Local Masons Erect Fine Leavenworth Temple
The Masonic lodge of Leavenworth built a two story temple at a cost between 6000 and 7000 dollars under contractor Louis F. Speidel. The upper floor will host lodge rooms and the ground floor will become a Masonic Club room. The project was funded by members and will be graded with lawn planting this fall. Dedication is planned next month with grand lodge officials.
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Masonic Temple
Masonic Lodge
Louis F. Speidel
Leavenworth
Northwest
Masons of
Speidel
Grand Lodge
The Great War Outlook Amid European Conflict
The article surveys forty days of World War I coverage with Allied advances and German strain. It notes Belgium’s influence on delaying Germany, Russia gaining German lands, and predicts the war ending before winter with global suffering minimized. It reflects on Austrian and German limits and anticipates Russia's future influence in postwar borders.
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Daily Press
France
England
Russia
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Europe
Paris
Light turnout in Tuesday primary due to war news interest
The light vote at Tuesday's primary is attributed to voters being absorbed by war news, leading many to neglect casting ballots. The focus on international events reduced local election participation.
Retirement of three Supreme Court judges shocks Tuesday primary
In Tuesday's primary election a notable development was the retirement of three supreme court judges. The move alters the court's trajectory and signals a shift in judicial leadership.
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Supreme Court
Special booster train to visit city from Seattle Chamber of Commerce
A special train of seven or eight cars carrying three to four hundred boosters from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce will arrive next Monday morning around 6 o clock. The visitors head for the upper Columbia river and Okana gan country and will stop briefly before returning to the coast via the Northern Pacific Railroad.
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Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Columbia River
Okanogan Country
Northern Pacific Railroad
New Home sewing machines cut price at Templin & McKenzie's
Bargain alert as a 65 dollar New Home sewing machine is offered for 32 dollars at Templin and McKenzie’s store. Limited stock advertised with bold price reduction aimed at budget shoppers.
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Templin & McKenzie
Quality First at Fair Prices Says Sharman & Gangler
The shop proclaims it never competes on cheap goods but offers the best at a fair price. Inferior items disappoint customers, while well fitting, durable goods earn repeat business. They carry Hart Schaffner & Marx clothing Walkover shoes Stetson hats and more with a money back guarantee.
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Sharman & Gangler
Hart, Schaffner & Mark
Knox
Mallory
Stephenson & Cooper
Rancher Kills Coyote After Auto Sighting
W A Nelson a White River valley rancher reports an unusual encounter on a Friday drive home. Near his place a coyote ran into his car headlights and was run over by two wheels. he skinned the animal and will claim a one dollar bounty from the county auditor when he returns to Wenatchee.
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W. A. Nelson
White River Valley
Nelson
Wenatchee
The Poor Color Sergeant
A Woman's Home Companion excerpt features a Black veteran James recalling service in a colored regiment during the Spanish American War. He notes white officers except the flag bearer, the regimental sergeant, and reflects on race and identity with humor and caution.
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James
Mexico
Washington
New York
Something to Hope For Poem by E. Kiser
A hopeful verse advising readers to keep faith and purpose despite hardship. It speaks of finding joy within, aspiring toward a gleaming crown of gems and gold, and urging action such as sending a ship, selecting a goal, planting a seed, and feeding hope with intent.
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E. Kiser
Adolph Wynnia Defies Dutch Army Call
Vienna Bakery worker Adolph Wynnia rejects a call to return to Holland and join the army. He says he would rather stay in the United States where he can earn a living, noting Holland pays about 20 cents a day and comparing the choice to a railroad track fate.
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Adolph Wynnia
Life
Vienna
Holland
Adolph
Sherman
U.S. A
Wynnia
Mrs Zinkey Visits Echo After Moving to Seattle
Mrs C R Zinkey formerly of this town now living in Seattle stopped here yesterday en route to Spokane. She paid her eleventh year's Echo subscription, one of the early subscribers who joined before the first issue.
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Leavenworth Echo
Echo
Frank Wendl
Spokane
M. Swartout
Lake Chelan
Chas. Smythe
Mont Little
Great Northern
Cascade
Everett
Mr. Little
Pall Beare Otto
Adolph Kunde
John Ewing
John Flynn
Tye
Frank Little
A G. McCoy
Chewawa River
Lake Wenatchee
Masonic Hall
L. F. Speidel
Coyote
Josephine Lamb
New York City
Brunot Hall
Miss Nason
Jewelry
Front Street
Leavenworth Mercantile Company
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