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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
3
A woman cleaning the home of the late 88 year old Manitowoc pioneer Mrs. Fred Pingle uncovered more than 4000 in nickels dimes quarters and half dollars. The money was concealed in rubbish heaps mattresses quilts under carpet and other unlikely places across the house. The Pingle family once faced loss when a bank failed.
In Wilmington Delaware Mrs Frank Carey of 1802 Gilpin Avenue had her wedding ring lost seven years ago in the yard of her former home. The present occupant found the ring while planting flowers and returned it.
Waterbury Conn Fred Hemmings has devised an electric magnetic device fixed to a ship side to attract torpedoes and lift them onto the deck without exploding. Hemmings believes the invention could revolutionize sea warfare and render vessels immune to torpedo attacks. Naval Board chairman Lawrence Addicks is considering adoption and Theodore Roosevelt sent private congratulations.
Cayuga County Home Defense league sets tractors to plow continuously day and night with three eight hour crews per machine. Searchlights installed to aid work. Farmers charged 2.50 dollars per acre to plow and 3.50 dollars per acre to plow and fit the land, covering operation and maintenance costs.
Olympia State banks report more than 21 million dollars in deposits as part of a regional financial upswing. Okanogan Presbyterians outline a church plan for the community. Chewelah work begins on a large calcine plant to span 10 acres at a cost of 220 thousand dollars.
Charles P Taft II son of former President William Howard Taft and a Yale junior enlisted in the artillery branch of the regular army alongside nine undergraduates. The group will report to Fort Myer Virginia with peers John M Anderson Jr Cincinnati Robert T Cairns Overbrook PA George H Ennis Jr Derby CT John E Fasick Altoona PA Francis T McNamara Clinton MA Cyril B Mosher East Greenwich RI Albert H Stackpole Harrisburg PA H Porter Higganum CT Carl M Thomas St Louis MO.
Virginia Peterson aged three and a half toppled from a float near the Claremont Boat club off One Hundred and Eighth Street and the North River while trying to bathe her Teddy bear. She drowned despite rescue efforts by Robert Harris of 201 West Twenty sixth Street using a pulmotor. The child lived with her mother at the boat club where she worked as maid.
A bachelor narrator recounts a single life altering psychic experience on a summer railway journey. He awakens to a mysterious woman on a parallel train who urges him to follow her, leading to a fatal wreck later confirmed by telegraph reports. He ponders whether the figure is a real person, a spiritual being, or a memory linked to a deceased childhood playmate.
Chelan County sheriff Burt McManus announces a public sale of real property to satisfy John J. Thomas v J Louis Phipps Ellen A Phipps Dan J Coffin Lillie Coffin Zener Hill Lamb Davis Mills Kisling Emma Kisling mortgage judgment for 3120 plus 10 percent interest, taxes, attorney fees, costs. Sale June 16, 1917 at 10 a.m. at the Chelan County Courthouse Wenatchee.
Foreclosure sale in Chelan County Superior Court on June 16 1917 at 10 a.m. at the courthouse front door. Aaron Woolard plaintiff vs J A Graham and James A Graham as administrator of Margery L Graham deceased. Judgment for 2787 29 plus 10 interest and 273 attorney fees and 18 costs. Property described as lots 27 28 20 and 30 in block 6 of the Great Northern Plat Wenatchee.
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