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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1916
Page
3
Harrisburg governor says 95 percent of growing girls in Pennsylvania cannot cook an egg or bake bread and urges schools to restore bread pan and skillet training. He promotes farming life, courting early, and vocational education to prepare girls for wifehood and mothers.
Miss Mary Wohlford a 22 year old Stanford student and Escondido native will take charge of the gas and electric corporation she bought at public auction for 10000. She aims to learn all about the plant and its production while completing another year of electrical engineering studies at the university.
Denver reports Mr. and Mrs. James Jones of Buchanan county Missouri visiting their son Claire Jones in the city. He is ninety-one, she four years younger. Married July 22 1845 they have fourteen children seven boys and seven girls four living all over sixty. Fifty-eight grandchildren and eight or ten great grandchildren. Also New York news notes Ruth Rogers named ugliest girl and Huntly Gordon actor as partners at Madison Square Garden grand march.
Baltimore health commissioner Dr. John D. Blake argues wooden fences harbor dirt and pests. He claims high wooden fences block air circulation and create breeding grounds for rats flies and mosquitoes, urging removal to curb disease and promote cleaner backyards.
Murdock Schloss of Colorado guards brings $100000 raised by Mississippi cotton buyers to Morris H. Rothschild in New York. The youth in uniform proclaims the money and earns a substantial reward as Mississippi growers gain nearly $600000 from the move.
The New York employment officer says office boys are becoming extinct as families keep youths in school longer. He notes many applications monthly but few hires, due to improved finances and the lure of skilled labor.
Police stop a hurried suspect who claimed the contents of a parcel under his arm were part of an emergency. The parcel reportedly held cocaine and heroin and Paul Harvey was later held on a burglary charge in Morrisania court. In Wisconsin birds blocked a gas outlet, causing a temporary gas outage until the nest was removed.
In Paris a French peasant soldier stands guard at a railway line to deter spies and sabotage. Mobilized since August 3 1914 he serves on interior guard duty near his home while his wife and aging parents labor in the fields, all for la patrie.
Foreclosure sale of real property in Chelan County Washington ordered by the Superior Court. Plaintiff Louis F. Mass seeks to satisfy a judgment of 4120.76 plus interest costs and fees through public auction on November 11, 1916 at 10 o'clock a.m. at the court house front door Wenatchee. Description covers 14 acres in section 18 township 25 north range 20 east with 7-180 interest in the Detwiler Hanan Irrigating Ditch. Sheriff Chas Kenyon notes sale to satisfy mortgage lien and costs.
Forget Your Aches with Sloan's Liniment the universal pain remedy. It penetrates without rubbing soothing tender flesh and is cleaner than ointments or poultices. Useful for strains sprains sore muscles and wrenched ligaments with quick relief on hand at your druggist 25c.
In Santo Domingo Lieutenant Kingston of the U S Marines tested endurance by guiding 118 men aged nineteen to fifty two with field gear up an eight mile mountain path within two hours. Eighty four finished on time, including twenty percent aged forty four and over. The successful group averaged twenty nine years, while failures averaged twenty four years due to tender foot recruits. The test supports the idea that trained middle age can rival unseasoned youth.
Arthur George a Tacoma painter filed a solemn declaration with the county clerk asserting he never died and is not dead. He challenged the probate court decision that gave $750 Seattle real estate to Mrs. George, who is now dead, after seven years of unclaimed property. He says he lived as himself in Edmonton Canada throughout the period and moved to Tacoma about a year ago.
Mrs Georgia A Robinson named by Police Chief Snively to the Los Angeles police force making her the first colored woman in the United States to hold such a post She speaks French fluently and studies Spanish In her role she visits cafes dance halls and other amusements frequented by black youths.
An electrical storm in Janesville Wisconsin caused damage including a lightning strike that passed through to a pantry and set a fireless cooker. No other damage was reported to the house.
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