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The notice states back issues of The Echo not from the current month are available for 25 cents each. It is dated Friday August 2, 1918.
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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
2
People’s War Speech Urges Loyal Support for Congress
Col. Roosevelt calls the war “the people’s war” not a president or congress battle. He urges loyal, fearless Republicans in Congress to back the administration, oversee actions, and resist missteps to win the war and secure peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Roosevelt
Saratoga
United States
Congress
Pershing and Wilson Are Mocked by German Interrogation Attacks
In a wartime column the author condemns youths who mock authority and expose the enemy to mockery. The piece denounces Mr. Dill and La Follette as unpopular figures whose war stance lacks support, likening Dill to a dachshund on promises and criticizing his political viability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dill
la Follette
Slayden
Texas
War vote shift and conscription stance of Mr. Dill
The speaker recounts Mr. Dill opposing war yet backing the administration after declaration. He explains his conscription vote by opposing Wilson’s 21 to 30 limit, saying he favored a 19 to 45 standard. He grew heated, pushing to impress all ages from cradle to grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dill
Germany
Wilson
Age limit debate and farmer loan figures dominate district talk
The Spokane district leads farmers as the heaviest borrowers from the Federal Land Bank with 17,000,555 dollars since establishment. St Paul district follows with 16,000,000 and Springfield Illinois with three million. Total loans to farmers reach 109,517,308 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Federal Land Bank
St. Paul
Springfield
Illinois
Federal Land Banks
Suspenders as a wartime struggle over German prisoners
A wartime dispatch notes American soldiers remove or cut suspenders from German prisoners. The act keeps prisoners restrained and disarms them by denying trousers, prompting German protests and editorials calling it an inhumane practice. The piece contrasts old customs with new methods and hints at further orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Front
P.I
Psymale
Let Us Study Our Enemies German Spirit and State Power Examined
L P F Jackson, Professor of American History at State College of Washington, argues in a wartime editorial that eradicating a plague of excessive nationalism is a scientific challenge. He cautions against viewing Germany as a mere enemy and urges understanding its nationalistic fervor and autocratic state power as a shared global risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
America
L. P F. Jackson
State College of Washington
German Soldier Buttons Riveted Before Battle
A wartime note claims German soldiers will wear two riveted buttons on the belly before fighting, asserting the procedure will be painless and scientific as is typical of German methods.
Mrs. E. L. Miller Dies in Leavenworth at 63
Mrs. E. L. Miller, longtime Leavenworth resident born in Chillicothe Missouri, died Sunday at 4 30 pm at age 63. She is survived by two brothers in the east a daughter Mrs A O Neutzel a granddaughter Miss Lettie Doyle and an adopted son Alpha Wells. Funeral services were held Tuesday in the Methodist church and burial followed in Wenatchee in an auto hearse. She came to Leavenworth with her husband John Miller who perished in a snow slide in the Red Mountain district nine years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Miller
Leavenworth
John Miller
Red Mountain District
Chillicothe
A. O. Neutzel
Lettie Doyle
Alpha Wells
Methodist Church
Town
Wenatchee
Webster for Congress Fifth District Candidate Ad
Political advertising announces J Stanley Webster of Spokane Washington running for Congress as a Republican in the Fifth District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Stanley Webster
Spokane
Wash
Fifth
County Attorney Candidates Seek Chelan County Prosecution
W. F. Whitney on the Republican ticket seeks the Chelan county prosecuting attorney position subject to voters at the September 10 primary. N. A. Pearson, also Republican, seeks the same office subject to the primaries on September 10, 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Whitney
Chelan County
N. A. Pearson
Chelan County Republican Candidate Seeks Rep Nomination
A Chelan County resident announces candidacy for the office of Representative at the September 10 1918 primary election. He asks for his name to appear on the Republican party ballot and pledges to provide the best services if nominated and elected to the next legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelan County
Republican Party
Trouble Making Fools and Goats Herders in France
A columnist condemns plans by California women to travel to France as goat herders noting that college training seems misused and questioning patriotic motives. The piece suggests a broader worry about hare brained reformers and fanatics abroad and at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
California
For Sale Two Horses Wagon and Dairy Cow
Classified ad lists two horses a wagon and a fresh milk cow for sale. Notices from Mrs Mary Posey dated jal 26 aug 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Posey
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Washington Newspaper Association
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God
J. F. Wright
Fred Kinyon
C. L. Cline
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Jal
Echo Office
Portland
Oregon
Peat
G. N
Remington. Underwood and
L. C. Smith
Washington Hotel
Mutual Creamery Co
Western Ave
Seattle
Wna
Mutual Merc. Co
F. S. Jacobsen & CO
Front St
Leavenworth Market
Harry Warner
Great Northern Lumber Co
Leavenworth, Wash
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