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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1915
Page
2
A damaged OCR fragment mentions communications and a meeting in April. It references The Leerementh Echo Scraps and the Intellectual lark Heap with vague notes on newspapers and readership. The text is garbled but hints at a public notice or upcoming event and pricing related remarks.
A reflective essay compares Abraham Lincoln and Socrates as reformers who faced execution for their ideas. It praises their purity of motive, humble origins, and impact on freedom and civilization while noting their contrasting eras and physiques. It also touches on wartime guilt and postwar sentiment toward Germany and thrift.
An editorial denounces American wartime trade losses detailing how cow hair was sold to Germany at fifty cents per hundred pounds and repurchased as brushes at high prices. The piece argues this exposed thriftless, shiftless behavior and calls for scrutiny of wartime economics affecting households and industry.
The Wenatchee World states the county Republican central committee effectively chose the county assessor and the commissioners only needed to confirm. Ms N Patterson sought the appointment in a petition backed by signers who say Patterson deserved careful consideration, while some signers felt Leavenworth applicants were treated unfairly.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to Leavenworth residents and the Eagles for memorial courtesies for a son who died of heart disease on April 8. The state highway department announces cooperation with Seattle and Tacoma clubs to post routes along the Pacific highway for summer tourists and a department map of routes. A Supreme Court ruling states pedestrians have right of way over cars but must watch streetcars. diagonal crossing is at the pedestrian's own risk.
Local brief covers visitors, a birth, and residents planning moves. Mentions Ed Tomer the wheel, EL L. Bast building, a 10-pound boy born April 10, 1915, Mrs. L. Z. Banks moving home to the coast, and various relocations and business closures in Wenatchee and nearby towns.
An advertisement urges readers to take one Dr King’s New Life Pill to improve appetite and digestion. It also notes Seattle and Tacoma street car workers have refused to strike.
The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Peshastin Fruit Growers Association will be held at the company’s warehouse in Peshastin Washington on May 4 1915 at 2 p.m. All stock holders requested to be present. Secretary A Wingate.
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