Czar's Favorite Bandmaster to Direct Music at Apple Show
Pelz the Russian Bandmaster will lead his Imperial Band and a saxophone quartet at the ninth National Apple show in Spokane November 20 to 25. He will perform cornet solos daily and is billed as the Russian Sousa for his Panama Pacific Exposition leadership. Pelz has a noted European career with imperial honors and praise from Emperor William after a Berlin concert.
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Pelz
Russia
Turkey
Run Court
Inland Empire
Spokane
United States
Sousa
San Francisco
Europe
William of
Germany
Berlin
Babies to Lead at Ninth National Apple Show Parade
The Spokane event announces a second annual Children’s Carnival with baby pageants and parades. Hundreds of mothers dress their infants in bibs for miniature floats and carriages as part of six daily divisions during November 20 to 25.
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Spokane
Board of
Tucker
Apple Show
States
Gordon C. Corbaley
Free Apple Pies At National Apple Show In Spokane
Gordon C. Corbaley announces a model kitchen at the ninth National Apple Show in Spokane from November 20 to 25. Ten thousand pies will be baked daily and distributed free to all attendees, with each ticket granting one free pie.
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Gordon C. Corbaley
Spokane
Corbaley
Students Assist Judges in Apple Show Contest
Agricultural college students will join the ninth National Apple show in Spokane from November 20 to 25. Northwestern colleges run elimination judging to pick two students each who will spend the week aiding the official judges. The winning team earns a gold medal for top aptitude.
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Agricultural College
Spokane
Northwestern
Growers Learn Packing of Apples at Northwest School
A daily packing school for northwestern apple growers will replace the world championship packing contest at the ninth National Apple Show in Spokane from November 20 to 28. Secretary-Manager Gordon C. Corbaley says expert packers will lecture and demonstrate daily with a new standard pack feature highlighted each day.
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Northwestern
Spokane
Gordon C. Corbaley
Costs rise and tariffs spark debate in national capital
The Washington Letter notes rising living costs outpacing wages in the capital, warns of hardship for the poor, and critiques tariff effects on sugar beet seed. It cites election prosecutions, Wilsons stance, and the Made in America movement urging Americans to buy domestic goods.
Flora Bousquet Elected Apple Princess at Spokane
Flora Bousquet of Chelan County won the Apple Princess title at the National Apple Show in Spokane in November 2025 with 86,770 votes, nearly doubling the next closest candidate.
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Flora Bousquet
Chelan County
Spokane
Dr Hoxsey May Take the Wilson Vote to Washington
Dr Hoxsey, a Wilson elector, may carry Washington state’s vote to Washington DC. After the seven-member vote, one member is chosen to deliver the tally. At the state convention supporters urged him as a delegate, but many rivals led to his assignment to the electoral board to avoid pitting Washington state against a possible Democratic shift.
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Wilson
Washington, D.C
Washington
Washington State
Strike plan discussed by IWW agricultural workers in Minneapolis
The IWW meeting in Minneapolis opened with nearly 400 delegates as William D. Haywood urged a nationwide strike by farm hands during harvest to force higher wages and better air treatment by authorities. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn supported the plan.
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Industrial Workers of the World
The
Agricultural Workers
Minneapolis
William D. Haywood
Elizabeth Gurley Flyn
Haywood
Hunters Bring In 300 Pound Seven Prong Buck
Roy Harris a Seattle contractor who spent time here two years ago arrived Monday and with Chris Smith left Tuesday for the Chumstick region twenty miles from town. They returned Wednesday with the 300 pound buck. Robert Taylor six year old student was struck by an auto driven by J H Garrett near Wenatchee Tuesday evening and died at midnight. Garrett is proprietor of Cash Grocery. Rev S Probst of Kennewick who officiated at the Lutheran Church last Sunday visited here and stayed with Mr and Mrs Koerner.
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Roy Harris
Seattle
Chris Smith
Robert Taylor
J. H. Garrett
Wenatchee
Mr. Garrett
Cash
The
World
Rev. S. Probst
Kennewick
Luthern Church
Dr King’s New Life Pills Advertises Gentle Laxative
The ad promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a gentle yet effective laxative to cleanse impurities from the system. It claims accumulated waste poisons the blood and causes dizziness biliousness and a muddy complexion. A nightly dose promises a full bowel movement by morning. At your druggist 25c.
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Dr. King
Echo Want Ad Offers Butter Wrappers for Sale
If you have anything to sell you can find a buyer through an Echo want ad. Butter Wrappers at The Echo office.
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Echo
King Pip Reigns At Ninth National Apple Show In Spokane
King Pip returns to Spokane for the ninth National Apple Show November 20 to 26. A commissioners board of Northwest fruit districts plans a four day conference with growers bankers and transport officials. Princesses from each district will join the royal court while a fashion show and children's pageants entertain crowds with pies jellies and apple dishes highlighted by King Pip's court and a Russian band concert.
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Northwest
Spokane
Allen Meisenheimer
Gordon C. Corbaley
Meisenheimer
Jack
Philip Pelz
King Pip
Princess Apple Blossom
Present Value Compared With Price One Year Ago
State of Washington farm product prices on Nov 1 this year vs last year show large gains. Wheat 1.26 vs 0.83, corn 1.08 vs 0.79, oats 0.54 vs 0.37, potatoes 0.87 vs 0.52, hay 13.50 vs 10.70, eggs 0.42 vs 0.33 per dozen. United States figures list wheat 1.58 vs 0.931, corn 0.85 vs 0.619, oats 0.49 vs 0.349, potatoes 1.36 vs 0.608, hay 10.68 vs 10.83 per ton, cotton 0.18 vs 0.116, eggs 0.32 vs 0.263 per dozen.
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State of
Washington
United States
State of Washington
Seattle Doctor Visits Friends at The Echo Office
Dr A Lessing of Seattle arrived on Wednesday and made a social call to local friends at The Echo office while discussing butter wrappers.
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Dr. A. Lessing
Seattle
Trying to Get Two He Got Nothing Joke About J I Brownlow
A humorous tale about J I Brownlow who went hunting with friends claiming to be a sure shot. A deer appeared and Brownlow hesitated, hoping a second deer would appear, leaving the outcome unresolved and the joke on his hunting confidence.
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J. I. Brownlow
Leavenworth Echo Ownership Statement 1916
Statement of Ownership for Leavenworth Echo shows Deed H. Mayor as sole owner and publisher with no bonds or mortgages. Notarized by E. H. Fox on October 28, 1916. no circulation statement required for weekly newspapers. located Leavenworth Washington.
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Congress
Leavenworth Echo
Leavenworth
Wash
Echo
E. H. Fox
Notary Public
Mrs Ware Joins Husband in Walla Walla Forestry Work
Mrs. F Ware traveled Monday to Walla Walla to join her husband employed in the forestry department. Mr and Mrs Frank Lenzie of Chiwaukum spent the weekend as guests of Mr and Mrs Koerner.
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F. Ware
Walla Walla
Forestry Department
Frank Lenzie
Chiwaukum
Mrs. Koerner
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