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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1912
Page
2
Issued every Friday the notice lists subscription at $1.50 per year in advance and directs readers to address all communications to The Leavenworth Echo.
A partial ticket listing Roosevelt for president and Hiram Johnson for vice president with party affiliates and a slate of electors and state officials including Hodges for governor and Ford for secretary of state. The fragment shows candidates across congress, state offices, and regional districts with several OCR artifacts.
The author argues that across ages figures like Jesus Caesar and Socrates faced misjudgment and persecution for challenging the status quo. It contends that critics use power and fear to label reformers as threats while praising established leaders who expand empire and wealth.
A long, polemical meditation contrasts Theodore Roosevelt with critics who oppose reform. It cites Campion Barnes Penrose and Socrates era figures, argues Roosevelt seeks leadership while opponents warn of ambition, and endorses Van Valkenburg’s view of Roosevelt as patriotic and sincere.
The text recalls Theodore Roosevelt choosing to fight and endure abuse rather than abandon his principles. He sacrificed personal interests to push forward social justice, aiming to keep the cause alive against party ruin and public vilification, trusting that rising public will reshape governance.
In Wenatchee a lecturer stressed the vast Chinese population by noting that adding two inches to each Chinaman’s shirt tail would require the entire U S cotton crop.
When the committee was appointed to investigate the campaign expenses of Theodore Roosevelt it was not expected that the result would add a half million votes to the Colonel's majority.
The general view among newspapers is that speeches do not cost Gover or Wilson votes. Some claim Roosevelt was drunk in Seattle, but that critic merely excuses voting for a less worthy candidate.
Statistics by the state board of equalization show Chelan county railroad properties valued at 7.76 million actual and 2.79 million assessed. King county leads with 36.39 million actual and 17.04 million assessed. Whitman and Spokane counties show 28.19 and 26.36 million actual values respectively, with corresponding assessments. Statewide actual railroad value totals 342.52 million and assessed value 135.52 million, up from last year. Asotin Island Kitsap and San Juan counties have no railroads.
Mrs. R. J. Flint of Brain Tree Vermont advised her husband to use Dr King s New Discovery for a dreadful cough. He was thought near death, but the medicine cured him. It is praised for coughs colds grip bronchitis croup whooping cough quinsy tonsillitis hemorrhages. 50 cents and 1.00. Guaranteed by druggists.
List of 10 undelivered letters dated October 8 1912 includes Cathin A D Condon T S Dixon Mrs Samuel Ferguson J V Koontz G W McHarg Harry McLeod Maude Wolf Albert Warner Mrs H H and J C Davis postmaster.
City of Leavenworth enacts Local Assessment District 3 for Evans and Benton streets. Bonds at 6 percent issued to cover costs with ten yearly installments, payable by property within the district. Publication in Leavenworth Echo scheduled for October 81, 1912.
Notice to voters states that Leavenworth Washington registration books will be closed October 15 1912 until after the general election on November 5 1912. Signed Guy A Hamilton City Clerk. Oct 4 11
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