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Newspaper

Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1914

Page

4

Palpitations of the Heart and Nervous Causes

Palpitation is usually nervous in origin and worsens with fear grief illness or anaemia. Avoid overstimulation from tea coffee alcohol and tobacco. mild exercise and a bland diet help. The condition is distressing but not dangerous, and sufferers should pace activity and avoid flatulent foods.

Sketch barter sparks art editor’s money math

Cartoon snippet shows a street artist pressed for payment as he recalls a dollar fare while the art editor quips that the offer doubles the artist’s money. The exchange underlines market value and bargaining in a single-page humor panel.

The Ring that Revealed a Merchant’s Fortune

A returning merchant wears shipboard clothes and is shunned by relatives at a country hall. A diamond ring signals wealth, reversing their reception as they crowd him and call him Cousin William. The servant notes money biases, while the master urges character over gold.

William Baltimore News

The Brown Thrasher Feeds on Insects and Pests

Beetles form about one half of its diet, grasshoppers and crickets one fifth, caterpillars and cutworms about one fifth, with spiders and millipeds making up the rest. It is also an enemy to wire worms May beetles rice weevils rose beetles and fig eaters.

Izaak Walton Quotation Sparks Wisconsin River Rivalry

In the Wisconsin State Journal a humorous exchange features a young angler likening himself to Izaak Walton and a rebuff by Rudolph Stubbs, capturing a lighthearted moment in a river fishing scene.

Izaak Walton Rudolph Stubbs Wisconsin State Journal

Famous Battlefields of the Hesbaye Triangle in Belgium

The Hesbaye triangle in Belgium runs from Namur to Brussels with the Meuse as its southern side and rail lines as the northern edge. It hosts famed battle sites including Waterloo Neerwindszen Quatre Bras Sombreffe Ligny Fleurus and related historical defeats and victories spanning 1693 1815 1622 1690 and 1794.

Hesbaye Belgium Brussels Liege Baedeker Hesbains Meuse Namur Tirlemont Louvain Waterloo Neerwinden Marshal Luxtemburg William II of England Prince of Coburg Leopold of Dumouriez Louis Philippe Quatre Bras Ney Sombreffe Ligny Fleurus Newark

The Color of Gold and Its Shifting Hues

The New York World explains how gold appears in various forms from copper alloy to silver pale gold and even pure metal. It discusses how thickness, suspension in liquids, and lighting alter perceived color from yellow to green or purple and links color to molecular structure.

New York World

Nest Eggs For Jam Pots

A New York World tip suggests using china nest eggs to reseal opened jars of jam. Drop eggs into the jar to restore fullness after partial use, then boil them to sterilize. This keeps contents fresh without waste.

New York World

The Farmer Must Be Trained for Modern Service

A quotation by W. S. Harwood urges that farmers must be fully educated and skilled, comparable to lawyers and doctors, as modern agriculture requires wide knowledge and versatile capabilities. The call emphasizes professional training for the soil steward.

Harwood

Contented pupil answers all exam questions

A humorous exchange between Jean and her grandfather ends with the girl saying she answered every question by admitting she did not know. The quip plays on honesty over boasting in an educational setting.

Jean

Mother's Almanac Poem From St Nicholas Verse

A nostalgic poem by C. Leo from St Nicholas humorously catalogs dates and events through a child’s memory. It humorously confuses history with a motherly tally of the years and incidents from Washington to the Boer War and the Spanish American War.

Africa Jack C. Leo St. Nicholas

Word lesson yields Umbrellastan quip in class

In a school scene the teacher explains that stan means place of and asks for examples. Johnny Snaggs volunteers Umbrellastan the place for umbrellas, prompting amused commentary from the students.

Afghanistan Httle Johnny Snaggs Philadelphia Record

Poor Looking Stuff at Table Sparks Class Insight

A Kansas City Journal quip notes a diner mockingly questions wealth based on dining with raisins and Roquefort. A patron at the next table labels wealth as pretension, contrasting with withered fruit and moldy cheese.

Kansas City Journal

Wenatchee Valley Farmers Protest Eight Hour Law

In two days 237 farmers and fruit growers representing 12 841 acres signed a vigorous protest against Initiative Measure No 13 the compulsory Eight Hour Law In Cashmere a large grange meeting with 70 growers passed resolutions by 69 to 1 denouncing the law as destructive to industry and contrary to personal liberty.

Wenatchee Valley Cashmere Washington

He Girls and She Girls Quip Live in Boston Transcript

A brief quoted exchange from the Boston Transcript jokes about marriages and courtship. The exchange features a male remark that “they marry the first fool who asks them” and a female reply inviting him to ask and find out.

Boston Transcript

Tommy's Share Chicken Joke Captures Family Dinner Teasing

The quote from the St. Louis Republic features a father asking Tommy what part of the chicken he wants and the boy replying he takes the back when there is company, highlighting a humorous domestic exchange from a past era.

Tommy Paw St. Louis Republic

Double Fumble Twin Reveal Sparks Gentle Teasing

A humorous dialog from the Boston Tran script features Hicks and Parker with Parker’s twin brother revealed. The exchange showcases light misrecognition and quick forgiveness in a curt, period voice.

Pleasant Ride Ahead Sparks Quick Car Fix Banter

In a lighthearted Detroit Free Press snippet a couple banters about an impending trip. The husband jokes about forgetting the tool kit, while the wife approves, saying they can proceed without a detour for engine tinkering.

Scott Detroit Free Press

Mrs Ives Hosts Extra Bridge Party Rumor

Eleanor delivers invitations for another gathering after Mrs Ives boasted leftovers could feed three parties. Mrs Jordan voices concern yet the child repeats the claim, citing her mother’s words told to the father.

National Monthly

A Youthful Doctor Criticized in Baltimore American

A Baltimore American item questions how a young doctor obtained the favorable outcomes for patients. It recounts a woman named Mrs Emptyhed being told her son is “suffering from braining” by the professional flatterer.

Baltimore

Sloan's Liniment Eases Rheumatic Pain Quickly

The advertisement claims Sloan's Liniment penetrates to relieve rheumatic pains around joints without rubbing. It markets as a general family medicine for pains, bruises, sore throat, neuralgia, chest pains and infection prevention with a 25 cent price and a testimonial from Chas H Wentworth of California.

Sloan Chas. H. Wentworth California

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Harrington Leavenworth Mercantile Co Leavenworth Lamb Davis Lumber Co Wenatchee Milling Co Wenatchee, Wash Mother’s Almanac Plymouth Rock Spain Kate Cuba J.s.newcomb Carlquist's Jewelry P. A. Snyder Elliott Bidg Attorneys AT Law Fred Kemp Kemp & Baker E. L. Baker N. A. Pearson Elliot Elk Leavenworth, Wash Ww. M. McCoy Columbia Valley Bank Building W. Hoxley DR. J. Stillson Judah Leavenworth Hospital A. G. Mickeown C. E. Briggs King’s Drug Store Hicks Parker Jove Chelan County Chelan County Abstract Co J. A. Gellatly President W. W. Gray City Drag Line Rainier Beer Lee J. Howerton A. M.—Zarthan Lodge No Masonic Temple A. G. McCoy W. M Wm. O. Atwood The Echo Eaert Venworth Liggett & Myers C. A. Nickell Leavenworth Wm, A. A. Reneau G.G. Hannan Ira Thomas Wenatchee Reeves, Crollard Crollard Reeves Building Farmers B. J. Williams A N. Corbin Williams Corbin Whitney & Hughes Lawyers Columbia Valley Bank Bldg Wenatchee Wash Lewis J. Nelson Elliott Block J. B. Adams E. H W. Fox Eight St Weeler’s John ER. Porter Attorney At Law Notary Public Columbia Valley Bank Hotel Wenatchee Abstract Company Incorporated Mgr Columbia Vally Bank Bldg Wenatchee, Washington Barclay A. C P. O Auto For Knights of Pythias Firemen's Hall V. Davis A. R. Brown Vising
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