Just for a Handful of Silver and Higher Ideals
A meditation on money versus genius and virtue. Great figures from Luther to Lincoln face the lure of wealth yet often choose service or art over riches. The essay argues that money can corrupt true aims and that the ideal of noble living surpasses golden gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Luther
John Milton
Shakespeare
Shelley
Burns
Keats
Dickens
Hugo
Handel
Mozart
Wagner
Raphael
Newton
Stevenson
Edison
Marconi
Lorenz
Gladstone
Lincoln
McKinley
Rockefellers
Carnegies
Morgans
Armours
Theodore Roosevelt
McCurdy
Plain Jones
Wall Street
Dear Uncle Donald advises a quiet breakup
A young man asks how to end a long time romance. Uncle Donald urges deliberate neglect and costly manipulation to cause public humiliation, then abandonment. He advises stinginess, harshly criticizing her, and adopting an air of ownership to prompt her breakup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
Old Liberty Bell May Visit Varsity Campus
The Liberty Bell could stay at the University of Washington campus for a day if Seattle’s Commercial Club plan succeeds. Prof Vernon Parrington leads a petition effort signed by students to request the relic be left for public viewing west of the Cascades. Richard Saxe Jones chairs the arrangements committee and will circulate copies on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
San Francisco
University of Washington
Seattle Commercial Club
Vernon L. Parrington
The
Cascades
Richard Saxe Jones
Colman Building
Committee On
Navy Dry Dock Nears Completion at Bremerton Opening
The $2,000,000 Bremerton dry dock, four years in build, will open March 1 with the battleship Oregon first to use it. It is the largest graving dock in the United States and will enable docking of any navy vessel. Bremerton to host its biggest celebration with Gov. Lister and state officials invited, plus delegations from Western Washington business groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremerton
Oregon
United States
Gov. Lister
Washington
Unusual West accident involving L. C. Smith building mast
A four ton mast from a derrick used to assemble the 42 story L. C. Smith building fell from the 36th floor and plowed through floors to stop on the first, causing about 100 dollars in damage with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Smith
Real Estate Transfers Record Listing Numerous Property Deeds
A long list details transfers in multiple towns including Chelan Cashmere Entiat Millerdale and Cashmere again. Notable names include Effie M Garrett Elwood A Course Theodore E Lind William E Gurr and Joseph Earhart. Prices range from $1 to $10,000 with parcels described by sections blocks and tracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie M Garrett
Elwood
Adam Weber
C B Warner
Theodore E Lind
William E Gurr
Chelan
F W Smith
Joseph Earhart
Millerdale
W Smith
Doctors warn economy of thin stockings risk to clinics
A New York physician claims thin women’s footwear sustains doctors financially. The ad extols Cham berlain's cough and cold remedy as effective, pleasant, and safe, urging immediate treatment for colds to prevent pneumonia. Sold by all dealers. Echo readership urged to choose it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chamberlain
Man of Good Taste and Judgment Wins Business Allies
The description praises a man of good taste judgment and ability as the one who succeeds and earns business from others, portraying him as the preferred partner and respected figure in trade.
State Budget Plans Increases For Institutions
The budget bill proposes $9,536,628 for maintenance and salaries of all state institutions for 1913 14, an overall increase of about $1.8 million from the prior biennium. The University gains $2,000,000, Washington State College receives $220,000, and all institutions are allotted between $20,000 and $100,000 more than last appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Appropriations Committee
Washington State College
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Lovers’ Corner
Uncle Donald
OLD Liberty Bell
Varsity
Smith
Chelan County Abstract Company
OB Robertson
Ray Robertson
Leay Swallwell Swartout Co
J Green
Manson J Green
Charles C Ward
Harriett O Ward
Town Manson
A Grover
L P Hamilton
C H Merritt
S A Grover
Leon Gray Mabie
G W Parrish
S W Sherman
George Lintz
Eliza
T McChesney
Col
Lbr & Log Co
H Atkinson
Faulkner
Nolan & Jones Progressive Tailors
City Drug Store
Front
Kise Eae
Crescent
Crescent Manufacturing Company
Seattle
Attorneys AT Law
Lewis J. Nelson
Elliott Block
Leavenworth, Wash
DER
W. Hoxset
J. B. Adams
E. H. Fox
Smith Building
Carlquist
Leavenworth, Washington
John E. Porter
Attorney At Law Notary Public
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Wash
Tra Thomas
G. G. Hannan
Thopias & Hannan Lawyers
Rarey Building
Wenatchee
Reeves, Crollard
Reeves
Reeves Building
Farmers
B. J. Williams
A N. Corbin
Williams
Corbin
Lake Wenatchee
Leavenworth
GEO. Liverly
DR. J. Stillson Judah
Koerner
A. G. McKeown
P. A. Snyder
Mercial Club
W.W. M. McCoy
Columbia Valley Bank Building
Wenatchee, Wash
Leavenworth Undertaking Co
Congregational Church
H. N. May
Whitney & Hughes Lawyers
Columbia Valley Bank Bldg
Arthur J. Cook
Leavenworth Wash
HOTEL
Elman
Depot
Court House
Wallace Barn
Sadale
East End
Front St
C. W. Wallace
Leavenworth Hand Laundry
City Drag Line
Rainier Beer
Lee J. Howerton
Cascade Undertaking Company
Town & Kuelbs
Mrs. D.C. Town
Mgr
N. L. Brown
Echo
Wenatchee Abstract Company Incorporated
R. W. Vermilya
Chelan County
Columbia
Wally Bank
Wenatchee, Washington
Chelan County Abstract Co
J.a.gellatly
W. W. Gray
Becy
Cascade Aerie No
Sitend
A. .M Johnson
Worthy Pres
I. W. Faulkner
Retary
Knights of
Pythias
Remen's Brown
C.C
C. W. Moort
Chickamin Lodge
I. Co. F
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Art Nson
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