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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1915
Page
3
The Italian entry into World War I worsens US European trade frictions. Britain and Germany impose new export and shipping barriers, delaying medicines, potash, oils, dyes, and cotton shipments while inspectors and costs rise. Mediterranean traffic tightens as Italy joins the allies.
In Los Angeles George Lee tried to shoot himself with a revolver in his mouth but heard the word Right used in a grocery workplace. The warning made him shift his aim, the bullet only grazing his cheek. He was taken to a hospital and promised a job.
In wartime Europe women assume many roles in village life from butcher to postmistress and town crier. Devon towns and Froissy in Oise show women as chief business and public leaders. Ushant and seven Russian villages also report female governance due to necessity and custom. The pattern persists after epidemics and upheavals.
John Gibson, 48, once blinded by a Milwaukee blast seven years ago, earns a living at the Transient Hotel in Beloit by scrubbing floors and washing windows. He works entirely by touch and mental calculations, earning as much as any sighted porter. He recalls the moment that left him blind after an explosion.
Mrs Made leine Talmadge Force Astor reports as general guardian for John Jacob Astor III that the infant’s trust income of $140,000 a year may be insufficient to cover maintenance. She notes $64,000 spent since birth plus $8,000 for professionals and $5,000 for clothing and care, with expenses largely paid from her own purse.
Washington announces 710 new rural mail delivery routes to serve 32,890 families and extend service to 15,460 more. Most routes began June 15 with cost savings of 511,262 dollars from April–May readjustments. Awaiting signature for new rural auto service under the latest appropriation. First routes start August 1.
Durand former U S census director and Minnesota economist says consumers, mainly women, drive high living costs. He argues homes remain reactionary and lack efficiency, claiming reform would require about fifty years for a moral shift.
New York report details Charles H. Stanley's perfected X ray device enabling continuous exposure without burns. Demonstration shows hand bones visible through a door from twelve feet away, signaling major advance for surgery and therapeutics.
Jess Willard world heavyweight champion ordered cowboy boots by mail from a factory in Olathe Kansas. The boots are 101 percent regular width with a twenty inch calf, the largest yet from the firm in thirty five years. Sixteen artisans hand stitch and finalize each boot.
Paris reports Captain Edmund Thery, a noted economist, estimates first year military expenditures at 50 billion francs for the seven allies and 37 billion francs for Germany Austria and Turkey. That averages 7.25 billion francs monthly and 10 million francs hourly, with Britain France and Russia seen as better able to bear the strain than their foes.
Washington Great Britain has lost far less trade during the war than any of her allies according to figures by the department of commerce. France's sacrifice of American trade has been seven times as great as England's with seven months ending January showing Britain exports down four million two hundred sixty five thousand dollars and Belgium down nine million two hundred forty five thousand. Belgium gained nine hundred thirty thousand while losing ten million two hundred thousand. France gained one million and lost thirty million six hundred thousand. Germany gained one million eight hundred thousand while losing fifteen million six hundred thousand. Net losses show Allies forty eight million versus Germany thirteen million eight hundred thousand.
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