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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1912
Page
6
A reflective essay argues that personal happiness drives youthful effort yet may pass. wise substitution with education and cultivated intellect offers lasting satisfaction. It cautions against overreliance on happiness and urges value learning as a source of meaning beyond personal joy.
The article explains rules for introductions among two women in the same town. Formal introductions require both consent, while informal ones avoid awkwardness. It advises against introducing a newcomer to a whole room and suggests line-form or small groups for distinguished guests.
The guide advises smoothing silk from break point to end during overcasting to reduce strain. Waxing may strengthen the thread, and threading the needle from the opposite end helps. Use sharp, quality needles, avoid cheap rusting eyes, and store needles in a thin oiled silk envelope for portability.
The guide explains judging poultry by pinfeathers soft feet and leg skin smoothness, and cartilage at the breastbone. It notes old fowls have hard feet with dry scales and ossified cartilage, while good fowls are plump with pliable breastbone cartilage. Turkeys should have smooth dark legs and soft cartilage, with cocks typically better than hens.
Instructional note advises sprinkling coarsely ground rock salt over gravel and raking it in to dissolve with rain, killing weeds. Cautionary guidance warns salt runoff may kill adjacent grass on sloping walks and should not be used there.
How to remove or prevent the green fly that ruins roses by using a solution of quassia chips and soft soap. Boil four ounces of quassia chips in one gallon of soft water for fifteen minutes then strain and cool. Add four ounces soft soap and two more gallons of soft water before syringing the plants regularly.
The cartoonist describes early art efforts and his first assignment on a western paper. He recalls a grim funeral drawing that moved him to tears and unsettled his editor who feared the impact of the image and the $12 spent to launch his career.
Vivier the famed horn player once began his first concert in England but was halted when Lord Houghton blew his nose loudly, a noise he called a war trumpet. The incident led to Vivier abandoning his engagements and remarking that the English have terrible noses.
Chauncey Depew entertained three women at a New York restaurant. One guest joked by asking him to name the fairest among mythic figures, then handed an orange. Depew immediately called the waiter and requested two more oranges.
In London's South Kensington museum a Benton county Missouri mastodon skeleton draws a visiting congressman’s praise. He exclaims that the inscription from Missouri proves the exhibit is the biggest thing in the whole museum, while his English companion remains less impressed.
Vouched by A. J. Carter of Carbon Center Pa the tale recalls a 1880s rural spelling bee in Armstrong County where a skate master tested pupils with “Egg wiped” and the word died to “Egypt” in a humorous clash. Other items include Nat Goodwin theater quip a dentist with a mirror gag and a playful verse about living.
A Bangor clergyman, Rev. Dr. George W. Field, is described as absent minded. While traveling between Bangor and Boston, he in a train car accepted a conductor’s ticket request with a puzzled greeting, then realized the man’s hand offered a ticket and asked, “What name?”
Joseph Jefferson Jr recalls a tale of an aging inveterate smoker who visits a specialist. The doctor inquires about his smoking, asks him to cut in half, and the man concludes he now smokes only twenty cigars daily. The anecdote highlights stubborn humor rather than medical advice.
In a January sleet storm a grimy mule and an old man in a rabbit skin cap stood on Capitol hill near Washington. Two congressmen waiting for a late car approached and asked why he did not move. The man replied that the mule would not move unless he could whistle, due to the cold.
During the Spanish American War the Navy renamed two converted cruisers Har vard and Yale as a compliment to major universities. Commodore Dewey was later asked what new names to give two captured Spanish gunboats in the Philippines and he quipped that one should be The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the other The Pennsylvania College For Physicians and Surgeons.
J. W. Copeland of Dayton Ohio reports buying Chamberlains Cough Remedy for his boy with a cold and claims the cold disappeared before the bottle was finished. He asks if this is not better than paying a five dollar doctor bill. For sale by all dealers.
The City Council of Leavenworth Chelan County Washington proposes to upgrade Cascade Street from Evans Street to Birch Street with grading curbing sidewalks and crushed rock surfacing. A public hearing is set for December 17 1912 at 8 pm to consider objections and determine payment method.
The council orders the cost and expense of the improvement borne by each lot or property and assesses against liable property as provided by law. The mayor Frank Be. Carlquist signs approval on November 12 1912 with City Clerk Guy A. Hamilton attesting. Publication in Leavenworth Echo on November 22 1912.
The City of Leavenworth Washington authorizes forty four thousand dollars in negotiable coupon bonds to fund its waterworks system per Ordinance No 100 after a 1912 August election ratified the plan. Bonds issued at 6 percent interest mature November 1 1982 payable in gold at the New York State Fiscal Agency and backed by sinking fund levies.
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