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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1918
Page
2
Special notice outlines paid advertising rules for condolence cards entertainments and fundraising in The Echo. Free community welfare pieces may use space. Back issues cost 25 cents each.
The article mocks wavering taxpayers and pressuring voices opposing the war. It urges citizens to set personal interests aside and support public welfare, highlighting Councilman Pipkin’s call for harmony with the mayor and a united council.
The Echo reports Liberty Loan Honor Week with each community on the honor rule and Leavenworth expected to meet its apportioned amount. Subscriptions come in from many towns on the first day, with indications the three billion dollar loan will be oversubscribed. The paper lists Leavenworth subscribers and notes any omissions will be corrected when names are supplied.
A stark wartime call declares there is no middle ground in the conflict. The speaker characterizes dissent as treason and urges unwavering support of government policies against German influences and laws. The tone frames opposition as disloyal and dangerous.
Tuesday’s list names 447 American service members in France as killed wounded or missing. Twenty one were prisoners of war, with families urged to show sympathy for those held as prisoners. Mrs. F A Howard of Iowa visits Ft Casey for funeral and family visits.
Mrs. Percy Wells forwards an urgent appeal from Miss Evelyn Ord for the British and Allies Comforts and Victims of War Fund to American allies. The letter urges contributions to aid prisoners of war in Germany, noting many have endured four years in camps and parcels usually arrive safely.
January and February sales total for town reach 5 254 97 with post office at 2 974 47 and State bank at 2 280 50. The drive began January 1 and continues.
Government agents notified Great Northern Lumber Co. they needed two logging engines for spruce timber in Gray's Harbor country under a contract to supply timber for aircraft. The engines were loaded Wednesday onto rail cars and sent to the destination amid sharp words about requisition.
The latest government crop report indicates a wheat yield far above last year with the current estimate at 97 percent and acreage increasing. National wheat prospects run above the ten year average.
We thank friends for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of our brother and husband Allen Cahail. Mrs. A. T. Cahail M. and Mrs. W Cahail
Grade cards distributed as the term ends with a make up period for excusable absences. War correspondent John Lewtas spoke on Turkey and World War I for students, followed by a slide show of 124 views. A humor-filled montage from classes, a play rehearsal, and a thrift stamp competition tally show Mrs Hayden’s room leading with $320 and the school total at $1706.67.
Instructions invite readers to place ads. Rates are 10 cents per line for first insertion and 5 cents thereafter. For sale two tractors offered: a 12 HP caterpillar bullock type and a John Deere 28 inch three bottom plow. Prices $1800 and $200. Both nearly new and in good condition. Address 800 Leary Bldg Seadowna. Apr 12.
Senior Physics Students and Miss Laber hiked to the Chumstick power house area for field study. They carried tin cups thermos bottles and sacks, enjoyed lunch by the river, and observed machinery under Mr Mullens guidance. Virginia and others faced foot discomfort and a snow shed near train 26 as they explored a flume and bridge, with some crossing the pipe to surprise friends.
Five acre property with a house available for rent either furnished or unfurnished. Located one mile from G N Mill. Mail inquiries to Box 94 apl 12.
Reward offered for the return of a small purse containing an old coin believed lost near the Oxford hotel. Return to this office by April 12.
Dr Hoxey transported Orvil Bethel to the Columbia Sanitarium in Seattle last Sunday morning after colleagues noted episodic mental disturbance over four weeks. Once a night ticket agent at the Great Northern depot, Bethel had recently lived on his mother's ranch before rejoining railroad service.
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