Town and Farm Section for Chelan County Readers
The paper announces a new Town and Farm section appearing twice monthly. It will cover dairy, orcharding, wheat, beekeeping, poultry, farm mechanics, fashions, state news, farm merchandising, and household pages with expert editors under Frederick Ornes. The tone emphasizes practical stories over preaching and notes financing by The Irving Whitehouse Company with offices in Seattle Chicago and New York.
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Washington Newspaper Association
Washington
Frederick Ornes
L. C. Smith
Seattle
Advertising
Chicago
Tribune
New York
Bond House
Irving Whitehouse Company
Spokane
Northwest
Soldiers and Friends Celebrate Fourth of July Visit
Will Wonder arrived from spruce lumber camps near South Bend Washington where he helps produce airplane timber. He reports a gain of over twenty pounds since enlisting and a healthy look after a visit with his parents and friends. Fred Cahill of Raymond Washington also in spruce timber work returned home to see family before resuming duty. Ollie English, formerly from here and now in South Bend aiding timber production, visited Leavenworth friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Wonder
South Bend
Wash
Fred Cahill
Raymond
Fred
Ollie English
Seattle
Leavenworth
Letters From Soldier Boys Excerpt From Reid France 1918
Excerpts from Charles Warren Reid in France describe travel by train and foot, landscapes, architecture, and cost of living. He notes French towns, churches, castles, trains, and a nearby ammunition factory, plus experiences with wine, currency, and local customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Warren Reid
France
Tucker Charged With Grand Larceny After Hotel Robbery
W E Tucker a logger was arrested Saturday on charges of breaking into the Lilly Hotel and robbing guests of over a hundred dollars on the Fourth of July. After an examining trial he pleaded not guilty and was remanded to Superior Court with bail set at 1000. Deputy officials moved him to Wenatchee for jail.
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W. E. Tucker
Lilly Hotel
Everett
Davis
Pearson
Sherburn
Turner
Wenatchee
Tucker
State Reformatory
Ladies seeking fall garments call Frances Wood
City news items note fashion inquiries and social updates. Frances Wood advertises exclusive early fall garments by phone 861. Local residents Frances Wood Mrs E H King and companions travel by car to Wenatchee and visit Mountain Home ranch amid rain. A theft motive dog and licenses for local residents are listed among brief notices.
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Frances Wood
Movement by Seattle Women to Protect American Prisoners
Several hundred Seattle women from many organizations form the Women's League for the Protection of American Prisoners. The pledge to boycott German goods for a generation follows maltreatment of U S prisoners. Pledge blanks are at Red Cross 315 University, National League for Women’s Service, Soldiers and Sailors’ Club, and Girls’ Honor Guard HQ.
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Seattle
Women’s League For the Protection of
United States
Red Cross
University Street
National League For Women’s Service
Soldiers and Sailors’ Club
Girls’ Honor Guard
Fourth Avenue
University and
Seneca Streets
Women’s League For the Protection of American Prisoners
Statement on German goods boycott for POW mistreatment
The passage declares that in the war period any American prisoner maltreated by the enemy or witnesses thereof will substantiate the claim with sworn statements, and it bars buying any article made in or from Germany for a generation after the war ends.
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Germany
Seattle Girls Victory Carnival Plans July 23 28
Sailors and carpenters work at the Naval training camp to build stages grandstands and platforms for the Seattle Girls Victory Carnival set for July 23 to 28. The event, under Navy department auspices with thousands of sailors, features a large bandstand, the University of Washington amphitheater pageant The Road to Victory, airship flights, swimming canoe races and sports.
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Naval Training Camp
Seattle
Navy Department
Northwest
Puget Sound Navy Yard
University of Washington
Camp Lewis
Letters From Lee Hall Describe Laborers and War Outlook
June 30 letter from Jack Mahoney in Lee Hall Virginia to Charley Fox notes many laborers are Spanish or Mexican and kept at work by federal authority. About a hundred struck, ten men with revolvers confronted them, and workers rushed back to tools. Mahoney expresses envy of trench soldiers and urges transfer, urging action against the Kaiser.
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Lee Hall
Virginia
Jack Mahoney
Charley Fox
Uncle Sam
Kaiser
Dry Your Cherries Without Sugar
Scarcity of sugar threatens fruit preservation but a Plainview valley guide shows drying cherries without sugar. It notes thousands of pounds at risk, offers methods to dry cherries for pies sauce or as raisins substitutes and urges families to dry 50 to 100 pounds for winter use to conserve food.
Debt of Japan trade with Russia falls to near zero
Japan owes 30 million dollars for arms and war supplies and 20 million dollars for other merchandise to Russia. These credits cannot be recovered under the current Russian government restrictions on exchange.
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Japan
Russia
Community News Roundup From Peshastin
Local notes describe orchard work with women thinning apples and rain aiding road conditions. Families travel to Seattle for Fourth of July, and several births occur at Emergency Hospital Leavenworth and Seattle General. Arthur Owens dies after being struck by a fire chief’s car in Seattle. funeral held.
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Doris Biles
Alice Bile
Laura Hardy
Sarah Kelly
Pete Larson
Fred Brender
Seattle
Fromm
Henry Hardy
Cle Elum
Stork
Leavenworth
Walter Smith
Orville Headley
Edith Swango
William Jones
Dan Phillips
Clifford Gilbert
Nels Larson
Arthur Owens
Justice Stationery Co
Second Ave
Bonny- Watson Chapel
Lakeview Cemetery
Arthur
Everett
Wash
Seattle General Hospital
Peshastin
O. D. Reeves
Mrs Rutherford Hurt In Auto Accident En Route to Seattle
Mr and Mrs B C Rutherford traveled toward Seattle on the Fourth when an axle broke near Blewett Pass and a service car was sent from Cle Elum. On the descent the driver lost control and went over the grade injuring Mrs Rutherford severely in the face. the party returned home Sunday.
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B. C. Rutherford
Seattle
Blewett Pass
Cle Elum
Rutherford
Fourth Class Postmaster Examination Announced
The United States Civil Service Commission announces a fourth class postmaster examination in Wenatchee Washington on July 26 1918 to fill a contemplated vacancy at Peshastin The office paid 480 last fiscal year Applicants must be 21 or older on exam date women in states recognizing age of majority for all purposes may be admitted at 18
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United States Civil Service Commision
Wenatchee
Wash
Peshastin
Red Cross Receives Yarn for Sweaters and Socks
The Red Cross chapter received a quantity of yarn this week as the government requests sweaters and socks. Women willing to knit are urged to call and collect yarn for distribution.
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Red Cross
Mrs Hanson Leaves Seattle After Week with Ericksons
Mrs Hanson departed for her Seattle home Wednesday following a weeklong visit with friends Mr and Mrs C A Erickson.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chelan County
Whro
Echo
America
U. S
Salvation Army
War Workers Room
Mrs. White
Hillyard
F. J. Hanover
O. C. Snyder
James Egan
Scenic, Wash
Lillian Fleming
Randolph, Neb
I. M. Morgan
Emil Frank Place
Harold Cool
James Wunder
William
Havre
Montana
Wunder
Duncan Tegtmeier
Harry B. Rohrbaugh
Guy T. Montgomery
Floyd J. Williams
W.T. Tustin
C. C. Dill
A. O. Colburn
S. H. Riggs
Rosalia
Wheeler
E. H. King
Boyceott
Seattle Girls
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