Interesting Letter From The War Zone
The letter from Billy to Robert Smith, dated October 1917 in England, recounts surviving German air raids, seasickness, sightings at sea, convoy arrangements, and impressions of Scotland and England. It notes sociable locals who admire American soldiers, distributions of Ford cars, narrow streets, inns, drinking customs, aircraft sightings, and a clipped wing goose as a personal comparison.
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Robert Smith
Billy
Echo
England
Taxes Due Next Month in Delinquent-Interest Notice
A letter explains tax due dates and delinquent penalties with a summary of revenue laws. It notes half payment by May 31 allows the second half by November 30 and mentions interest adjustments, while contrasting local and U S tax conditions. The writer, William E Smith, an A E F 10th Engineers Forestry unit, adds personal wartime notes and requests news from home.
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Leavenworth
States
Wm. E. Smith
Engrs
Forestry
Peshastin Valley Apple Crop Named Prosperous
Peshastin fruitgrower Mr. F A Winegate reports a near total crop in storage with negligible loss. His orchard yielded about 8000 boxes of good grade apples and warehousing by G M H Wagner & Sons plans to handle roughly 150000 boxes this season.
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F. A. Winegate
Peshastin
G. M. H. Wagner & Sons
Winegate & Bigelow
Upper Valley
Pacific County Highway Funds Hit By Labor Shortage
Pacific county has 200000 dollars available for highway work but cannot secure contractors or laborers to spend it. Tacoma hosts a 1500000 dollar amusement midway to be built at Camp Lewis.
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Pacific County
Tacoma
Camp Lewis
Federal license rules curb explosives sales and use
A war measure requires licenses for all who handle explosives and tightens penalties for possession without license after Nov 15. The law empowers the Bureau of Mines to enforce licensing through national and local officers, with state inspectors and foremans licenses for workers. It aims to keep dynamite from evildoers and halt plots.
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United States
Bureau of Mines
Francis S. Peabody
Chicago
Secretary of the Interior
Lane
van H. Manning
Bureau
Washington
Changing Line of W. V. N. Rail road
Wenatchee Valley Northern Railroad shifts track from near Commercial Street to the north river bank. The half mile of new track bypasses two bridges and piling, dumps logs directly into the main river, and lowers upkeep.
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W. F. Gutschow
Wenatchee Valley Northern Railroad
Commercial Street
Montana man sets world record high priced steel at 1500 lbs
A Montana man achieves a world record price for steel weighing 1500 pounds at 15 cents per pound totaling 215 dollars. Tacoma shipyard workers plan cooperative buying of supplies. Colfax to see a new federal building valued at 5500 dollars erected soon.
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Montana
Tacoma
Colfax
Jay Adams Joins Balloon Observation Service
Jay Adams returned from the coast after applying for service in the balloon observation corps of the army. He was accepted and expects training soon, marking a second attempt after an earlier rejection from the officers reserve corps. The role is a dangerous aerial task involving captive balloons used for mapping and facing enemy attacks.
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Jay Adams
Baloon Observation Corps
Army
Adams
Officers Reserve Corps
No-mans-land
Jay
Twelve Foot Coal Vein Struck in Moses Coulee
The Wenatchee World reports a mine on Wenatchee Orchard Land Co property about seventy five miles east of Wenatchee in Grant County struck a one foot coal vein at 260 feet, followed by a three foot vein and a 12 foot vein of excellent coal. Ed Russell and A G Pogue own the land and development plans are in motion. If the find proves as hoped it could solve central Washington’s fuel problem.
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Wenatchee
Washington
Richards v Bjork Court Finds For Plaintiff
L F Richards sued John Bjork in Superior court for 386 dollars claiming plumbing work on the old Overland hotel at Leavenworth performed before a 1914 fire. The court awarded 325 dollars plus interest totaling 381 dollars. Crollard and Crollard represented Richards. L J Nelson of Leavenworth appeared for Bjork.
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L. F. Richards
John Bjork
Richards
Bjorks
Overland
Leavenworth
Crollard & Crollard
L. J. Nelson
Wenatchee World
Wenatchee Troop C Soldiers Buy Large Insurance Policy
Wenatchee Troop C of 106 men led by Captain McDonald has all taken a $10 000 soldier's policy totaling 1 060 000. The Sunset division Washington troops also carry max policies costing 6 50 per month deducted from pay. Policies are made out to dependents and after each payday soldiers have little cash left as half salary is kept on army books and used for insurance and liberty bonds.
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Old Wenatchee
McDonald
Washington
Well Known Club Woman Visits Leavenworth
Mrs N F McCready president of the Washington State Federation of Womens Clubs speaks at the Scenic Theatre at 8 PM. The talk urges women to aid in the war effort with music, no admission charged, and notes a second Mrs McCready from Sunnyside also active in the federation to avoid confusion.
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N. F. McCready
Snohomish Wash
Washington State Federation of Womens Clubs
Leavenworth
Scenic Theatre
Atkinson's Cement Prospect Brightens with Expansion Plans
John D. Atkinson, former attorney general, traveled from Chikamin creek to Spokane and Billings to arrange finances. The marble project he developed there may become a going concern as demand for cement grows, with Bankers Loan and Trust Co. of Billings noted for dividend history.
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John D. Atkinson
Chikamin Creek
Spokane
Billings
Mont
Bankers Loan and Trust Co
Atkinson
Banks Notify Subscribers on Second Liberty Loan Payments
Banks inform all subscribers who bought on the partial payment plan that the second payment was due November 15 and must be paid the same day to the credit of the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco. The payment is 18 percent after a 2 percent down, with next payments due in a month and the final in January. Interest on all Second Liberty loan bonds begins November 15.
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Federal Reserve Bank
San Francisco
Whitman grade school to play High School team
School notes report Whitman grade school from Wenatchee will bring a basketball team to face the newly organized High School team this Friday night. A lively game is expected. The community concert is set for Thursday evening November 22 in the auditorium with readings, vocal solos, violin numbers and Kid Band selections. Philomathian officers are Edward Ritchie president Gilbert Reeves vice president Lloyd Brown secretary Clifford Hagler treasurer Charles Hathaway program committee. Hiyuskookum officers are Virginia Toles president Merritt Hagler vice president Lovell Hendricks secretary Howard Roach treasurer. High School sewing class members aid Red Cross work and some girls prepared Christmas packages for soldiers in France. Subscribe for the Echo today.
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H. B. Ellison
Whitman
Wenatchee
LeGros
Carter
Minnie Rust
Clifford Hagler
Lila Snyder
Kid Band
Philomathian Society
Edward Ritchie
Gilbert Reeves
Lloyd Brown
Charles Hathaway
Hiyuskookum
Virginia Toles
Merritt Hagler
Lovell Hendricks
Howard Roach
Fruit Train Collision Kills Two Engineers in Montana
A northwestern fruit train carrying sixty cars of Skookum apples owned by Northwestern Fruit Exchange collided with a westbound train between Ural and Tweed Montana. The westbound engineer and fireman died. the fruit train engineers were injured but to recover. Five apple cars destroyed. Harvey Robertson helped rescue the dead and said they were buried in apples.
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Ural
Tweed
Montana
Harvey Robertson
O. B. Robertson
Robertson
Young Robertson
New Jersey Letter Details Kaiser Bill Funeral Bit
George Hoxsey, now stationed in New Jersey, reports daily social events with his company and notes they expect to move to the front soon. An entertainment in honor of the 502d Battalion included a mock funeral of Kaiser Bill led by Sergt. Geo. Hoxsey, featuring a flute procession and a hanging effigy.
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Hoxsey
George
New Jersey
Edwin
161St Infantry
Twentieth Regiment Engineers
Reilly
Giaquinto
Kaiser Bill
Sergt
Geo. Hoxsey
Sergt. Hoxsey
October Fatal Accidents Reported by Industrial Insurance Commission
The commission reports October totals of 2 078 accidents with 28 fatal. Prior months show 1916 had 20 fatal and 1 804 other injuries, September had 26 fatal in 1 906 total. Of October fatalities 13 were in lumber with four unclassified. Since 1911 the commission has recorded 100 531 total accidents and 1 851 fatal.
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Industrial Insurance Commission
New 13 Cent Stamp Planned for Registered Mail
The Postoffice department plans a 13 cent stamp for registered and special delivery letters replacing the 12 cent issue. Franklin will appear on the stamp with size and border matching the over seven cent issues. color to be chosen. Raymond shows a payroll of 211450 dollars per month.
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Postoffice Department
Franklin
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Billy” Smith
U.S. A
McIntosh
Scotland
America
Baloon
Moses Coulee
Wenatchee Boys
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
France
The
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
Raymond
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