This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 23 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1917
Page
4
The piece stresses that winning the war with Germany is the most important national task. It urges the American people to awaken to the grave duty and to support victory, peace, and democracy worldwide with seriousness and unity.
The piece argues Liberty Loan bonds are like preferred stock in the United States, offering a certain 3 percent dividend, tax-exempt, with ownership signaling civic support. It contrasts wartime gains and losses for Germany, noting massive territorial and economic losses and lasting international contempt.
The piece argues that war opponents are allies of the Kaiser and will prolong conflict. It likens present dissent to Civil War Toryism and warns that agitators hinder the administrator's task to crush Prussianism, delaying victory and risking American lives.
France relies on educating today’s children to secure its future. Reports from front regions describe schools operating despite gas mask requirements for possible air attacks. Leaders urge American mothers and fathers to keep children in school from grade school through college as long as possible.
Young men of the state may join the Naval Militia at the U S Naval Training Station Seattle campus. Applications in person or by phone to the Commanding Officer or Executive Officer. Physical exams arranged on arrival day. Transportation not provided. Each recruit housed and fed three meals daily. Training spans 4 to 6 months with infantry artillery drill boats under oars and sail and sailorman duties.
Cod Administrator Herbert Hoover issue pamphlet urges maintaining dairy output to avert slaughter of dairy stock. Farmers cut herds due to high feed costs as allies face shortages since German pressure diverts supplies from western Scandinavia and Switzerland. World meat animal stocks fall by 104 million head since the war began.
Elihu Root warns that German propaganda funds and propaganda outlets aim to erode democracy in the United States and Russia. He says some Americans and Russians advocate peace while aiding the enemy and urges vigilance against treason within.
Senator Robert L. Owen declares before the Senate that treaties with the Prussian government lack value without military power to enforce them. He warns that if the U S wins the war, its enemies will attack when convenient, labeling agreements as scraps of paper.
Objects of Food Control call for a full inquiry into available stocks, costs, and production practices. It includes preventing hoarding and speculation, requisitioning supplies when needed, and prohibiting wasteful uses of food.
The article argues that minimum price is not price fixing. It states the minimum acts as a safeguard against losses and does not bar higher wheat prices.
The text asserts that wasting food is morally a crime and, by implication, legally actionable, noting the act harms every citizen who works to contribute. It frames the issue as a moral duty and collective responsibility beyond wealth or legal statutes.
North Dakota voters elected John M. Baer, a Fargo cartoonist, to Congress by a large margin as farmers and urban workers united for a nonpartisan candidate. Baer, a 25 year old with engineering training, used chalk talks and illustrated speeches to persuade voters, signaling the rise of the National Nonpartisan League with 100000 members across eight states.
An editorial notes silver at current quotas moves toward a world parity with gold as nations like Mexico India and Peru maintain the metal. It argues remonetization and stable purchasing power postwar will benefit the United States and western prosperity, with Denver and California affected by silver dynamics. The piece ends with a legal notice: Richard I Williams is summoned for divorce in Washington, with dates and attorney details.
Washington reports the American Red Cross has perfected plans to aid Americans held in German camps. A prisoners relief committee is organized in Berne under Ellis L. Dresel of the American legation. About a hundred American prisoners are in Germany, many civilian sailors, with high death rates linked to inadequate rations.
In Redwood City California a crowd heard Kaiser is dead and rushed to the town hall. An effigy of Bill Hohenzollern was dropped into a marsh from a nearby plane by Dan Davidson at dawn, mistaken for an aviator crash by a farmer who reported the scene.
More than a hundred ships from the Great Lakes will be moved to the Atlantic coast in coming months to ease local tonnage shortages. Many vessels will be cut in halves to pass through the Welland Canal.
Four young women have passed federal exams and been appointed as nature guides for campers in Rocky Mountain National Park with Estes Park as gateway. They will lead talks on trees flowers birds and animals for a nominal fee. Applicants have flooded in for the new positions under Supervisor L C Way.
Albert Hosmer fourteen of Parkman faced a charging bull owned by his father in a yard. He grabbed the bell ring, leaped onto the bull, then the animal bucked and stopped. Hosmer slipped to the ground and escaped over the fence as the bull roared.
Albert W. Drum of Telma Washington filed for five year proof on homestead entry No. 06497 for Survey No. 162 in sections 18 and 19 T28N R16E W.M. Net area 100.24 acres. Proof to be made before United States Commissioner R. S. Ludington at Wenatchee on October 16 1917 witnesses B Sears Grover Dickinson Geo Likfeldt and Chas R Alsop of Telma Washington. Ben Spear Register.
Grover Cleve land Dickinson of Telma Washington filed notice of intention to establish a claim to a 183.28 acre Homestead Entry in sections 18 and 18 in T 28 N R 16 E WM with serial No 011167. He will present testimony before United States Commissioner R B Ludington at Wenatchee on Oct 16 1917 with witnesses C B Sears A W Drum Geo Likfeldt and Charles R Alsop all of Telma WA.
Cornelius B Sears of Telma Washington files for five year proof to establish a land claim under Homestead Entry Serial No 06561 Survey No 164 for 125.64 acres in sections 19 20 29 30 T28N R16E W M. Wenatchee Washington to hear Oct 16 1917 with witnesses Grover O Dickinson Geo Likfeldt Chase Alsop and Albert W Drum all of Telma Wash.
Geo Likfeldt of Telma Washington filed notice to prove up a five year period on his homestead entry in sections 17 and 18, township 28 north range 16 east, Wenatchee Washington, with witnesses O B Hears Grover C Dickinson Albert W Drum and Chas R Alsop, before U S commissioner R S Ludington on October 11 1917.
Eugene BK Batchelor of Telma Wash filed notice of intention to make five year proof to establish his homestead claim for north by SEM and 4 north east 4 Section 82 Township 28 north Range 16 east. Hearing set before KS Ludington United States Commissioner at Wespence Wash on October 6. Witnesses named O B Sears AW Dim Grover Dickinson and George Likfeldt of Telma Wash.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.