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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1921
Page
3
Amid legends from Friday bad luck to the Flying Dutchman, two American tugs deserted their boats en route from Detroit to New York after a fortune teller warned of doom. The prophecy unsettled crews and alarmed tug owners, turning superstition into costly loss.
A shift from wood to aluminum is imminent as shipping boxes and crates dominate forest harvests. Aluminum, though currently cheap, is poised to become far cheaper and could transform construction of apartments, trains, and ships. The article warns this switch will ease forest depletion and reduce the drain on global forests.
The Empress of Japan brought the first Hindoo woman and first Hindoo boy to Vancouver British Columbia noting thousands of Hindoos already work in forests and mills. The ban on Hindoo women was lifted. the husband who had gone to India returned with his wife and twelve year old son to take up residence and the father plans to enroll the boy in Vancouver public schools.
From a New Guinea magistrate account, the Ag- Inimbu are web footed and spend life in water. They stand upright in water, dive to catch ducks by the legs, and feed mainly on fish water fowl sage and lotus roots. Houses float on poles with pigs under and dead bodies are tied to stakes above flood level.
A gilt plated French dessert service once owned by Emperor Napoleon and bearing the imperial bee cipher was sold at a London auction house. The pattern includes two sugar sifters four spoons two sets of forks and knives with porcelain handles and the buyer’s name was not revealed per the London Times.
United States forest products laboratory research finds wood preservatives need to be water soluble to form a toxic solution, with some cases as low as one millionth. Sodium fluoride and zinc chloride dissolve readily while creosores are sparingly soluble. Nontoxic oils seem to store the toxins and release them gradually into the wood.
Luther Burbank told Colorado potato men how a single seed pod discovered in his patch led to the world famous Burbank potato. He described watching the promising plant, misplacing the pod, and finding it 200 feet away, later planting the seeds to develop the variety.
Jasmine Rhodes, sheltered in a gloomy mansion and loved by her stern father, contemplates an escape when she meets John Westwood the next door neighbor. A young stranger urges bold plans to marry Jasmine, but an elder uncle reveals a path to happiness through honest love over wealth and inheritance.
Indiana reader recounts Harry Grimsley a Cerre Haute Rotary club man from Georgia praising his home state. He boasts of watermelons bought for five cents and claims larger melons there than up north with humorous southern drawl about rind eating and plenty for a family per melon.
The report notes the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem as Islam’s third most sacred sanctuary and historically linked to David Solomon and Mohammed. It also mentions Abd al-Malik, Saladin, and Suleiman, and transitions to a summary of Harveys Nature of Animal Light detailing luminous species and the luciferase luciferin reaction.
A 2 cent piece was dropped into a foundation trench for the Washington statue at Independence Hall in Philadelphia by John Nash a policeman fifty years ago. The coin was uncovered recently during statue work and will be hung in Independence Hall. Nash recalled that 2 cents had triple buying power then. Smoke injures galvanized iron and accelerates corrosion when moisture is present.
A wedding tale unfolds in a church scene where Evelyn marries Maurice Penfield while guests whisper about a mysterious gray lady. Muriel Penfield, Maurice’s sister, appears three times, claiming she is Muriel’s wife and is later revealed to possess a silver hair locket. Evelyn recalls the haunting events and finds inner peace after the relic is returned.
In a satirical note the piece covers a fly as a codefendant in a Maine Supreme Court matter. It describes a summer boarder who rented a hotel room and left after four days, while the court upholds the plaintiff against payment for infested accommodations.
Popular Mechanics describes a Dutch plan to dam the Zuyderzee outlet with a massive dike built on a foundation of bundled tree branches and crushed stone. The project seeks to reclaim land from the sea despite deep water at the Priesland shore.
Dr. Louis Corbett of the University of Cambridge compares tuberculosis decline to leprosy, noting deaths have fallen by about 600 percent since 1865. He cites less overcrowding, better living conditions, improved nutrition, and real ventilation as factors, while noting the war has renewed TB in Europe, especially Austria.
The Motor magazine declares a new courteous motor horn replacing the cacophonous model. It emits a tone that is polite yet powerful, warns pedestrians without offending the ear, and features a tone adjusting mechanism to tailor volume while maintaining a clear warning.
A visiting chef arrives at the hotel kitchen causing fluster among the head waiter and assistants. The kitchen buzzes with activity as diners anticipate a seven course dinner provided by the guest chef.
Dawdle says he has had chances enough but all were poor. He notes that when opportunity knocked Dawdle proceeded to knock the opportunity, as quoted in a Boston Transcript excerpt.
Oliver Bryne and Allie, two lovers entangled by a looming divorce, flee to a woodland inn. They confront past misunderstandings and expose desire to end the marital rift, choosing a shared future over separation as they reunite in a quiet candlelit moment.
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