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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1914
Page
4
Edwin F. Starr transfers lot 4 and 5 in block 8 Cascade Orchards to Joseph Hewitt. Thomas Burke sells parcels 1 through 7 in block 3 Burke Add to Leav for $1. A G McCoy sells parcels 1 through 4 in block 3 Burke Add Leav to A O Neutzel for $1.
The Alaska engineering board led by Thomas Riggs Jr arrives in Seattle to assemble survey party and equipment for the northern railroad route. Lt. Frederick Mears and W. C. Edes join soon. work aims to December 1 with cost data to President Wilson for route decision. Forest wardens summoned as Western Washington faces fires. logging firms blamed for start-up blazes. Judge Orange Jacobs, Seattle pioneer and former congress delegate, dies at 87 after a long public career.
Advertisement claims Dr Kitte’s New Life Pills keep stomach liver and kidneys in healthy condition and flush poisons from the body. A Chicago user C E Hatfield reports greater relief from one box than any medicine he tried. 25c at your druggist.
The New York American explains that dry indoor air in steam heated spaces makes people feel colder. Keeping moisture in the room allows body perspiration to evaporate with less heat loss, reducing the cold sensation.
Eliza beth Cooper describes Chinese women trained to show no emotion a scene at a reception for a high Chinese official's wife Forty women gathered in a long room with a polished floor The guest of honor appears without visible emotion despite the awkward entrance on a sliding rug and a graceful routine with attendants
London legal circles valorize jurors around sixty for steadier judgment while a fifty year old jury is preferred by some defense counsel in sentimental criminal cases. Education is not essential. common sense and practical wisdom define the ideal juryman.
A Hungarian lawyer Babocsay quarreled with his wife over a baby bat. Her brother Lt Hajdu, a military aviator, was called by the wife. Hajdu’s superior ordered a duel after insults. Babocsay offered apology. Hajdu would accept, but the military officer insisted on a compulsory fight.
In a fatal duel, Babocsay shot Lieutenant Hajdu wounding him in the lung. Hajdu died. Hearing of her brother's death at the hands of her husband, Mme Babocsay attempted suicide twice and was confined to an asylum.
A German professor claims men fall asleep in church because they scrutinize the sermon and the minister's gestures, while women stay awake, more interested in attire and surroundings. He argues women grasp sermons less quickly yet stay alert to social details.
London Letter notes Jules Verne predicted success before his friends, stating he would write a romance in a new form. Soon Five Weeks In a Balloon appeared, proving his theory and establishing a lifelong, groundbreaking career as an author.
In a Chicago municipal campaign a politician sought the grocer’s support. The grocer refused, citing a promise to the other candidate. The politician quipped that promising and performing differ, and the grocer replied he would gladly give a promise instead.
A London News correspondent argues the phrase comes from Dante Alighieri rather than a rogue mischief maker. In The Divine Comedy, Dante and Virgil enter a windy infernal cave where Francesca and Paolo appear, admitting they painted the world red with their sins.
A Hollander newly arrived in the United States struggles with English during a visit, leaving a host and his young son puzzled. The boy asks if the visitor is a broken English man after the guest departs.
A New York Post snippet recounts a scene with a mistress asking an old African American servant if she has seen her eyeglasses. Aunt Missouri replies she has not but offers to find them, asking if they were in the shell.
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