Lost watch and sale notices from Leavenworth area
A collection of small advertisements lists a lost ladies wrist watch with a reward to Mrs. L L Durand, several sales offers including a 2000 JThs orchard team, Wenatchee auto top work, and a piano and sewing machine for sale at 1154 Front Street Leavenworth. Also a recruiter ad for Big Horn Petroleum Co Inc seeking a salesman in Kennewick with prospecting theme.
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Front Street
Leavenworth, Wash
Big Horn Petroleum Co., Inc
Kennewick
Washington
A War Book Deluge Overwhelms Paris Museum
The French war museum in Paris has space for over 100000 books on the war and two and a half miles of shelves for periodicals. Librarians and translators work to organize the flood, while historians may struggle to distill the vital facts from this vast literature.
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Paris
Nature
H. G. Wells
New York World
Arbor Day trees and local moves in Leavenworth
Governor Hart fixed Arbor Day in April for tree and shrub planting. The Clarence Seeley family moved to the Rumohr ranch. Mrs Edith Wpitschow and Mrs Wm McKay visited, while J T Lindley and other locals traveled to Wenatchee. Peshastin Lumber & Box Co. resumes work, and Dr Sara Wise will speak at the Leavenworth Methodist church with free admission.
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Clarence Seeley
Rumohr
Peshastin
Sara E. Wise
San Francisco
Methodist Church
Leavenworth
Washington Bill Imposes Poll Tax on All Voters
The Washington governor signed a bill requiring every person over two to pay a five dollar poll tax annually. Collections start next month and are projected to raise about two million dollars in state revenue.
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State of Washington
Treasury
Los Angeles Times
What the American Legion Has Done
The American Legion has obtained a raise in compensation for disabled men from 80 to 80 dollars per month. It secured 125 million dollars for aar risk insurance, 90 million for the Federal Board of Vocational Training, and 46 million for the U S Public Health Service.
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THE
American Legion
Aar
Federal Board of Vocational Training
U. S. Public Health Service
New Choir Terror Report Sparks Family Talk
Six year old Bessie, returning from church, announces to her mother that there is a new terror in the choir as she eagerly shares the church news.
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Bessie
Veteran Advocate Secures Multiple State Benefits
The report credits a veteran leader with securing preferential homestead rights and a $15 monthly compensation, along with priority employment for ex service men. It notes a state law aiding needy unemployed veterans administered by the Legion, two public health hospitals at Tacoma and Walla Walla, a land settlement law favoring ex service men, an anti alien land law, and entertainment for disabled buddies in hospitals.
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The
Legion
Tacoma
Walla Walla
Tenement Amusement Sparked By Monkey Mockery
In a Boston Transcript item, Mrs. Clancy scorns Mrs. Murphy across a blocked doorway. She jokes about swapping Murphy’s face for a monkey, prompting a wry reply recounting a prior incident when a monkey moved downstairs and a policeman teased the scene.
Wanted, a first class housekeeper with taste and bite
A hotel world advertisement seeks a housekeeper described as having refined taste and a sharp, perhaps ruthless edge. The call emphasizes both high standards and a capable, stern demeanor.
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Mickie
Charles Sughroe
Western Newspaper Union
Ole Cap Crabb
SIM
Arles Sughroe
Ladies’ Oxfords
Mary Janes
Slk
White
Mutual Mercantile Co
Franklin Lumber Co
National Builders Bureau
A. H. Brown
Oregon State Poultry Farm
Gust Bergren
L. L. Durand
CHEAS
H. Stolze
Cascade Orchards
Wenatchee
First
Columbia
Wash
Hart
Fred Franklin
Little Child
Oroville
W. M. Cox
Spokane
Walla Walls
Portland
New York
Corbin
Kentuck
B. H. Ridgley
Cashmere
Blewer
Coun
Sampson's
Echo
Vent Street
Africa
Edith Wpitschow
Drury
Wm. McKay
J. T. Lindley
J. B. Huff
George Gordon
Montana
Alex Johnson
Copperclad Stores
Naxle Sales Co
Calder Herring
Mer
Hse
New Guinea
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