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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1919
Page
8
The standings of those taking the tests are sent to the Enumerator at Spokane and an appointment will be made. The 1920 census will be taken during the month of January. Some of the men taken into custody here as J. W. W.'s have been discharged and have returned here.
In this intimate feature, the former president writes as a father inviting his children to grow strong. He balances public leadership with private care, offering guidance from the Ship of State to the family and the path to manhood.
A wife and husband clash over mess and nagging then reconcile after a tense evening. Agnes struggles with control and tears while Jim shows concern, inviting forgiveness as they affirm their home life. A later scene underscores their bond and shared resolve to live as a united couple.
London Chronicle recalls Doctor Parr who filled a pipe half with finest tobacco and half with salt, smoking with a philosophical calmness. Charles Lamb once astonished him by smoking the strongest tobacco at great rate, replying he toiled after virtue.
An overseas dispatch notes 200 young maples planted on the former Vimy Ridge desert, the first living trees in the war zone and a start toward a Canadian memorial forest. The piece muses how future landscapes and painting trends may feature broad rounded trees replacing the war-torn scar.
Local notes report two arrests in the Cashmere restaurant murder case and mention related suspects as home characters. Tom Pipkin and Chas LaPoint traveled to Seattle, with Hoxey returning from Minneapolis after an American Legion meeting. County officials visited Leavenworth to discuss the Peshastin creek crossing and paved road plans, with a public dinner and discussion scheduled for Monday evening.
London Times correspondent describes a Berlin delicatessen window display of bananas, a novelty after years without the fruit. Onlookers smile and joke, seeing the fruit as a symbol of peace and the blockade’s end.
The article explains that airplane fuel differs from automobile gas by needing lighter, more volatile properties for high altitude performance. Three grades exist for training, bombing, and fighting planes. The top grade, called fighting gas, is pink to deter misuse and is refined to near purity.
A bright high school graduate in an Indiana town aims to become a doctor. He shadows a popular physician during a summer reading, then jokes about practicing only on fair days after the doctor’s drenching day. The scene reflects early career ambitions and patient care backdrop.
Three South Portland men Dr. George W Studley Percy York and Captain William York spotted a swordfish while after groundfish. Lacking a harpoon they used a stove poker and boathook handle to land the fish. In Portland they sold the swordfish for 90 dollars and about 1000 pounds of groundfish for 60 dollars.
A humorous domestic exchange unfolds with Mrs Flatbush urging Henry about suspenders adorned with flowers given for his birthday. Henry prefers not to wear them, citing a rust risk from a nail used as a makeshift button. The flirtatious banter highlights lighthearted gendered roles.
For sale at reasonable price a water motor that will develop from four to six horsepower and a quarter horsepower electric motor. Call at Echo office. oct31.
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