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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1917
Page
3
A large goat farming operation is planned for Friday Harbor and Cypress Island. Centerville Elevator Company will build a 50 000 bushel plant at Warwick, and Nespelem Great Metals Mining Milling Co will erect a mill at Nespelem.
The article argues Germany’s war outcome hinges on potato crops. It cites prewar German yields, 1916’s half crop, and forecasts for 1917. Oscar King Davis notes potato shortages as a decisive factor, claiming without potatoes Germany must fall despite military strength. It references Helfferich’s consumption estimates and 1913–1915 production figures, with 1916 crop data uncertain in official records.
Police Magistrate J M Fitzgerald of the Omaha police court declares women lie better than men claiming their faces do not reveal lies. He says men show hesitation and redness when lying while women lie outrageously and stick to stories even under oath, affecting trial outcomes.
Frankfort Kentucky reports Larue County the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln furnished all 132 men drafted for the national army without any exemption or disability rejections. Representative Ben Johnson notes every registrant appeared before exemption boards with none claiming exemption though some had dependent families. He calls the showing unparalleled in draft history.
A Marshfield Wisconsin message describes a seven year old boy in Reform Alabama who spoke only after a dish was broken predicting three dishes and his death in three days and the war ending in three months. Elsewhere in Tucson Arizona superstition links Steamboat Springs Colorado drownings to the Yampa River yearly claim of a victim.
In Smith Center Kansas Red dinger’s hand bled after a hen nest incident and he later broke the high jump record by colliding with a five foot bull snake that was found dead. In Rocky Point Arkansas a man showed visitors a chicken snake with a tail on both ends. the four foot reptile reportedly swallowed a five and a half foot coach whip snake.
The Berliner Tageblatt outlines the war’s cost in loans and human losses, citing 87 billion dollars in loans, 24 million dead or wounded, and 7 million killed, with vast debts and reduced birth rates across Europe, and notes world gold and global production comparisons.
Madisonville Kentucky reports Hezzie Sisk owns a groundhog now old enough to retire. Sam Sisk found a young hog twenty years ago, it hibernated that fall and vanished. The same animal reappeared recently near its former home and remains with the family, proving to be the same groundhog.
Seneca New York resident Dr J B H Magill shed 316 pounds to 195 through persistent exercise. He began with a mile a day in Texas and progressed to walking eighteen miles daily by the end of his San Diego trip, defying doctors who said he could not reach 200.
Treasury data show U S war expenditures in August averaging over 24 million dollars per day including allied loans. About 16.375 million went to allies while 8.088 million covered U S needs, totaling 24.469 million daily. Since the war began 140 days ago the treasury has paid 2.3875 billion, with 1.6905 billion advanced to entente governments. Lord Northcliffe told McAdoo that British credit may need rising from 500 million to 600 million monthly.
In Helena Montana a live eagle named Uncle Sam joins the Second Montana unit as a mascot for frontier action. Private L P Sanregren, from Malta, owns the bird which roars defiance to Germans as the soldiers go over the top in Flanders or on the Russian front. Nearby North Yakima notes a timber contract for shipbuilding pins. A separate reading urges cautious judgment of men and public interest in Industrial Management.
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