Leavenworth Boy Witnessed Surrender of German Fleet
A letter to Herman Howe from A L Meinecke describes witnessing Germany’s fleet surrender on November 21 1918. The writer aboard the U S S Arkansas with the British grand fleet saw 9 battleships 5 battle cruisers and 7 light cruisers surrender then move to the Firth of Forth for internment and notes film crews reporters present. He recalls cruising near Edinburgh and the Orkney Islands and includes plans for more liberty once censorship eased.
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U. S. S. Arkansas
Herman
U.S
Foyth
Edinburgh
Scotland
United and
Associated Press
North Sea
Orkney Islands
Minneapolis
Dumferline
Andrew Carnegie
M E Church Notices Sunday Schedule
Sunday school at 10:00 a m morning service at 11 00 Epworth League at 6 30 and preaching at 7 30 The week of prayer will be observed in the church Meeting every evening except Saturday at 7 30 A H Morton Pastor
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Epworth League
A. H. Morton
Washington Apples Lead Nation in Shipments
Washington state dominates apple production with the Wenatchee valley alone shipping more than six and a half million boxes. It highlights the region as a major supplier within the national fruit industry.
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State of Washington
Wenatchee Valley
Crater Lake A Shell Hole in House Speech
Representative Sinnott of Oregon described Crater Lake as a vast indigo lake six miles wide and 2,000 feet deep perched in a volcanic caldera. He compared it to Mount Merama and invoked Lucifer and rebel angels in dramatic imagery.
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Sinnott
Oregon
Crater Lake
Marama
Lucifer
Bill to Protect Fruit and Vegetable Shippers
A proposed federal inspection bill by Senator Jones would require an inspector to certify goods before shipment. The certificate would serve as prima facie evidence that produce is sound when delivered to the carrier, aiming to curb graft by consignees and protect growers from losses.
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Jones
Senate
Lieutenant Frank Everett McNett Dies in Georgia
Lieutenant Frank Everett McNett, 28, a medical officer slated for plastic surgery study at Columbia University, died December 8 at Camp Greenleaf Georgia from pneumonia after influenza. Funeral with military honors was held at the camp December 20 and a Portland service followed at Finley’s chapel. Interment was at Riverview. He leaves a widow and parents Mr and Mrs Henry S McNett and a brother in Leavenworth Washington.
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Portland
McNeTt
Frank Everett McNett
Columbia University
Camp Greenleaf
Georgia
Camp Dee
Finley’s Chapel
Riverview
Henry S. McNett
Leavenworth
Wash
Wenatchee Gets Iron Works with Fifty Thousand Dollar Capital
Reports state a new iron works valued at fifty thousand dollars is planned for Wenatchee. Seattle will serve as the port basis for Siberian shipping and a government order supports Pacific coast flour purchases of seven to eight hundred thousand barrels.
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Wenatchee
Seattle
Suez
Pacific
Echo publisher quotes Bible to urge fair trading
The Echo cites a rancher's statement and a biblical maxim to press residents to trade at home. The piece argues against hypocrisy, claiming that urging local buying while buying out of town reveals selective preaching.
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Upper
Wenatchee Valley
The
Echo
Leavenworth
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