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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1909
Page
2
A mangled public notice fragment outlines advertising practices and communications to The Leavenworth Echo. It mentions subscription rates, editorial concerns, and promotional schemes, with unclear references to deadlines and notices from a historical timeframe.
A subscriber notice warns that late payments beyond a year may lead to removal from the mailing list to protect postal privileges. It states two notices will be sent before action is taken and urges remittance before subscription expires.
An adjourned council meeting failed to renew the water company contract due to lack of funds, risking hydrant service as fire season nears. Citizens formed a subscription plan while officials debate funding and corporate responsibility for fire protection.
The Echo condemns rival advertising as overly regressive and says its own county apple image deserved better. The World of Monday claims the critique showed unfriendly intent after The Echo failed to land the county printing contract.
A small frame house owned by F Freund burned Tuesday morning between eight and nine o'clock at the east end of Front street. Occupied by Conductor Davis family with two children inside. mother absent. All household goods and clothing lost. Insurance on the house was 350 dollars. Fire believed to have started from the kitchen stove. Volunteers drove the apparatus to the scene but the hose was too short to reach from the nearest water source.
The Methow region sees updates on Chewawa Lead and Silver Smelting Co prospects with Ellis and Thompson optimistic about a paying mine. Newton Williams promotes mule and horse breeding as a future market, arguing horses won’t be displaced by automobiles and urging western farm investment.
A New York World note explains the heart’s adaptability and endurance. It compares the organ’s daily work to lifting 120 tons one foot, computed from a single beat to daily effort, praising the heart as a remarkable, tireless engine of life.
Janet discloses to her household that she and David plan to marry next Sabbath. She recalls how a shared cake and a copied recipe signaled the moment he would propose, with Janet certain the wedding would occur within the month.
A Collier's Weekly piece describes the hippopotamus as a floating island in African rivers. It notes the creature’s massive five ton body, reddish bristled skin, broad head, and extremely large jaw with tusks, comparing its scale to a boys school dining hall.
Among Mary Stuart s watches a coffin shaped crystal case stands out and a bequest to her maid Mary Seaton features a skull watch. The skull forehead bears death s scythe and hourglass while Time sits at the back and Eden with the crucifix crown the head. Inside the holy family appears among angels and shepherds worshiping the newborn Christ.
The article explains egg white as an antidote for poisoning by strong acids or corrosives, stating it coagulates the poison and protects the stomach when swallowed quickly. It notes alum-curd as an astringent eye poultice and mentions yolk used for jaundice and as a diet for dyspeptics.
At Haydon's house Keats raises a toast condemning Newton for “destroying the poetry of the rainbow by reducing it to a prism.” Guests react with surprise as Wordsworth seeks an explanation and the assembly echoes the toast with confused assent to the savant.
In Punch's Almanac a humorous exchange shows an old nurse teasing Miss Mary about moving to New Zealand. The nurse jokes about swapped day and night and the girl acknowledges the adjustment will take time.
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