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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1920
Page
3
Barcaly lucks into a keg of old lager found during excavations for two stores near K and V hardware. Work halted as the keg is disposed of with ceremony. Local notices report Wenatchee scores and society chatter, including visits, travel, and a funeral scene with Sheriff McManus in attendance.
A short note recalls a young resident promising to refrain from disturbance after a neighbor incident in a Leavenworth reading area. The clipping mixes personal notices with multiple classifieds and a public sheriff sale notice referencing Nathan C Williamson and Eva Marie Williamson in Chelan County.
Rev. John Foster describes a man of uncertain character who laments his embarrassments as fate condones his lack of adaptation. He imagines alternate estates and scorns his own inaction, blaming fortune for misaligned talents health age and connections.
Near Fontainebleau France a carload of crystallized sugar was stolen by bees. Guards failed to stop the theft as bees carried water from nearby fountains to melt sugar into droplets that they moved to their hives. The Avon area bee farms were nearby as the tale unfolded.
Australia credits its battle cruiser for defending Sydney and Melbourne at the war’s start. The Australian Arts Club donated tintings drawings and etchings to HMAS Australia’s ward room, created by club members and leading Commonwealth artists. Commodore Thuouresq hosted the club committee at luncheon aboard the battle cruiser anchored in Sydney harbor near Palm Cove.
Notice states that on the Saturday and Sunday of May 1920 at 10 am the front door of the Court House in Wenatchee will sell described property to satisfy a judgment with costs interest and attorney fees. The sale is to be cash at public auction to the highest bidder. Herman Howe, attorney for plaintiff, Leavenworth Washington, April dates provided.
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