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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1912
Page
2
Issued every Friday with a yearly advance rate of $1.50. Communications should be sent to The Leavenworth Echo.
A Chicago platform adopted by a fraudulent Republican convention that nominated Taft and Sherman is criticized as an ill conceived multifaceted trap for voters. The piece denounces the process as sinful from its January origins in Washington and blames figures like Rosewater McKinley Crane Root and Penrose with Lorimer as godfather, invoking strong moral outrage.
Local column ridicules the Echo editor as aging and vain. The piece mocks his spelling and verbose style and claims he invites controversy. It criticizes his habit of taking aim at personalities and jokes about needing Corcoran's hide for a pack saddle.
An ad states Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy can cure severe and epidemic dysentery. Sold by King's City Drug Store.
Notices set a ten dollar charge for county office and five dollars for precinct office. Announcements remain posted until after the September primary. After results, only successful candidates’ names stay up until the November general election.
R A Scheele announces run for county assessor on the Republican ticket subject to the September 3 1912 primary. Joe E Johnson declares candidacy for county treasurer on the Republican ticket with the same primary date. Lyman Lamb also announces for county treasurer in Chelan County on the Republican ticket awaiting voters decision.
Classified notice indicating location blanks for sale at The Echo. lists items and sale setup details for blank notes and receipts placer. No explicit dates or prices provided in the readable text.
The Degree of Honor lodge of Cashmere hosted a local lodge Tuesday evening with a banquet and reception. A large crowd attended from autos and afternoon train, and Frank Meacham presented a crate of strawberries that members praised as delicious.
The Warren Construction Company won the contract to pave First Street with bitulithic. A committee and local property owners studied paving types across the Northwest and found bitulithic the most durable and economical, handling heavy traffic with minimal repairs.
After a coughing spell in Neenah Wisconsin a man suffered severe side pain and two broken ribs. Doctors attribute the incident to a harsh cough and promote Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for persistent coughing and lung weakness. Mrs Effie Morton of Columbia Missouri endorses the product as a life saving aid and a free trial bottle is offered by druggists along with 50 cent or one dollar sizes.
City of Leavenworth invites sealed proposals for grading paving curbs and sidewalks on Front Ninth and Eighth Streets to Bitulithic standards. Bids due July 15 1912 with 5 percent certified check. Bond terms and Warren Brothers license noted. City reserves right to reject all bids.
Leavenworth City Council enacts an ordinance shutting pool halls billiard halls shooting galleries bowling alleys and saloons from midnight to 5 am daily and 2 am to 5 am Saturdays and enforces license cancellation and fines up to 100. The measure takes effect after publication and mayoral approval in June 1912.
In Chelan County Washington the Leavenworth State Bank files a foreclosure sale notice against John Q Gilbert Edwina A Gilbert M F Gilbert Elizabeth Gilbert and Anna Zinkey. The sale is set for August 3 1912 at 2 pm at the Chelan County Courthouse Wenatchee to satisfy a 3489.80 judgment plus interest costs and attorney fees.
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