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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1921
Page
6
Last week Forest Protection Week promoted education on preventing fires and safeguarding forests. The Leavenworth Mercantile Co earned praise for a powerful window display showing the contrast between careful campers and negligent fires. A community wenie roast closed the week with boosters for forest conservation.
The passage describes a 18th or 19th century New England practice where newly married couples appeared in church wearing all their bridal finery. Families competed openly, with four outfits per person and rotating seating to showcase the couple. The bride and groom arrived late, walked arm in arm to fixed seats, and turned slowly to display their attire before the sermon.
Artists in New York exhibited African dolls last year, highlighting a Nyassa region tribe where after death a rough image of the deceased is crafted from rags or wood and kept in a sacred tent. Thousands of doll figures are believed to house the souls of the dead to ward off lurking fiends. Only medicine men may enter the tent.
Canada’s toy industry expanded after the war but depended on imports to meet domestic demand. U.S. toy exports to Canada reached 278 158 in 1918 and 1 872 000 by March 1920, while Japan’s shipments grew to 277 046 and the U.K. saw only small gains. Canada listed about 35 toy factories, producing animals autos boats blocks dolls furniture games and more from celluloid iron steel tin rubber and wood.
An Indianapolis physician invited to a party by a schoolteacher offers to send a substitute in his place. The teacher suggests the janitor, a newcomer, as a plausible stand-in, noting the main risk is whether the man can imitate the doctor and endure tobacco chewing without breaking the ruse.
FOR SALE team of horses weight 2500 and harness 200 Ford 800 cow fresh June 10 75 acetylene light plant 100 200-ft hay carrier cable te ne i also 200 feet pulley cable Beecher Peshastin 22-trip BOYS AND GIRLS Learn sales manship Earn money spare time clean work home town National Publishers Corporation Billings Mont 28-21pd FOR RENT furnished housekeeping rooms and sleeping rooms also room house See or phone Mrs Bethel 227 Benton St upd LOST on Lake Wenatchee road Dec oration Day two quart thermos bottle in black leather case Finder please leave at Leavenworth Echo office Suitable reward
The Knights of Columbus run a Venice social service club and school offering languages navigation and technical classes to American Mediterranean naval unit sailors. Gondoliering has been added as a regular course as sailors enjoy piloting gondolas for Venetian friends, with some becoming expert under Commissioner Edward L. Hearn.
A garbled passage describes a student or teacher remark about selecting students, followed by a janitor fleeing. The misquoted line hints at coercive pressure regarding class preferences, but the text is incomplete and lacks clear characters or events.
The principal, weary from selecting pupils for tasks, is interrupted by a janitor who cautions that a marked crossing is dangerous. He urges sending a traffic officer to prevent possible injury or death of pupils.
A mountain goat led hunter A Finn to a hidden vein after shooting the animal on a glacier. The animal’s fall exposed a long searched for rich ore deposit believed to be among BCs most valuable mines. Finn tracked the goat across rugged terrain then discovered the ore under a rock near the glacier foot.
A strange animal known as the platypus, inhabiting Australian riverbanks, is described as a cross between a mammal and bird with ducklike feet. It lays eggs and feeds with toothlike structures, featuring no external ears and a sharp heart, now on display in Washington.
A Leavenworth anecdote claims gold dust in city water pipes after a housewife finds bright yellow specks in a pan. The piece mocks public opinion, warns of mica misidentification, and urges careful water and forest fire rules alongside lighthearted satire.
Morning watch at 7 with Sunday School at 9 45 led by Rev Whitten of Colville at the Community building. 11 o clock sermon by Rev KE C Newham 5 o clock sermon by Rev C C Curry 6 45 Epworth League topic Thy Kingdom Come in My Country by Jean Osborn 8 o’clock closing address by Rev G F Whitten Rev WM Hoskins pastor.
The Echo advertises readiness to handle top quality commercial and society printing on short notice, highlighting its equipment and capability to meet urgent deadlines.
The article notes new camp fire laws set to take effect after June 10, with details about enforcement and affected areas. It references local authorities and regional compliance expectations for residents and visitors.
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