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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1909
Page
2
A notice warns Echo subscribers that being a year or more behind on payments may lead to removal from the mailing list. It explains the step of sending arrears notices before expiration and that continued nonpayment could result in dropping the subscriber to protect postal privileges.
The tariff bill now before Congress divides Republicans. Voters and editors fear it betrays the platform and could yield Republican defeat in two years. Taft had warned that revision meant downward, while the president supports sticking to the pledge and interprets it plainly.
The Wenatchee World asserts the Great Northern electric plant lies twelve miles above Leavenworth while noting the paper’s claim and humor about accuracy. The excerpt ridicules distance estimates as a fair average for the publication.
Francis W. Cushman congressman from the Tacoma district died in a New York hospital Tuesday morning at 5 o clock. He was serving his sixth term and stood as an influential representative and humorist. Speculation named S A Ruth Thurston W H Paulhamus Pierce and Presley Klickitat as potential successors.
The Wenatchee World describes two games with Leavenworth. a 9 to 8 loss followed by an 18 to 10 defeat after Leavenworth scored eight runs in one inning. The piece notes the newsworthy but poor quality of those performances.
Postmaster J. C. Davis lists uncalled letters including Erickson John, Kidson Geo I, Parker Chas, 2 Rian Richard, Roberts P G, Smith W F. In calling for same, please say advertised.
The Washington state commission displays broad exhibits at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition in departments including education mining agriculture forestry dairy and good roads and women. The commission also erected the forestry educational dairy good roads and women buildings for exclusive state use some becoming permanent for University of Washington facilities.
News from Washington state reports the death of Jack Smith in Providence Hospital Seattle after a stomach cancer operation. He 102s a former Leavenworth resident born in Milwaukee and aged nearly 48. The brief notes his family, charity, and burial plans at Wa basha. The week’s items cover appointments, projects, and incidents across Spokane Olympia Seattle and other cities.
A fragmentary notice quotes a moralizing voice on women’s behavior, asserting judgment if women deviate and claiming there is no hope for them, referencing Mrs. W. Lancaster and a bygone Gallilee. The terse text frames social hypocrisy and punitive sentiment toward female conduct.
Ray E Connelly and Nellie M Anderson were married Tuesday evening in Everett. Reverend William E Randall of the First Baptist church performed the ring ceremony at the bridegroom’s Wetmore avenue residence. The couple left by the evening train for a wedding trip and will reside in Everett after their return.
Notice from the U S Land Office Waterville Washington that the official plat of Township 23 North Range 14 East will be filed at 9:00 a m on August 12 1909. After that date applications for lands in this township subject to entry filing or selection will be accepted. W F Haynes Register W A Henry Receiver
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