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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1907
Page
2
An editorial argues the need for a nonpartisan un sensationalist people's lobby to monitor lawmakers in Washington. It laments modern press practices diluting watchdog function and calls for a vigilant but fair mechanism to oversee elected representatives and public integrity.
Talent highlights James Whitcomb Riley's rise from a patent medicine wagon to fame through verse and prose. It traces his early pseudonym Ben F. Johnson and his first book The Old Swimmin Hole. Seumas MacManus arrives to read from his own works and lecture on Irish lore while Edward B. Wesley, Wall Street veteran and 3 million fortune, dies at ninety seven.
Mrs Howard Gould’s sister plans to depart Sun Yue her Chinese bridegroom after attempting to live in a shanty on part of his two dollars a day. Blighted hopes mark the estrangement as his wife’s marbleized heart seems to weigh on the union.
A sequence of property transactions lists transfers between individuals and entities across Chelan Wenatchee and surrounding areas. Notable transfers include Henry Schubert to John B McKee for two lots in Wen, and Mission Canal Co to I W Sherman for two lots in Woodring plat Mission, with prices ranging from 1 to 6500.
A humor piece about widows seeking solace after bereavement through spiritualist seances, followed by notes on Henry B. Irving as a rising American stage actor. Also discussed are critics’ varied views on Irving’s talent, and a report on China’s modernization with a large flour mill planned in Hongkong powered by electricity and water, employing about 300 Chinese workers.
A Boston woman asked a dry goods clerk for adjustable elastic bands for women’s garments, causing shock. Doctors were summoned to treat the frightened clerk after several hours of effort. the clerk was declared out of danger.
The Miss Sartor is described as married with notable ancestry on both sides, tracing to General Grant and the Kembles family, which includes Mrs Iddons. The piece emphasizes distinguished lineage as a defining feature.
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