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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1920
Page
3
A short vignette from Ben King presents a lament on scarcity and movement through life. The verse catalogs endless nothingness from daily needs to breathing and sleep, ending with a paradox that everything moves yet nothing lasts, concluding with a note on common sense.
The Kansas City Times notes the unusual resignation of Merriam constable William Lowry. With Merriam’s “mind your own business” stance, there is little constable work left and no local campaign to fill the post. Squire John White mostly handles marriages and pension papers, while bank visits are a minor irritant.
In Merriam the crowd approves a good resolution to mind own business and help neighbors. Elder Thomas Scaggs, 84, inspires the plan after a meeting where residents choose to curb gossip. Since then a lumber firm, an 18 room school, sidewalks, a bank, a new Disciples of Christ church, and growth follow despite prior failures.
Simple glycerine and buckthorn bark tincture marketed as Adlerika relieves any case of gas or sour stomach by acting on both bowels and removing foul matter. Promoted to cleanse stomach, prevent appendicitis, and even cure long standing constipation with one dose as vouched by a local druggist.
Echo office lists cloth trespass signs for sale to warn hunters fishers and others off land. August 2.
Dr. Frank Crane argues in People’s Magazine that labor craves democracy over wages or welfare. He defines democracy as the right to shape one’s life, work conditions, opinions, and associations, free from being treated as property or compelled by bosses.
Harvard education researchers report public school entrants show higher scholarship averages and better disciplinary records than private school peers. Analyzed from over 4 800 freshmen who began in 1902 to 1912, the study credits Professors Holmes Levy and Gordon.
Lands totaling 160 acres in Wenatchee National Forest Washington will open to settlement and entry under homestead laws and the 1906 act at Waterville land office on February 17 1920. Affected applicants may have a preference right if they meet prior agricultural use and qualification requirements. First publication December 26 1921.
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