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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1919
Page
3
A collection of witty maxims on money love optimism and social norms. Observations compare happiness fatness respect for wealth and the quirks of parenting marriage and modern life with satirical tone and playful irony.
Fragmentary reflection wonders who would perform labor if others did the work for them and questions the possibility of outsourcing all duties to others.
A Galveston News excerpt shows a lawyer pressuring a witness in a robbery case. The witness replies he can only speak by thinking and may leave the stand, saying he is not a lawyer and cannot talk without thinking.
A young American soldier found amid Cantigny battle sits in a grass covered patch with a small pile of hand grenades and enemy dead nearby. He explains he plans to feed a cow back with the patch, a pasture spared by French peasants before retreating shells.
A class prank ends with Jimson choosing to write about bad manners after an unpopular professor asks for essays on Manners. The teacher approves, prompting amused reactions from classmates in a light Edinburgh Scotsman tone.
An elderly traveler befriends a younger man on a southern train and hears of his past gambling and rise from grocery clerk to owner. The magnate jokes that the clerk’s gains were built on risk, leading to a wry prediction about delayed love, marriage, and new instincts of luck.
A farmer along the road where Governor Roosevelt rested jokes about newspapers and a $14,000 painting of a cow. The farmer argues no one in New York would pay that much for something unmilked, sparking a light exchange on credulity.
Director Sam L. Rogers says the forthcoming Fourteenth Decennial Census will have no impact on property valuation for taxation. He notes past confusion between census data and tax assessments and emphasizes that census workers must not divulge tax-related information.
The article notes strict penalties for violation and states enumerators start work January 2, 1920. It explains that city population figures should be collected in about two weeks, with rural district totals taking at least a month to complete. Washington controls the official tabulations.
In 1919 lumber producers began recovering from losses of about 55 cents per thousand feet in early 1919. By year end improved demand and home building boosted profits. The Pacific coast invested about 300 million dollars in mills and factories, with an annual output near 7.5 billion feet and 150000 workers. The industry has faced wartime strain but saw a 1917 pickup and 1918 shipbuilding boom. The railroad administration is blamed for hampering timber operations.
Returned state college aviators aim to form an area club on campus to host one or two planes. A meeting is set for next Thursday evening to establish organization. The group expects at least a dozen graduate fliers with several amateur birdmen and hopes for government planes assigned here if college cooperation is obtained. Among the enrolled fliers is L. D.
Knettle of Pomeroy with 700 flight hours, Fred Schroeder of Tacoma fresh from Mexican border pursuit, Fred Hamilton of Chehalis and Henry M. Walker of Tacoma Matherfield graduates, George Tozier of Everett also 700 hours, Felts of Marchfield and Professor Cole of chemistry department are noted. Construction on the Chelan Okanogan highway proceeds with a project total of 110000 dollars.
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