Large eleven foot corn stalk on display in Peshastin
The Peshastin warehouse crowds celebrate harvests with a giant eleven foot corn stalk from J A Warman's ranch and Bartlett pears early this year. Red Cross dance attracts over four hundred with proceeds supporting soldiers overseas.
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Peshastin Warehouse
J. A. Warman
Peshastin
Ed McCoy
Walla Walla
McCoy
Hauck
Sand Point
Idaho
Winifred Lanphere
Wenatchee
Seattle
Curtis
Camp Lewis
Theodore Robinson
Peshast
Cashmere
Robinson
Blewett Hotel
James M. Pedin
Los Angeles
J. M. Osborn
Jane Robbins
Jean Osborn
Harley Osborn
Leavenworth
Lake Wenatchee
C. W. Harris
University of Washington
Baxter Ranch
Harris
Red Cross
Dryden
McDaniels
Red Cross Fund
France
City Council Proceedings Outline Delinquent Water Policy
At a regular meeting council members Wunder Pipkin Bresch and Warner answered to their names. Bills were read and approved, the treasurer reported, water shutoff for delinquents authorized with no charges under 1.50 monthly, and viaduct repairs delegated to the street and alley committee. A check valve for fire pressure was discussed but no decision made. Bills totaled 321.76 including hardware, lumber, auto supplies and printing.
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Wunder
Pipkin
Bresch
Warner
Great Northern Lumber Co
K. & W. B. Hardware Co
L. J. Nelson
Freight wreck blocks yard tracks near viaduct
A freight collision yesterday evening left two empty box cars and an empty oil tank car piled across two sidings just east of the viaduct. A truck on a freight car jumped the switch, derailing two more cars before stopping. Clearing began about an hour later, with no impact on the main line. Mrs. L. Lamb and her daughter Miss Erma arrived from Auburn to review her Cascade orchard interests.
Rubber Stamp Orders Taken With Prompt Delivery
The Echo advertises rubber stamps available on order with careful attention and timely delivery. Maltf
Typewriter ribbons for sale at The Echo office
Remington Underwood and L C Smith typewriter ribbons offered at The Echo office with sale notice dated July 26tf.
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Remington, Underwood and
L. C. Smith
Echo
Mickie Says No Knowledge On Buyer's Phone Call
The editor replies that they knew nothing about the buyer and cannot read minds. They offer to help if contacted by phone and assure they do their best to assist.
Poles Forced to Germany to Work in Wartime Probe
F C Walcott recounts German proclamations in Poland urging able bodied men to work in Germany with starvation threats to families. General von Kries confirms the policy while warning the stakes for America if the Allies lose the war.
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F. C. Walcott
United States Food Administration
America
Belgium
Serbia
France
Mr. Hoover
Poland
Germany
von Beseler
von Kries
Use Nothing German Club Formed in Chicago
A Chicago group of women forms the Use Nothing German club aimed at boycotting German goods art and culture. They vow strict postwar action to deny the Kaiser any recovery and plan to spread their message nationwide encouraging women to ignore all things German.
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Chicago
Germany
United States
Voter Registration Rules Amid Redistricting in Wenatchee Area
Information for the voter explains redistricting changes in the county and urges re registration before the August 30 1918 deadline to vote in the September primary. It lists new precincts including Old Blewett and changes to Chiwaukum Cascade Tunnel Merritt and Winton with registration officers for each precinct and notes about registration book closures. It also mentions a sale notice for a ¼ horsepower Westinghouse motor at the Echo office.
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Whitney
Old Blewett
Chiwaukum
Cascade Tunnel
Merritt
Winton
Leavenworth
Regis
W. W. Thompson
J. E. Oursler
Old Blewett Blewett , Sayers
J. G
Dollar Lake
Wenatchee
Goodwin for Congress from Spokane Seeks Republican Nominations
Frank M. Goodwin of Spokane runs an active campaign for the Republican nomination to Congress. A veteran editor calls him pleas ing and well suited for the seat. He has spoken widely since the war began and delivered a noted Flag Day address at Wenatchee to over 2000 listeners. He is 47, married with three children, began as a coal miner at 15, graduated from Maryland University, and was admitted to the bar in 1896. He served as deputy prosecuting attorney of Spokane County and as U S assistant attorney uncovering land and timber frauds in Idaho and Montana. He has nearly seven years in government service.
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Frank M. Goodwin
Spokane
Oroville
Maryland University
Spokane County
United States
Idaho
Montana
Adler-ika Instant Relief Promises Quick Bowel Flush
An old Leavenworth promotion touts Adler-ika as a bowel cleansing remedy using buckthorn bark glycerine and similar ingredients. It claims a single spoonful clears the entire tract, relieving sour stomach gas and constipation and even preventing appendicitis. Wheeler's Drug Store advertises the product.
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Leavenworth
Adler-ika
Adler Ika
Wheeler's Drug Store
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City Council
Geo. A. Blacksedge
Burroughs Adding Machine Co
F. S. Jacobsen & Co
Mutual Merc. Co
E. G. Gowing
Cascade Garage
Wenatchee Printing Co
Tumwater Light & Water Co
Leavenworth Supply Co
L. Q. Taylor
Leavenworth Echo
Mickie
W. F. Whitney
Westinghouse Motor
Liberty Bonds
The
Leavenworth State Bank
Rexall
Rexall 93
Wheeler’s
Rexall Drug Store
Sampson Grocery Co
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