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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1920
Page
4
The Echo states all condolence cards and paid notices must use regular advertising rates. It will not provide free space for profit or fundraising schemes. Free use is limited to moral or community welfare movements, with back issues 25 cents each.
The piece extols thanksgiving as a universal virtue beyond creed. It traces the tradition to early America while noting humanity’s long gratitude for nature, sustenance, and scientific progress and urges sharing and caring as life’s purpose.
A political commentary notes that revolutionaries and Bolshevists failed to gain power in the recent US election. It argues the mass of Americans rejected them, despite Gene Debs' popularity as a socialist candidate, and references the vote outcome.
In a postwar climate the article argues the plain people rejected Bolshevists and revolutionaries. It campaigns to uphold law against conspiracies and terror and calls for stern action, including trials and possible punishment for extremists while defending free speech limits.
A rural editor calls on readers to cultivate enthusiasm in work and community life. He explains enthusiasm derives from the Greek en theos and urges residents to reject passivity, be active in local affairs, and find personal joy through spirited involvement.
Congressman Webster received 23 votes in the recent election to 18 for Charles Fleming, among the contest results reported.
The bill seeks to educate mothers through health centers and visiting nurses about maternity and infant hygiene. It promises free universal medical and nursing services to those who wish to use them, with no coercion involved, relying on voluntary participation and cooperation.
Nine banks in North Dakota have shut their doors in recent days amid widespread farmer distress. The closures follow reports that farmers are unable to meet loan obligations, triggering difficulties for local communities and financial institutions.
The proposed December 14 bout between Jack Dempsey and Bill Brennan at Madison Square Garden is announced. A note suggests Brennan should win by knockout to avoid past concerns about the Dempsey Carpentier clash and urges Brennan not to worry.
The governor plans to retain current state staff through the next legislative session and distribute rewards to favored individuals afterward. He reportedly favors streamlining governance by eliminating a substantial portion of the existing one hundred state departments.
The rumor of a farmer strike alarms communities as workers fear supply disruptions and economic impact. Residents urge advance notice or gradual training periods while officials hope the threat proves unfounded.
The National Grange in Boston sustained four of eight charges against William Bouck master of the Washington State Grange and reprimanded him for alleged disloyalty to the organization by inserting politics into grange sessions. The national body appears conservative preferring established American institutions to hobbies and theories.
In Tokio two thousand Japanese students discussed whether Japan should fight America. The debate concluded that America has no intent to injure Japan, but immigration from Japan should be controlled and Japanese in the United States brought under stricter limits while justice remains paramount.
Dublin, Ireland endures a week of violent clashes as dozens are reported injured and security forces respond to escalating street fighting across the city. Authorities urge calm while investigations into the incidents continue.
The piece argues that civilians have been shot down in a civil war, killed in homes or streets, not as soldiers on battlefields. It urges enlightened nations like Ireland and England to form a defensive and offensive alliance to serve mutual interests, rather than pursue offense.
Spokane Senator Westfall outlines a plan to scrap the two house system reducing lawmaking to 25 members of five per congressional district. He argues current biennial sessions with 60 day limits and 700 to 800 bills overwhelm voters and waste money. The 25 lawmakers would set procedures, stay as long as needed, and be subject to the governor’s veto.
In Georgia a blind ocean grinder has been indicted for his wife's death. It is possible that he might have been grinding at home. Ed Carter left for Mayfield Kentucky to vote a straight Democratic ticket and offered two B V Ds for heavier garments plus a screen door.
Harry Runyon the sole Democrat elected to the House leads his party as floor leader and minority member of thirty standing committees and several joint and special panels. He is also mayor of Belvidere and clerk of the Warren county tax board, making him a notably busy figure.
Fire Sunday caused damage to the east erly house of Geo Blacksledge’s three on West Commercial Street. The family of Fireman Wilson had evacuated before the fire department arrived. The blaze started in a wall ceiling near a stove pipe and was quickly controlled. Principal damage came from water and chemicals used to fight the fire.
Thomas Burke transfers lot 22 block 1 Leavenworth to T S Walton for 10 dollars. G H Cullup sells lots 10 and 11 block 3 First Add to Leavenworth to J P Lov e for 1100 dollars. Charles Kratz transfers lot 18 block 10 Ralston Add to Leavenworth to Emma E East lick for 1 dollar.
Homer Welsh traveled to Seattle on Tuesday night to buy supplies for a new business to be opened in the stand vacated by N. Day.
The Great Northern Lumber Co. shuts its logging camps for winter and expects the saw mill to close after logs in the pond are processed. A sluggish lumber market slows activity, but industry officials anticipate improved conditions by spring and a return to full operation in three to four months.
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