City News Notes Influenza Toll and Local Visits
City Marshall Love is listed among influenza victims. Various residents travel to Wenatchee and Seattle, with visits to family homes in Leavenworth and Cashmere. Local hires include Martin Christenson joining the Sanitary meat market and H. M. West at The Echo linotype. Attorney Nelson pursued a Briskey case motion in Wenatchee. J B Ballou Jr. returns from Seattle to visit family and colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Wenatchee
Briskey
Great Northern
J. B. Ballou, Jr
Seattle
J. B. Ballou
Leavenworth
Peshastin Fruit Growers workforce wage rise and community notices
The Peshastin Fruit Growers warehouse reports a 5 percent wage increase for packers plus a half cent bonus and 50 cent hourly pay for truckers and dumpers. A wave of local news follows including obituaries, medical updates, church notices, theft concerns, farm activity, and a Leavenworth Kid Band rally supporting the bond drive. George Day mourns his father in Walla Walla. Del McCoy attends the funeral.
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Peshastin Fruit Growers
Association
George Day
Walla Walla
Ed. McCoy
del McCoy
McCoy
Wm. Stage
Fay Griffith
Mildred Jones
Wenatchee
Nancy Yancy
Leavenworth
Tom Cannon
Philo Christie
M. FE
Permelia
Bessie Patrick
Charles Replogle
Alaska
Boys Take Hold in Good Old American Way
From a hospital in France a wounded American writes to parents urging home front duty in support of the Fourth Liberty Loan. The piece urges families to sacrifice, fund the war, and answer the call with a firm, patriotic response stressing collective effort and national resolve.
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Hazel Pedlar Faulkner
France
Home Guard
Dauntless
You Can Stop These Casualties Quickly Liberty Bond Appeal
An exhortation urges rapid action to end casualties by financing the war effort. The Fourth Liberty Loan is promoted as the means to fund shipping American troops to Europe and defeat the enemy. The editor notes this message is suitable for display with casualty lists.
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Rance
Atlantic
Labor Must Clean House Or Lose Respect Of Fighters
An opinion piece rails at profiteers and high wage demands during wartime. It argues government funding comes from taxpayers and criticizes labor for hampering war effort by seeking top wages. It notes soldiers abroad and calls for fair treatment of those in combat, who risk or lose their lives.
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Profiteer
Cold Comfort on Soldier Land Placement Policy
Secretary of the Interior Lane questions placing returned soldiers on land arguing workers in cities enjoy shorter hours and higher pay. He notes government efforts to shorten industrial days and raise wages while agricultural workers receive less protection. The piece critiques policy and implies uncertainty about land-based rewards for veterans.
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Georgia
Lane
Stoke's Style on Government Ownership Sparks Socialist Support
A piece critiques rapid government takeover of essential industries by the administration. James G. Phelps Stokes argues Americans will back continued public use measures. The piece asserts de facto socialist influence in Washington, differing only in name.
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James G. Phelps Stokes
Washington
Spring Clothes Pins Bargain at Second Hand Store
Two dozen for the price of one with 100 dozen lightly used spring clothes pins offered by the Second Hand Store opposite the post office. Each pair is as good as new priced at 25 cents per two dozen.
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Postoffice
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City News
Marshall Love
Mrs. A. L. Haines
Geo. Watson
A. T. Eickmeyer
Spokane
J. F. Merrill
Soap Lake
Elmer
L. W. Woodrow
Everett
Mrs. Shotwell
Cashmere
Mrs. Krollpfeiffer
Mary Clark
Ethel Ahearn
Mrs. Cook
Duncan
W. A. Tegtmeier
Carl Denison
Camp Lewis
Will
Bob Smith
Mr. Thompson
Mr. Vance
K. Johnson
FE. W. Johnson
Anna Johnson
H. F. Wilcox
FB. A. Shadler
Miss Bicker
Miss Gaspard
Drury
Mrs. Gaspard
Mrs. Elmer
Martin Christenson
Sanitary
Harry Widham
Curtis L. Chase
H. A. Anderson
Eagle Creek
H. M. West
Davenport
Wash
Echo
A. W. Day
A. A. Pinch
Peshastin
Grace Spencer
Portland
J. S. Coons
L. S. Chambers
Derby Canyon
Stickle House
John Bergren
Mary
Thelma
Widby
Hoxsey
Dan Phillips
O. P. Anderson
Wilma Moore
Anderson
Isaac English
Mrs. Taylor
Blewett
J. E. Walborn
Mr. Kroneman
Epworth League
Louis Arbogast
Public Service Commission
Tumwater Light & Water Co
The
Leavenworth State Bank
Patriots
Leavenworth State
I. A. Sinclair
R. B. Field
J. B. Adams
W. L. Woodrow
Ned Towne
Mr. Town
Company O
STOKE
Naxle Sales CO
Calder Herring
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