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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1918
Page
4
Local shoe repair shop promises top quality service with new soles and heels for old shoes. They assure careful craftsmanship to make shoes serviceable and presentable, inviting customers to entrust repairs to their skilled workers.
A local notary public urges continuous fire insurance as fires can strike anywhere. The piece notes a Washington state effort to portray the U S Food administration as anti advertising and cites Mr Hoover defending advertising while urging continued public reliance on brands. A Halifax disaster survivor rates Red Cross aid highly after transport to Hoquiam hospital. Raymond Spruce camp opens on North River with around 100 workers.
The list of war enlistees from Leavenworth includes Henry Poepmueller Gus Harding Ralph Harris Billy Smith Harry Beam Cloud Hood Harry Maston Tom Featherstone Roswell McNett Harrison Woodrow R. F. Taylor W. F. Ramsdell George Hoxsey Edwin Hoxsey Archie Estes Ellridge Brady Carl Mischke Carl Freytag Otte Brender Martin Cahill Frank Potter E. C. Booth Stanley Meredith Mayor Wilson Geo. Kidd Louis DeBlois John Wunder John Byron Earl Dennison Jas. Lamb Carl Anderson Victor Johnson Frank Harris Horace Ricardson Joe Betz H. De Long Frank Gregor Harry Ahearn Jas. M. Swan George Stahl Shirley Coleman Claire Doty Ed Sharpe A. L. Meineke James Newell Arthur Wilder Bertrand Duncan C. E. Stevenson Lester Hood Dick Simons Jack Mahoney Sam Ricker Wm. Wunder Chas. Hathaway Fred Getchman Kenneth McRae Dominick McDonald W. H. Stevenson Frank Conway James Merrill Ernest Severson John L. Nugent Harry Nicholas Howard Blankenship Valentine Franklin Fred B. Davis Chas. Westcot Clyde Boyce Louis Dahl Clint Towne Charley Hardy Carl Briggs Otto Anderson Louis F. Dahl A. W. Altman Bernard Ross.
A consignment of yarn sent to the Red Cross in Clarkston Washington contained ground glass. Miss Emma Wilson a teacher knitting for soldiers noticed irritation and saw glass fall from the wool. The entire shipment tested positive for minute glass particles and unfinished garments were returned to Sandpoint headquarters. Toppenish reports work on a new Utah Idaho Sugar Co factory.
Notice of sale in Chelan County under foreclosure of a 1917 judgment for $25,807.50 with costs and fees. The Riverview Orchard Company and related defendants face sale of 44 acres along the Columbia River, excluding a Great Northern Railway right of way, with payment due in cash at public auction on February 2, 1918 at the Wenatchee courthouse.
Wenatchee faces a shortage of clerks and stenographers as federal mobilization draws away many young men and now many young women join government service as clerks, stenographers, and nurses. Firms report difficulty securing competent help.
Public auction to sell timber on state land in Chelan County Washington on February 5 1918 from 10 am to 4 pm at the County Court House Wenatchee. Lot details include Application No 10307 section 22 township 21 north range 20 east timber 160 acres appraised 2130 50 subject to Lake Irrigation Company lease damages. Cash due sale day.
A special train carrying 258 skilled metal workers arrived Monday in Seattle from Kansas City Missouri. The workers will be employed in Seattle shipyards.
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