles Hendricks Edwardsville Sarah Brown Denver Joe Jiggers Rose Brown Brown

Plaintiff Attorney Address Notice

S. D. Griffiths appears as the plaintiff's attorney with a post office address at Russell Plough Building Wenatchee Chelan County Washington. The text references dates dec20 and mar2, indicating filing or hearing timeline.

Edgar Newton State of Washington Ira Thomas Plough Building Wenatchee Washington Chelan County S. D. Griffith Russell-Plough Building Wash

Notice of Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate Chelan County WA

Notice of Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate in Chelan County Washington under Cause No 8142 in the Superior Court. Plaintiff Mary A Jewett vs defendants A M Malmgren Margaret B Platt Thomas H Bain Marie Bain T E Egbert. Foreclosure execution action.

State of Washington County of Chelan Margaret A. Smith Charles W. Smith Chelan County Mary A. Jewett A.M. Malmgren Margaret B Platt Thomas H. Bain Marie Bain T. E. Egbert Superior Court State of Washington A. M. Malmgren Wenatchee Heights Wenatchee Wash Bert McManus Said H. K. Lemmon Superior Court of the Mary J. Smith William F Anderson Sarah L. Anderson J.C. McGlothern Mamie Madison J. Kh. Atkeson William F. Anderson Sarah Ll. Anderson J. O. McGlothern Tam Mar Towit Great Northern

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