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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1917
Page
2
An outspoken wartime plea argues Americans must buy liberty bonds to support troops in France. It frames the duty of every citizen as akin to those fighting in trenches, warning that refusal is moral betrayal and could aid the enemy.
A city man and country cousin swap colorful verbs to glamorize ordinary pleasures. Each speaker punctuates the tale with quirky coinages such as autoed and trolleyed while a farmer adds homey actions like muved and bedsteaded, reflecting playful linguistic invention in The Auto Era.
The Kaiser warned he would stand no nonsense from America after the war, hinting at a potential partnership with La Follette. The piece also likens two selfish men to someone who takes a peach you have watched during dinner.
Citizens in all 48 states write to Senators urging expulsion of La Follette Wisconsin for disloyalty with calls to remove Gronna Stone Vardaman and Hardwick who allegedly made German friendly speeches. Roosevelt suggests expelling La Follette and sending him to Germany. Norton and Manson of North Dakota and Illinois are alleged in the same class.
United States faces a sugar famine as allies claim most of the American crop. Cuban planters, holding back harvest to push prices, risk government seizure by President Monacal to ensure US access to sugar.
A group of apple pickers around Peshastin walked off Tuesday morning demanding 4.00 per day after being paid 3.50. Ranchers largely denied the rise, noting that apples sell higher but growing costs have climbed, including double prices for boxes wrapping paper labels and higher wages.
Since August 20 our region has enjoyed continuous warm days and cool refreshing nights with no storms and few clouds. The writer praises the endless sunshine and air, noting shorter days and cooler nights as autumn approaches, and laments that such heavenly weather cannot last.
The Walla Walla project calls for a 100 by 120 foot garage with a total cost of 30000 dollars. The Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway may be called the Golded Rule road for its public courtesy instructions to employees.
Local church notices list Methodist and Lutheran services with Sunday School at 9:45 or 10:00 and main services at 11: or 7:30 p.m. A Mass schedule includes weekday 7:30 a.m. and Sunday 10:00 a.m. A lecture by Hon. H. T. Laughbaum on Prohibition is announced for Oct 30 at the Methodist church with speaker urging attendance.
Food Administrator Hoover argues that retailers and jobbers bear most responsibility for high costs. He says manufacturers cooperate to curb living costs, while retailers profit by selling sugar at much higher consumer prices than wholesale. He notes retailers often charge 11 cents per pound, far above wholesale eight to nine cents.
An October 27 to 31 draft will move about 83,600 colored troops from the Western Department. Camp Lewis contributes 400 of the 46,100 Western troops. The War Department plans 500,000 National Army across sixteen white divisions and one colored division. Governor Lister praises Washington’s dry law and women’s suffrage, linking Prohibition to Army morale and Camp Lewis health.
United States government seeks young men in Washington for aviation and balloon duties. Aviators aged 19 to 30, balloon handlers up to 35, with Captain George L. Jones in Seattle as examining board head. Pay includes $100 monthly during flight training and subsistence. Hoover urges capping food prices and targeting middlemen to prevent excessive profits. Seattle retailers blamed for inflated costs. Public boycott urged as remedy.
Soap box orators rarely employ soft soap arguments and seldom wash with soap on hands or face, reflecting a blunt rhetoric style and a disdain for surface politeness in public discourse.
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