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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
3
A New Orleans Picayune note describes a bread omelette made with stale bread and three eggs fried to brown perfection, served on hot plates. The method includes parsley and seasoning, reflecting cultural tastes in New Orleans cuisine. Tan removal advice warns lemon juice can irritate skin. dilute with water if needed and finish with cold cream.
With fall and winter approaching, care for hands includes a jar of almond meal or oatmeal for rubbing after washing, using toilet pumice for spots, vinegar dips for wrinkled skin, and healing cream. The article links unpleasant breath to dyspepsia and notes headaches in overworked or hurried individuals with poor meals.
Guidelines for washing white curtains and handling folds. Steps include folding into six or eight, using worsted to secure folds, cold water soak for 12 hours, kneading, hot soap washing, thorough rinsing, possible repeat washing, boiling, rinsing, blueing, and starching. After washing, unfold over a clean sheet on the floor to dry, with optional light ironing and the use of curtain stretchers for even drying and better wear.
Peter Sauer expresses gratitude for kindness from friends and neighbors during illness and death of his son Phillip, highlighting support from Christian Endeavor and Young Peoples Union members.
The Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana will host a new bison range funded with 40 000 dollars appropriated by Congress. About 12 800 acres north of the Jocko river near Ravalli and Jocko will be fenced and built out by the U S Forest Service with 10 000 dollars for fencing and structures. The rest 30 000 goes to landowners, many of them Indians. Funds are raised by the American Bison Society led by President Roosevelt and William T Hornaday.
D N Gellatly urges Chelan county growers to store several hundred boxes of apples for the A Y P exposition opening June 1 1909 to present a creditable display. They will pay market price for extra fancy blemish free well colored apples that are well wrapped and not bruised. N G Craig leads Peshastin district and H E Carr handles Leavenworth contributions for reporting apple raisers in their districts. A Lynn church lampoons choir with a phonograph replacing live singers noting mechanical harmony and noting potential sorrow in choirs and a warning to ministers about becoming mere talking machines.
A fast passenger train and a freight train collided head on thirty miles west of Billings Montana near Youngs Point killing nineteen passengers in the smoking car and injuring many others. The freight crew allegedly disobeyed orders. The wreck is the deadliest in years with many seriously injured dying later. Separately work on extending the high line irrigating ditch near Wenatchee is underway.
A long list details real estate transfers across Wenatchee and Cashmere with prices from 1 to 10000 dollars, including Mary Richardson to Herbert Carson and Jno Wesserling to EC Long, plus multiple transfers involving J H Geyer and A D Wells. Also notes contracts for Miller Chapman and Mitchell Anderson and ends with a feature on Eu gene V. Debs interview excerpts describing socialist leader as gentle yet dangerous.
Notice from J. C. Davis Postmaster listing letters uncalled for including Earl Barnhill Chas Buych Wood C E. Readers are asked to call for letters and say advertised when requesting. Dated Sept 28 1908.
W. F. Blankenship from Wenatchee Lake spent several days in the area during the first week, according to local reports.
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