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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1905
Page
2
The Leavenworth Echo notes a moral debating club question on whether water would be as popular a drink as beer if priced at ten cents a glass. It also reports a dust storm causing eye irritation locally and a major cyclone elsewhere, with extensive damage to buildings and crops and grain losses in the thousands.
The passage questions Mr. Fowler attempt to sway local residents with a Wenatchee printed paper. It notes past actions in another valley where ten dollars funded prints and pictures in a republic style, warning Leavenworth readers against similar graft if money flows locally.
Elpido Takenaka, a Japanese man, was killed last Tuesday at a depot crossing used by the public. Officials say insufficient track room forced trains to segment the line during travel to the depot, creating a dangerous crossing where people expected a clear and safe way. The public is not blamed for ordinary safety expectations.
The season opened with warm weather followed by a cold snap and a May 19 frost that ruined many fruit crops statewide. A later cool spell followed a hot July and August, with rainfall boosting Eastern Washington crops. Forecasters, including Native weather prophets, predict an early and severe winter.
Cornelius Quinnell of Moscow Idaho unveils a new combined harvester and thresher expected to cut wheat costs by five to ten cents per bushel. Tested locally it ran with two men and four horses, cutting, threshing and depositing grain in a sack, contrasting with larger machines needing about forty horses.
The editorial lauds President Roosevelt for mediating the Russia Japan peace talks urging belief the accord will endure. It credits him with soothing the Muscovite pride while tempering the victorious Japanese demands and calls his work monumental in shaping history.
On a Main Street slip, a stranger woman and a polite doctor collide. She deftly resolves the moment by quipping that he should rise and disentangle his legs while she takes what remains.
A weekly court house transcript lists transfers and loans: Frank Bowen to Jas L Weythman for 1 dollar. Paul Haynes to Farmers & Merchants Bank for 500 dollars. W H Talbott to Ed D Hardiman for 1350. M Podoshek to Chelan County for 12.50. Mary F. Baker to Wm S Britt for 1500. W H Willard to E C Long. AJ Martin to W J Warner for 70. A W Stockton to Dora E Ellis for 25. Edwina Littlefield to E F Cadman for 5000. Marriage license granted to Horatius C Sutor and Eva Ann Hagan, Waterville.
A quirky piece describes the daily hazards for a country editor who must balance community updates with unspoken sensitivities. It notes missed baby announcements, private parties, and subscriber loyalties, ending with the editor's belief in reward after life.
A watchdog fox terrier awakened Harry Hillman at 2:15 am in Waterville, triggering discovery of smoke in the Big Bend barn. The mother dog and her puppies were safely led out before firefighters used a chemical engine to extinguish a slow-smoldering fire under the barn floor amid strong winds.
A printing office crank reports a man swallowing a foot rule and dying by inches while Dr. Phillips recalls a patient who swallowed a thermometer and died by degrees. Bystanders compare it to a Kansas man who swallowed a pistol and went off easy and a friend who drank a quart of whiskey and died in good spirits.
A San Antonio Express tale recounted by James B. Dill cites a swindler who tricks a boy by claiming a silver ring he dropped bears the tramp’s own name Sterling. The moral centers on greed and cunning in graft.
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co. holds Certificates of Delinquency for taxes on real property in Leavenworth Chelan County Washington. Defendants must appear in the Washington Superior Court within sixty days after publication to contest or allow foreclosure on the lien, with tax years 1902 through 1908 listed and 15 percent annual interest.
A humorous eighteenth century style ad boasts that its paper and envelopes bring success in love, business, and fortune telling. It cites examples of a marriage, a penitentiary sentence, a profitable scam, and a hair curling purchase as evidence of its intoxicating influence. The notice ends with a sales pitch and a stove wood promotion with delivery at $1.40.
The late Dr. Henry Thayer founder of Thayer's laboratory in Cambridge was on his way to his office one winter morning in the early 60s when
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