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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1916
Page
4
Johnny Hoxey a fourteen year old slips into a seven year sleep and awakens as a twenty one year old man. He finds Lucy Treadwell his childhood chum now grown into a woman and discovers he has slept in the same room across years with his best friend while his family and doctors adjust to his return to life.
A New York Post fragment argues that the best novels are named for their protagonists. It cites Dickens David Copperfield, Thackeray Henry Esmond, Scott Ivanhoe, Hardy Tess of the D Urbervilles, Meredith The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Haggard Allan Quatermain, and Tolstoy Anna Karenina as examples.
The London Chronicle notes that historically there were nine places named Athens in Greece, with the great Attic Athens singled out in Plutarch’s time. It explains Athena as the city’s eponym, linking names to mythic founders like Theseus and describing Athens as a union of many parts.
A Kansas City Star excerpt notes Spanish courtship restricts engagements with parents deciding dates and long engagements common. Best man and maid of honor cover much wedding cost while sugar almonds replace cake and guests abroad receive mailed favors.
A moral lecture contrasts laziness with health risks including muscle degeneration and internal fat buildup. A passing show gag shifts to a humorous exchange where a new servant is told to answer the door, prompting a quip about expecting visitors.
A brief moral reflection warns that not every youth should detail every evil seen. It urges keeping the atmosphere pure and fragrant with gentleness and charity, attributed to Dr John Hal.
A brief dialogue shows Larry and Harry debating why Larry looks glum. Larry reveals his wife left yesterday morning but returned last night, clarifying the source of the mood.
A club fellow notes a man running a roaring business by shouting through a megaphone on a sightseeing bus. The quip highlights a loud, attention grabbing enterprise in a city tour setting.
A Tiptonville tale follows May Fletcher a flirtatious girl and several suitors. Parson Brown is blocked by a hog accident, Charles Rensew’s sneeze reveals a false tooth, and George Fox rescues May from a tree with a squint and proposes. They marry after a brief tour to Boston or Niagara Falls.
Wenatchee Washington James Keane of Rock Island uses a 2500 foot 2 inch galvanized iron pipe to transport wheat from his plateau farm to a town warehouse cutting transport cost to 2 cents per bushel from 15 to 20. A sacker device weighs and sacks the grain at the town end and a rapid flow deposits grain at about a sack per minute.
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