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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1914
Page
6
In Charles Bertram’s account, guests at the Patiala maharaja’s Holi festival are dressed in Hindu garments and paraded in elephants and carriages. Colorful powders fly, water streams drench revelers, and celebrants finish by bathing in a tank, dyeing guests bright with pigment.
A New Yorker and his wife planned a weekend trip but delays in preparations caused a rush to the station. The husband dragged her to a cab and they barely missed their train as the wife calmly noted they did not miss it by much.
The London Kennel Club, organized in 1873, lists 600000 dog pedigrees. At its annual show in London about 40000 dollars is awarded in prizes. A club committee meets twice monthly with the chairman and committee members acting as judges in disputed cases. Witnesses are called and sentences can bar owners from future shows.
A social worker in New York recalls a needy family. The father, repeatedly jailed for minor offenses, is believed to be out and holding a steady job. An eleven year old daughter says, He’s doin’ a year, mum.
Dialog from the Detroit Free Press joke item about a boy avoiding punishment as his parents bicker over spanking. The child notes his parents’ arguments cause them to forget the supposed reason for punishment, ending with the boy’s casual escape from discipline.
Leonard Larkin discusses animal humor in the London Strand noting jackdaws show a gentler wit than magpies and ravens. He says dogs lose humor after puppyhood as they fear being laughed at and become ridiculous in self awareness.
A hostess asks Mr. Brown, a dying artist, to showcase his piano skills for her daughter. Brown reluctantly confirms a modest reputation and agrees to provide musical accompaniment despite his severe condition.
J H ONeill of Seattle announces that effective December 1 the Marcus division will be merged with the Spokane division creating a 1100 mile combined division. G S Stewart will head the Spokane division with Marcus as a freight terminal. offices and staff to be consolidated.
An early Ford runabout from 1913 in good condition features electric lighting and additional attachments. Priced at $250 cash. Inquiries at the Echo office. 46tf
After days of election figures the paper shifts focus to war pestilence and sudden death. The column notes the ongoing global conflict and recent calamities, highlighting the uneasy blend of politics and peril in the public mood.
A fragment from London Sketch depicts a scene with a family portrait proudly shown and a note about a relative who lost an arm at Waterloo. It humorously contrasts a bored youth and a mislaid golf clubs at the battle site.
A father disciplines Young Johnny by offering a choice between being fed a full plate or receiving punishment. Johnny promises to eat all, but cannot. He asks his father whether he would rather take a lick or be burst.
Naturalists note the common worker bee uses a basket and a spoon shaped appendage to collect pollen and nectar. A delicate brush with hair rows cleans the body, and a hinge allows the brush and basket to open into pincers for shaping honeycombs.
The article notes that Sidney Porter later known as O Henry could have become a cartoonist or portrait painter. As a clerk, he avoided exposing that he could not write a customer’s name by drawing a small portrait atop a list of items sold, helping his uncle identify the buyer later.
The sea bottom is mostly a vast plain with few deep trenches except near continents. It hosts a layer mainly from minute organic remains especially rhizopods that feed many marine animals. Above lies a flaky material once thought to be bathyblus but now known not living, yet organic from partially decomposed marine creatures.
A reclusive man dwelled in a cellar beneath Clare Market, surviving on scraps as a loner in central London. A journalist’s discovery led to bleeding public attention, photos, and pressure from workhouse authorities, forcing his eviction and ruin.
Old Mr. Beeman hires a rat catcher to clear his premises of rats. The man removes all vermin and offers to take the dead rats away in a box. The bill amounts to five dollars. Beeman asks if he gets anything for the rats.
A London ad expert praises a new honest tone in advertising, noting global trust and modest claims. He recalls a joke about Fatty Phatt, a 400 pound man who saw a Fat folks reduced offer for $5 and was reduced by exactly $5, illustrating straightforward ads.
A fragment from the Boston Transcript shows Bibbler hiccuping and Mrs Goody expressing disbelief at Bibbler's intoxicated state. The dialogue captures a social mishap with humorous tone.
A Washington Star editorial argues that periodic war threats may spur valuing peace, noting domestic affairs and the need for unity even as no specific date or event is given. The piece emphasizes the recurring tension between threat and serenity in national policy.
A brief quote from the Kansas City Journal notes a guest at a fashionable event complains that the plate is damp and the servings are small. His wife urges silence as the remark captures social dining at the time.
A lighthearted note from the Atlanta Constitution highlights birdsong with the rising cackle of a hen alongside the nightingale and lark, celebrating musical birds and seasonal chorus.
A brief item notes Willie-Paw seeking a method to measure time while mentioning Paw-Borrow fifty dollars on a thirty day note, credited to the New Orleans Times Democrat. The compact squib reflects local financial borrowing and a playful exploration of time.
An old sailor recounts a 1879 voyage on the brig Heave Ho from Ceylon to London with a cargo of rice. The crew battled swelling rice imprudently absorbing water as pumps failed, forcing a nighttime abandonment before the ship finally burst. The tale sits beside a New York Sun note about tobacco prejudice and a Cornelia A. P. Comer Atlantic Monthly excerpt on women and hunger.
A fragment describes a stately old Englishwoman once linked to a nobleman, noting a dramatic moment that shocks or unsettles her, with hints of courtly life and social expectations.
The article recalls Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan known as a lifelong money struggler. It notes that at his death in 1816 bailiffs held his house and mentions the family’s O Sheritage remark from his son about owing everyone.
In a light exchange from the Detroit Free Press a golfer asks a caddie if he has seen a worse player. The caddie responds with a witty, two year remark about his four years of caddying. The humor highlights clubhouse banter and sports camaraderie.
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