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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1917
Page
4
In a southern household an elderly African American woman vents in the kitchen after a reprimand. The shrill vituperation and rattling dishes echo through the home, shocking Mrs. C who asks whom she is addressing. The reply: I ain't talkin' to nobody, but I don't keer who in dis house hears me.
Miss Ethel A Grosscup plans a coast patrol camp at Seaside Park New Jersey. A battalion of 200 girls will train in coastal defense and Red Cross work under her direction this summer with state approval and camp gear provided. The group will use Major Moss code for drill and study.
Washington calls for an international mobilization of scientific research to defeat Germany. Dr George E Hale, chairman of the National Research Council, appeals to Royal Society Paris Academie Des Sciences and others urging collaboration under Wilson and the Defense Council. Textile experts offer services to mobilize the nation’s textile resources for war.
Congressman Dudley Doolittle of Kansas returns from Washington with wife and two month old daughter Beverly. To make the long trip home comfortable they carried the infant in a large market basket lined with pillows and quilts, and Beverly slept most of the journey.
A youth about thirteen or fourteen in Danville Illinois tried to hold up Theo dore Swindall of the south side. Swindall took the boy across his knee and spanked him after the confrontation.
Haverstraw New York relatives searching the Grimes home uncovered 25000 dollars in cash and securities and deeds worth more. They found seven dust covered bank books and plan to continue the search for additional treasure in the isolated Grassy Point residence of the late Frank Grimes.
Ruth Law urges a national advanced flying school to train aviators in high level maneuvers. She notes France’s Pau center trains fighters before front duty and argues victory hinges on dodging, skill, and surprise in air battles.
At Fort McPherson Atlanta 411 German sailors held as prisoners will till soil to boost food production. Authorities plan compensation under international law and assign land nearby. They aim to feed prisoners and U S soldiers if possible. German behavior toward the flag has changed since the war began.
The Rev. Arthur C. Palmer Free Methodist minister of Follawsbee West Virginia owed his life to his Bible after turning over threatening communications to police. He was ambushed and shot at but the bullet lodged in his Bible carried under his arm, ending the attack.
The anecdote recalls Sir Hiram Maxim noting printer errors in U S Electric Lighting stationery and a later misprint in England that turned his name into The Maxim Gum company illustrating the need for precise printing.
A mother asks her son Bobby to share with his sister and notes that even a hen gives the big dainties to the chicks. Bobby replies he would, too, if it were worms, highlighting a humorous lesson on generosity.
In early times a generation was counted as a hundred years as shown in Genesis. Later reckoning shifted to thirty to forty years as in Job. The note traces the transition in ancient succession methods.
A captain of industry compares a man lacking self control to a hunting dog chasing deer fox and cotton tail. The analogy notes the dog starts with deer then shifts to fox and later rabbit, ending far from home by late afternoon in a swamp with a treed chipmunk.
A New York Sun correspondent questions the authenticity of George Washington’s legs in Stuart’s full length portraits. The piece notes rumors about false teeth and powder filled sand barrels at Valley Forge, and cites a Stuart letter thanking a donor for supplying a symmetrical foundation for the bust and a smaller portrait as tokens of gratitude.
George Weise a former sailor in St Louis received 390.25 dollars from the local free legal aid bureau as his share of his uncle Edward Bauer’s estate in Adrian Michigan. Bureau officials contacted Adrian for information and B A Cole the present property owner sent the funds along with a quit claim deed.
John F. Stanley, 76, superintendent at the Maine fish hatchery grounds, and his wife, 71, were badly injured when a net buck charged the pair. Mrs. Stanley, in a nightgown, was aided by a collie that drove the animal away. The buck was killed by state order.
Tax Collector Charles Wilder battled a large game fish off Honolulu when a shark seized half the catch, leaving only the head and fore portion. The shark fired two bites, proving water biting possible upright.
A quip about an incongruity is framed as a dialogue with Uncle William. A divorce lawyer hums a wedding march to illustrate the joke.
Rapid vegetation expansion in polar regions is linked to atmospheric electric currents. Researchers note enhanced plant growth correlates with changes in atmospheric electricity affecting soil and climate.
The article explains neuralgia as nerve pain and neuritis as nerve inflammation. It notes neuralgia is a symptom and not a disease, with causes including malaria alcoholism diabetes lead poisoning gout rheumatism Brights disease or dental issues. Treatment should address underlying causes.
Elassie the Rhode Island Red, owned by L. P. White of Birch Run Kanawha County, has laid an egg every day for two months. The eggs are unusually large with the latest measuring eight and a half inches long and seven inches in circumference. Fos sle is less than one year old.
Smith Center Kansas anecdote notes Frank Nichols who refuses carrier delivery. Each Saturday he travels the eleven miles from his route No. 5 home to the post office to collect mail himself. He argues carrier service is unnecessary government expense and misleads rural youths.
In Flushing New York a mule owned by Belmont Coal company was burned when a live wire touched its ear in a mine. Dr. W H Stevens performed surgery and reattached the ear. The operation was successful and the mule should not be disfigured.
Kansas City area report says chicken thieves robbed a farmer of about two dozen chickens but could not start the stolen automobile and left the flivver behind. The farmer later claimed the machine was appropriated but he believes the thieves gained little from the bargain.
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