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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1919
Page
4
A collection of maxims and wry observations on life, honesty, vanity, luck, and social conduct. It notes how some men share confidences with wives, the appeal of near beer, and human foibles from honesty to ambition.
An old benevolent man meets a tramp who asks for lodging. The man offers work as a test of the tramp’s character, and the tramp responds he can take a joke and would not mind work.
Quote from the Boston Transcript about high food prices and indigestion cures, reflecting a humorous take on rising costs.
A woman complains a butcher overcharges with extra bone while the meat is weighed. An excited customer rushes to an insurer, shouting our house is on fire and requests an immediate policy.
A Chicago Journal item recalls an eminent physician advising students on diagnostic skill and fee structure. He cites $25 for a house call $10 for an office visit and $5 for a telephone consult. A student asks how much he charges a fellow for passing on the street.
The magistrate hears a claim where a man says he only sought his wife’s young niece at a station, describing her as handsome and well dressed. The accuser concedes the mistake and the complainer declines prosecution, noting anyone could misidentify.
The boy John at a co-educational English school did well in the examination but did not secure the highest marks in his mixed class.
Department of the Interior U S Land Office announces F A Varo husband of Martha Hamilton Carr Varo deceased of Leavenworth Washington filed notice of intention to make Three Year Proof to establish a homestead claim on August 15 1914 for List 6083 Section 84 Township 26 N Range 17 E Willamette Meridian before R S Luddington Wenatchee Washington on November 1 1919. Witnesses W W Thomson Frank B Lindsay Anthony Violette Randall Heinrichs. Ben Spear Register. sept26
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