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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1920
Page
5
Local items note Mr and Mrs John Sitan traveling to Clinton Iowa. Mrs Jimmie Miller and her son visited from Cashmere to see friends. Advertisement copy mentions baby dress trends and low prices at Penney Co with blankets and comforts offered.
A dense page note lists movement and business across Leavenworth and nearby towns. It records travels of C J Maxwell to Oklahoma City, J Johnston, J W Jett and others, plus shipments from Wenatchee and Seattle, a Christmas style harvest of apples, and local commerce including Sampson’s and J C Penney Co. It mentions a child’s funeral, hunting trips, and library hours as well as railroad incidents and postmaster concerns.
In a playful exchange from The Dirge May teases Jack about a mustache. Belle explains he avoids it yet cannot resist trying a hair tonic that causes facial growth.
A dialogue shows a customer asking when goods will be supplied and a grocer replying that plentiful supply awaits once the Price Commission consents to raise prices. The exchange reflects wartime controls and market rationing in force as authorities decide price levels.
A brief excerpt shows Maggie informing the garbage man of no pickup while a professor comments from a state of contemplation. The scene is presented as a panel in The Princeton Tiger reflecting campus life with humor and casual dialogue.
President George H. Black of the State Normal School reports many letters show people leaving other occupations for teaching. He cites reliable employment and good pay as reasons, noting graduates earned $120 to $165 monthly last year. He laments that a woman’s best insurance is her life diploma.
Comic exchange centers on a woman who leaves her husband and the dog proving more loyal than the spouse. Light, wry remark highlights pet devotion versus marital strain with a punchline about the dog.
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