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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1907
Page
1
A historical critique argues for a nonpartisan, capable people’s lobby to oversee honest legislation and keep corruption in check. It laments the erosion of press watchdogs by associations and calls for a reformed, independent public advocacy free from sensationalism.
Talent recounts James Whitcomb Riley’s ascent from tail end of a patent medicine and concert wagon to popularity. It notes his early writing on country papers and his debut as Ben F. Johnson with The Old Swimmin Hole and Seven More Poems, plus a White House recital past.
Irish writer Seumas MacMantly arrives in Mount Charles after three years away. He plans readings from prose and verse and lectures on Irish wit, humor, fairy lore, and the state of old Ireland, aiming to excite interest alongside his literary notes.
A sequence of real estate transfers shows Henry Schubert to John B McKee for two lots in Wenatchee, W J Malloy to McKee for a third lot, and multiple other conveyances involving Chelan Wenatchee and surrounding plats. Transactions include parcels in Gibson add Chelan, Woodring plat Mission, Entiat Fruit lands, and Ralston Leavenworth additions with prices ranging from 1 to 23,000 dollars.
A widow seeks consolation after her husband’s death and contacts a medium. In a séance she asks if the departed John is happy and in hell, and the reply is yes he is far happier, prompting reflection on grief and loss.
A Milwaukee Sentinel humorous quote recalls a little girl's remark on morality. After her mother warns her heaven awaits only if she behaves, the child responds she has already attended two theaters a party and a circus and cannot go everywhere.
A Boston visitor asked for elastic bands used to support female garters in a Harrington dry goods store. The head clerk was frightened and two doctors attended him after hours of effort, but he remained alive.
Critics compare Henry B Irving to his father Sir Henry highlighting both likeness and limitations. Some call him promising though unripe while others note genius lacking warmth. Elsewhere a Hongkong mill project to be powered by electricity aims for 600 horsepower and 8 000 sacks daily with 300 Chinese workers.
The Miss Sartoris who just married descends on one side from General Grant and on the other from the Kembles, a family including Mrs. Iddons. It is noted as a remarkable heredity combination in the lineage.
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