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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1912
Page
4
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as internal medicine that reaches the disease seat in the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims physician backing and a two-part formula with tonics and blood purifiers. The note invites testimonials and lists Toledo Oh as the company location with price five cents per bottle.
The Washington tax commission reports total state taxes for 1911 at 29,030,234.55 across counties. Chelan pays 441,322 with 13.62 mills on actual valuation, King County 7,507,330, and San Juan the smallest at 44,740. The document notes county variance in rates, industrial insurance effects, and a DuPont challenge to the law.
In King County Superior Court a suit seeks to compel the Industrial Insurance Commission to act on a boy killed by a train while employed by an interstate railroad. The commission rejected the claim citing lack of jurisdiction since the railroad was interstate. The issue is new to courts and will go to the U S Supreme Court after state court rulings.
A county list of property transfers including N L Wood to W J Bush, Lamb Davis Lumber Co to Sarah S Davis, C M Gerry to J S Gerry, and multiple town of Cashmere and Chelan lots. Notable entries include Hillside add Chelan parcels, Leav and Motteler deeds, and sales with nominal amounts such as 1 dollar and 500 dollars.
A string of property transfers in Leavenworth Wenatchee and surrounding areas lists tracts, additions, and estates including Sunnyslope Farms Leavenworth Gardens and Burrells Add with prices from $1 to $40 and notes on buyers US to O Olson and others. A short humor piece ends with a quip about a late arrival for supper and a suggestion to take Chamberlain's Tablets sold by City Drug Store.
Notice from the U S Land Office Waterville Washington dated February 20 1912 announces William W Stephens of Leavenworth Washington filed intent to make final five year proof to establish claim to farm land described adjoining homestead No 8616 in section 82 township 25 range 18 EK W Meridian. Proof to be given before Frank A Reynolds Leavenworth Washington on April 10 1912 witnesses named G W Hoxsey Charles Anderson Nicholas Kin scherf and F A Losekamp all of Leavenworth Washington. mchl-29 W F Haynes Register
Speaker Champ Clark recalls a Missouri lawyer named Strange who falls ill and jokes with his wife about a headstone reading Here lies an honest lawyer The wife questions the plan but the lawyer insists that passersby will remark That’s Strange, making his surname the punchline.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s ArnicaSalve as the swift cure for eczema rashes tetter chafings and minor injuries in children and warns of its unmatched healing for boils ulcers and fever sores. It also promotes Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring purifier for fatigue poor appetite and digestive woes with a sales pitch from City Drug Store.
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