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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1913
Page
3
A major auto show the first of its kind in the northwest will run the week of February 10 at Seattle Armory. All floor space is booked by dealers and manufacturers with booths planned for nearly every make.
An affidavit by Dr. Martin Damourette of Seattle contests Dr. Frederick Friedman as the discoverer of a turtle serum claimed to cure tuberculosis. Damourette asserts he developed the preparation six years ago and treated hundreds with success. He suspects Friedman’s reports mirror his own serum and may seek Germany to prove the charge. The piece also extols Dr King’s New Discovery for pneumonia and other bronchial ailments with testimonials and prices.
The article describes a float method to estimate stream velocity and discharge. It details selecting a straight channel, marking a bank segment, releasing floats, and timing travel to compute surface velocity. It explains cross sectional area from width and depth, then discharge as area times velocity, with center or multi section approaches for accuracy.
University of Washington zoology assistant professor E Victor Smith outlines a ring count method to determine fish ages. He notes humpback salmon live about two years and that scale rings represent half year growth, with broader rings in summer and narrower in winter.
A list of measures ahead includes a non partisan primary ballot bill a morality based property condemnation bill a state marriage bureau registration for all bachelors and widows a death penalty abolition pension bills for needy teachers and widows and a direct election of the house speaker. also a winter health ad references Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea at City Drug Store.
A sequence of property transfers shows Eliza Warren selling to C E Rood for $1, and numerous other deeds transferring lots, quarters, and tracts to buyers including Lucy Sullivan, Ernest A James, Dan DeLong, Carl W Harrell, Florence A McMillan, Herbert E McDaniel, and Lincoln C Ross, with prices ranging from $1 to $14,500 across multiple blocks and additions in Wenatchee, Mission, Nob Hill, Belmont, Lakeside, and surrounding subdivisions. The list records transfers, parcels, and parcels’ designations such as blocks, lots, and sections, with several entries indicating receipts by hei rs and trusts.
Applications to graze cattle horses and sheep in Wenatchee National Forest for the 1913 season must be filed in Leavenworth Washington by February 15 1913. Full information on grazing fees and blank forms available on request from A H Sylvester paparrisor Waanti 24.
An advertisement touts Solace as a cure for rheumatism neuralgia and headaches with claims of a pure blood restoring effect. It features testimonials and states the product dissolves uric acid crystals, guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drug Law, with Battle Creek Michigan listed as the U S agent.
A California woman reports severe cold and lung soreness eased after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. She notes relief the first night and full recovery within a week. The ad cites Sawtelle resident Marie Gerber and promotes the remedy as available from dealers. Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised for skin eruptions and injuries, priced 25 cents at druggists.
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