Letters From Local Boys In Frisco And New York
Letters from Chas Hathaway and Carl Anderson describe training and life at Camp Mills San Francisco and U S N Training Station San Francisco and travel in New York on Thanksgiving day 1917. They note meals vaccinations and drills and mention friends from Wenatchee Cashmere and Leavenworth. Also includes a Germany food price table with prewar and 1917 figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
New York
Chas. Hathaway
California
Naval Training School
Carl Anderson
Camp Mills
Queensborough Bridge
57Th Street
Park Ave
72Nd Street
Central Park
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Woolworth
San Madison Square
Winter Gardens
Water Front
Bowery
Brooklyn Bridge
Wall Street
Hector Street
Leavenworth
Henry Johnson
Edwin Hoxsey
Harry Maston
Tom Featherstone
Cashmere
Wenatchee
Apple Crop Bottleneck Hits Wenatchee Valley Freight
Warehouses in the Wenatchee area hold about twenty five thousand apple boxes awaiting cars as labor and car shortages slow movement. The Motteler warehouse stores fifteen to twenty thousand boxes on two floors with packing led by Tom Darling and S R Harold. Harold, with prior experience in California and Idaho, will run a community packing plant to handle future crops while sixty cars of apples from area orchards are expected this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee Valley
Motteler Warehouse
Tom Darling
S. R. Harold
Okanogan Country
Motteler
Leavenworth
Harold
Impudent Traitors Seek Elevation to Public Office
An opinion expresses ire at political figures deemed traitorous, arguing they deserve advancement to positions of power. The piece condemns alleged disloyalty and urges scrutiny of those who pursue governance roles.
Mayor Hale Says $5000 Damage Suit Dropped
The $5000 damage suit filed against Mayor Hale and former Marshall Teshera by N. B. Day over a liquor raid has been dropped. Hale reports no grounds for the suit and Day will bear the costs.
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Hale
The
Echo
Marshall Teshera
N. B. Day
Day
Christmas shoppers urged to heed local ads this week
Echo advises readers to study merchant advertisements offering Christmas gift ideas and to support advertisers as a sign of progress. The piece warns that nonadvertisers may later be forced to advertise or face the sheriff.
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Echo
Merchants urged to unite for wartime thrift
War Savings stamps drive expands in Washington with Chelan county set at 465220 and state plan to raise two billion dollars by Dec 31 1918. Thrift stamps War Savings Certificates and 4 percent quarterly interest target patriotic savers. Navy seeks binoculars and spyglasses. merchants urged to adopt one daily delivery nine hour days and strict credit limits to curb waste and boost economy.
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United States
F. W. Schultze
Commercial Bank and Trust Co
Wenatchee
State of
Washington
Chelan County
War Savings Committee
Daniel Kelleher
Seattle National Bank
Soldier and Sailor Insurance Benefits Summary
Government compensation covers widows and children of killed soldiers or sailors and disability payments for disabled veterans. Widow benefits range from 25 dollars to 57 dollars with care for dependent children up to 18. Disability payments vary by marital status and number of children, with additional nursing support and a 100 dollar monthly maximum for severe impairments, printed by the Echo.
National banks post record earnings and Seattle deposits rise
Earnings of national banks for the year ending June 30 total $667,406,000 the highest in history with a $76,764,000 or 13 percent rise from the prior year, per comptroller Williams. Seattle deposits reach over $120,000,000 in a November call tabulation by John E. Price and Co. A President appeals to state banks to join the federal reserve system to support the nation during wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliams
Seattle
John E. Price and Co
Federal Reserve System
Liberty Loan in February Poised for Higher Rates
Herbert Fleishhacker, San Francisco banker and advisory liberty loan council member, says the next Liberty Loan may be floated in February and likely carry a higher interest rate than the second loan. He returned this week from Washington, D. C. to report the view.
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Liberty Loan
Liberty
Herbert Fleishhacker
San Francisco
Advisory
Liberty Loan Council
Washington, D. C
Red Cross Urges Knitted Goods And Xmas Packages
The local Red Cross Chapter received a request from Mrs Susy H Hilton Director Woman's Bureau to send in all knitted material on hand and keep knitting garments as cold weather approaches. Mr C D Stimson North west Division Manager called for more Xmas packages for soldiers and sailors to reach by December 15. A December 8 shipment from Leavenworth HQ included 17 sweaters 15 pairs of socks 8 mufflers 5 wristlets with contributions from Peshastin and Blewett. All knitters urged to finish items quickly to meet headquarters demands.
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RED Cross
Susy H. Hilton
Woman's Bureau
C. D. Stimson
Northwest Division
Leavenworth
Peshastin Aux
Blewett
Count de Reymonte Seized in Portland Jail Barrage of Claims
In Portland Oregon the so called Marquis Colonel Doctor Edward F de Reymonte was captured by Deputy U S Marshal Tichenor and held for investigation. Otto Rose claims Reymonte is Austrian and an army officer while Reymonte asserts British subject status and presents a life of travel and military service in Russia Britain and Egypt. The arrest follows a spree of mysterious papers and titles including a passport from Cairo and references to Knights Templar Moscow.
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Portland Oregon
Count de Reymonte
Oregonian
Portland
Edward F. de Reymonte
Great Britain
Unite States
U. S
Bureau of Investigation
Reymonte
Oregon City
United States
Marshall Tichenor
Otto Rose
Russia
New York City
United States Army
Royal University of
Aberdeen
Hotel Federal
Third Avenue
Pine Street
Seattle
Marshall
Egypt
Cairo
France
St. Petersburg Commandery No. 30
Moscow
Knights Templar
Marquis F. de Reymonte
M. D
D. D
Board of Regents
Carnegie University
Dover del
Academy of Physics of
Washington Association of Drugless Physicians
The
Naturpathic Society of America
Rose
Marshall Alexander
Trains Delayed East and Weather Mess Cited
East bound trains ran two to eight hours late over several days. No. 1 was abandoned. Mail arrivals were irregular. Snowfall measured light with about three inches on the level after two feet fallen. Thursday rain persisted into Friday night. Sunshine returned this morning as 24 hour cycle offered sun rain hail cold. No wind accompanied conditions.
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Goat Island
Meinecke
Uncle Sam
C. L. Hathaway
Com
A. D. Barracks
U. S. N. Training Station
San Francisco
Thirteen Negro Soldiers Hanged at Fort Sam Houston
The 24th Infantry soldiers found guilty of riot and mutiny at Houston on Aug 28 were hanged at Fort Sam Houston at 7 am. Of 63 men tried, 41 received life imprisonment, others were discharged or acquitted while officers and the county sheriff attended.
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San Antonio Texas
Daily Press
24Th Infantry
United States Army
Houston
Fort Sam Houston
Army
Hiyuskookum Program and Red Cross Luncheon Notice
School notes list musical selections, recitations, and performances by Louise Rumohr Josephine Ouren Bernice Darling Virginia Tales Mary Reynolds Ornette Peterson Jimmie Graham Bessie Graham Dippy Hogan Bert Holloway and others. The Domestic Science girls will host a Red Cross luncheon at the High School on Tuesday December 18. Christmas vacation runs December 21 to January 7. A Hiyuskookum literary program is set for Thursday evening December 20 at 8 p.m. Everyone is invited.
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H. S. Orchestra
Louise Rumohr
Josephine Ouren
Bernice Darling
Virginia Tales
Mary Reynolds
Ornette Peterson
Jimmie Graham
John Hartman
Bessie Graham
Dippy Hogan
Bert Holloway
Howard Roach
Red Cross
Italians Sink Two Austrian War Ships in Trieste Harbor
On December 9 Italian forces are credited with sinking two Austrian battle ships in Trieste harbor. The claim is supported by handwriting on official papers that resembles the signatures, while the Marshall suspects all papers are forgeries.
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Trieste
Marshall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yerba Buena
Germany
NAVY
Navy Department
Department
America
State Council of Defense
Commercial Economy Committee
Echo Reymonte
Malaga
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