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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1918
Page
4
Local shoe repair shop promises meticulous care for all footwear with new soles and heels applied to old shoes. They guarantee services to restore serviceability and appearance, encouraging customers to entrust their shoes for thorough fixing.
A seaside incident features a dockside fisherman with two spectators debating why a flat fish has brown and white sides. One man jokes on mud stains, the other bets against him. The angler quips the real reason is sun burn from backs facing the sun. Also notes a $30,000 cannery tender at Port Blakely and a local insurance pitch.
Bobby visits a place with a big popular swing for the rising generation and tells his father it made his head ache and stomach. North Yakima evaporators will process 15 000 to 18 000 tons of apples this year that would have gone to waste. A sugar factory at North Yakima distributed 400 000 dollars to farmers in one day.
A partial list of Leavenworth enlistees named in an honor roll. Readable names include Henry Poepmueller Gus Harding Ralph Harris Billy Smith Harry Beam Cloud Hood Harrison Woodrow R F Taylor W F Ramsdell George Hoxsey Edwin Hoxsey Archie Estes Ellridge Brady and many others with several surnames and initials.
The article notes E P Ripley of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe predicted government control of US railroads within his lifetime. It references Boersma ner's December Hearst Magazine piece, analyzing wartime railway finance and future trends. Vancouver county shows $15 million assessed value while local steel shipbuilding costs total about $22 million, highlighting industry payrolls impact.
In Chelan County Washington Sheriff Bert McManus will auction on February 2 1918 at 10 a m the property described in the 1917 foreclosure judgment for Jessie F Crum executrix against The Riverview Orchard Co Lamb Davis Lumber Co and others totaling 27568 91 with accrued interest costs and attorney fees. Sale at Wenatchee courthouse front steps to the highest bidder for cash. County official E E Stowell deputy. Attorney S D Griffith for plaintiff. First publication January 4 1918.
Spokane is second in total loans among the 12 federal farm loan banks since operation began six months ago. The Spokane district bank has made $5,366,000 in loans, while the national total reaches $29,824,000. The Wichita bank tops with $7,390,000.
Northwestern and Pacific Mortgage Company sues Ned Johnson and Agnes Johnson to foreclose a mortgage on the NW quarter of Section 24, Township 24 N, Range 19 E W M. Sale set for December 29, 1917 at 10 AM at the Chelan County courthouse in Wenatchee, to satisfy judgment, interest, fees, and costs.
Rain and storms in Seattle caused significant road damage in the region with estimated costs ranging from sixty thousand to seventy five thousand dollars as crews assess the affected streets and plan repairs.
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