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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1917
Page
3
Ruth Law, holder of the American nonstop record, argues for a school of advanced flying in the United States. She cites French centers at Pau as essential, details maneuvers like loops and dives, and says better dodging and speed give the edge in aerial combat.
German sailors held as prisoners of war at Fort McPherson will till land to boost food production. Officials plan to compensate them under international law and provide land nearby. The aim is to feed prisoners and U.S. soldiers if possible. The men no longer salute the flag and remain in quarters when the flag is lowered.
Free Methodist minister Rev. Arthur Co. Palmer survived an ambush when a shooter’s bullet struck his Bible, which he kept under his arm after turning over threatening communications to police. The messages warned to “get him sure” if he continued reform efforts in the city.
Historian tone claims Washington portrait debunks myths about his teeth and supplies at Valley Forge. A New York Sun correspondent cites Stuart’s full length Washington portrait in New York Public Library and a letter thanking the owner for supplying a symmetric bust foundation and a smaller portrait gift.
A Harper's Magazine piece recalls a domestic anecdote about a sharp reprimand that ends with a defiant retort from a South Carolina nurse. It then moves to Sir Hiram Maxim and how printer errors shaped his business legends from The United States Electric Lighting Company to a British venture misread as The Maxim Gum Company.
A mother asks her son Bobby to share the largest candy with his sister, citing the hen giving the best treats to chicks. Bobby answers that he would, too, if it were worms, reflecting a humorous, practical view on generosity.
The text notes an ancient measure of a generation as 100 years in Genesis and contrasts it with later reckoning of 30 to 40 years, as seen in Job. It highlights a transition in how generations were counted across periods.
In a playful dialogue a child asks about incongruity and an uncle answers with a paradoxical image of a divorce lawyer humming a wedding march, blending separation and ceremony in a single moment.
The rapid growth of polar vegetation is attributed to atmospheric electric currents driving plant life in Arctic and Antarctic zones. This unusual link suggests electrical activity influences photosynthesis or soil conditions across high latitude ecosystems.
Neuralgia is nerve pain and neuritis is nerve inflammation. Pain in neuralgia comes and goes while neuritis is a steady ache along the affected nerve. The underlying cause may be malaria alcoholism diabetes lead poisoning gout rheumatism Brights disease or a diseased tooth or ovary. treatment must address the root illness.
Washington reports claims by American and foreign holders against Mexico total about 1.0 billion dollars, with 475 million tied to American losses. As a stable government forms, the Wilson administration may back a loan to Mexico, contingent on Fletcher investigations.
Harry York twenty four year old shot his seventeen year old bride Anna May on Christmas day then killed himself after learning men aged twenty one to thirty might be drafted. He had married Anna May that Christmas and feared leaving her for war. She read conscription questions aloud when he fired, then killed himself.
Twenty one gray wolves, the largest Oklahoma pack in years, were driven to earth twelve miles northeast of Beggs by J A Scott and Boyce Green. Two old wolves and several young were killed. the hunters saved some pups after the chase.
Rover George Weise, a former sailor with a roving disposition, received 390.25 dollars from the local free legal aid bureau as his share of an uncle's estate in Adrian Michigan. He had delayed applying since the uncle’s death eighteen years ago due to not staying in one place long enough. Bureau official Conckling contacted Adrian and obtained a quit claim deed to the property from Edward Bauer, the current owner.
Smith Center Kansas reports Frank Nichols Hives on route No 5 avoids mail by carrier. For years he drives eleven miles each Saturday to the post office, arguing carrier service is a government expense and fuels mistaken views on farm youth.
In Honolulu Tax Collector Charles T. Wilder hooked a large game fish only to have a shark bite off half the catch while he battled it in. The head and forebody remained, with the tail and hind part missing, evidence of two shark grabs. The incident challenges ideas that sharks cannot bite underwater.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher argues parents must train children in money spending to counter American waste. She warns against viewing thrift as stinginess and urges practical experience with wise spending to align with the country’s spirit and age.
The article recounts Amru’s Egyptian campaign with a dove nesting near his tent leading to the founding of a northern Nile city, now Cairo, while Memphis fades to a historic name. It also notes apple rust origins from red cedars and recommends resistant varieties like Winesap and Grimes' Golden, with Wealthy being highly susceptible.
United States Department of Agriculture data shows the average annual cost of service in many bull associations was $3.48 per member, reflecting the economies of scale in pure bred bull services for dairy herds.
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