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Newspaper

Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1914

Page

4

Shall Europe Be Ruled by Slavs or by Teutons

Dr Ernest D Richarde President German American Peace Society argues over European rule and race in the war era. He says Russia used Servia to strike at Germany with aid from France and England and claims German efforts sought peace until Russia moved against Berlin. He criticizes France as hostile since 1870.

Europe Ernest D. Richard German-American Peace Society Paul von Mitrasoff Imperial Institute OF ST. Petersburg Russia Constantinople Berlin Germany France England Servia

Germany Moves to Cure Its Housing Crisis

Germany faces a pressing housing problem with urban overcrowding and high rents. Reformers push for imperial housing legislation and state actions including new laws, municipal rent controls, and public workmen housing funded by social insurance. Berlin, Hanover, and other states push model homes and expanded transit to ease the crowded tenements.

Germany Count Posadowsky Interior Bundesrath Reichstag Delbruck Posadowsky Prussia America England Belgium Holland France Paris Vienna Berlin Welland London Antwerp Hanover Reiche B. Francke Society For Social Reform Bavaria Saxony

His Idea of Acting and a Father’s Surprise Pay

Laurence Wheat recalls inviting his father to see his show after years away from home. After the last curtain, the treasurer handed Wheat his pay envelope, and his father marveled at the weekly amount. He then mused about other chores besides acting.

Laurence Wheat

Dr King’s New Discovery Claims Quick Cold Relief

An ad warns that summer colds signal low vitality and may cause Threat and Lung Troubles such as Consumption. It promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as soothing antiseptic relief that relieves coughs or colds promptly and prevents complications. Ends with money back offer and bottles priced 50c and $1.

Dr. King Dr. King’s

We’re Not Giving Children A Square Deal

Helen C. Dwight argues that child labor laws fail poor families nationwide and that many children born into poverty have little or no chance for normal development. She contends the system withholds a fair chance from the underprivileged, despite some states being more humane.

NCLA Uncle Sam Ohio Wisconsin Massachusetts America United States

Prejudiced Jury Sparks Mixed Racial Conflict Case

A New York elevated station incident left an Irish man badly bumped after a dispute with a ticket seller. The trial produced an Irish jury whose verdict favored the defendant, holding that an Irishman defeated by a Black man deserved his fate.

New York Kansas City Star

Proportion Rule in Classical Sculpture

The height of the human figure is six times the length of the foot. Whether slender or plump, this rule holds on average, deviations mar the beauty of proportions. It is claimed Greeks followed this standard in their statues.

The Poor Yorkshireman Heraldry Joke

A Yorkshire emblem tale shows a fly a flea and a bacon flitch as symbols. A Derbyshireman explains the fly bites yet a Yorkshireman will drink with anyone and the flea bites yet the Yorkshireman shares the same fate. The bacon line ends with a dig at worth.

Yorkshire

Wasted Eloquence in a Legal Anecdote

In F. Philips's My Varied Life a defense attorney named F Gill argues for a prisoner who killed his wife by intended knockdown. Gill's passionate remarks move the jury to tears prompting the prisoner to call him the finest mouthpiece on the circuit while a warder counters with a sly remark.

F. ©. Philips F. Gill Gill

Mirth as God's Medicine Says Oliver Holmes

A Holmes quote proclaims mirth as healing medicine for the body and soul. He argues that grim care and anxiety tarnish life and should be washed away by laughter and cheer.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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