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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
6
The piece argues that workdays feel long due to personal faults or health and age and suggests fame cannot replace real effort or barter for basic needs. It reflects on job fit and the value of labor over celebrity status.
Seniors hear Prof Hodge from Cheney Normal on a physics lab experiment about a pretty girl to test if boys turn to rubber. May 8 marks the annual exhibit with tea for visitors 2 to 8 pm. Senior class holds meeting and names pink rose as flower and Carry on as motto. Found items left in waste basket with owner to claim at desk 10 senior row. Commencement speaker date shifted to May 17 with Prof FE J Klemme delivering the address.
The Elliott Realty Company urges buyers to act, noting rising rents and expected price jumps. Listings include an eight room modern home with four large lots valued at 2500 but offered at 1600 with 300 down. The firm reports high demand and frequent deals, inviting clients to visit or call.
Leavenworth high school marks its fifth commencement at Scenic theatre. Typewriting tests show students average 35 words a minute, above the 30 word standard. Seniors tease graduation pins delay while planning the class luncheon and a May 9 stage production It Pays to Advertise.
A senior class poem laments leaving Leavenworth High as piano students of Mrs. Thos. Mullen announce a May 8 recital at the high school auditorium with a 15 cent admission. Separately, hundreds of thousands of lady bugs are shipped to Wenatchee Yaki ma Olympia and Clarkston to combat aphids.
A lengthy roster enumerates Honor Week subscriptions ranging from $50 to $1,000. Names appear with multiple households and couples noted, including John Ewing and J. E. Schubert, J. L. Stafford, Mrs. W. Hoff, Nick Cowling, Alma Rena Wheeler, and Elmer Guy Wheeler among others.
R. E. Simmins, a foreign trade expert for the American lumber industry, estimates western Europe including England, France, Belgium, and Holland will need 7 billion feet of lumber annually for the next four years. He says much of their past Russian supply will shift to the United States.
A California woman has been appointed state squirrel inspector, a role overseeing wildlife concerns and urban coexistence with the rodent population. The appointment marks a notable expansion of state wildlife oversight and public safety in urban ecosystems.
C. J. Melver was brought to Leavenworth Hospital after bruises from boarding No 1 at Drury with injury severity uncertain. Chas Eckhart joined the Sanitary Market replacing Martin Christensen who resigned. The railroad asks Oregon and Washington fir manufacturers to supply 2,000,000 ties worth about 750000. Thirteen Tacoma sheet metal plants now operate as open shop.
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