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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
2
Special notice warns that all condolence cards thank you notes entertainments with admission fees or fund raising promotions must be paid at regular advertising rates when printed in the Leavenworth Echo. It states the newspaper reserves free use of its columns for morally beneficial community welfare items.
The Washington Newspaper Association meeting at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane opened last Thursday with President Raynor presiding. Discussions focused on rising costs in publishing and staying in the war until victory. The event featured praise for hotel arrangements as editors paid for their own entertainment and services.
The message notes 15 000 troops set sail from New York for France and estimates about 1.25 million American soldiers will be in France soon. It asserts U S resolve to strike hard with cold steel before June 14 as German forces are warned of a strong American impact.
A column notes an extreme heat record set on Tuesday and jokes about Arizona locations Sink Hole or Stink Hole. It mentions a fundraising dance by the National League for Woman's War Service and a Young team returning $50 to the League after performing. The piece also quips about German decoration of Von Kuehlman and a marriage quip about Austria.
In Chelan County Washington In Probate estate of J H McEvoy deceased notice to creditors administrator invites claims to be filed within six months after first publication. Claims must be supported by claimant affidavit and there are no offsets. Filing at administrator's home near Dardanelles or with attorney Sam R Sumner in Wenatchee. First publication July 19 1918.
The June 14 issue of the Stars and Stripes, dated the nineteenth number, seven columns and eight pages, sent from France by Will Smith and the 10th Engineers, contains war related news and patriotic editorial policy. It highlights the first American contingent a year ago on June 14 1817.
An editorial argues a transformed American spirit since entering war, shifting from personal gain to humanitarian service. It praises national unity, sacrifice, and resolve, noting the nation endures privation to preserve honor, justice, and progress for humanity.
The family expresses heartfelt gratitude for flowers tokens and support from friends Masons Eastern Stars and Woodmen in mourning their husband and father laid to rest at the Home of Peace Wenatchee July 19. Bremerton to build 850 bungalows for 31000 staff while Washington Water Power plans an electric smelting furnace in Spokane.
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