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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
4
Congressman Tom D McKeown urges focus on winning the war and peace through decisive action. The newspaper publishes war information from the State Council of Defense and National Committee of Public Information to inform readers of the gravity of the war situation.
A call to housewives to lead in wartime conservation by using all food and avoiding waste. Emphasizes reducing heat, reusing parings, and choosing cheaper yet nutritious foods to stretch household budgets and aid national wartime goals.
Retailers nationwide are adopting co operative delivery to reduce duplicative work and release several thousand workers for other tasks. Housewives are urged to support the movement as merchants save costs and consumers may pay less for goods. Buyers should carry small packages home.
The article clarifies that most Red Cross donations go to relief, with collecting costs under one percent. It states that a $10 donation leaves at least $9.90 for ambulances bandages medicine and other relief materials after expenses.
Emperor William dedicates a Roman museum at Saalburg on October 4 1900 praising Germany as the future instructress of humanity. He calls for united action by princes peoples armies and citizens to make Germany powerful unique and strongly united like Rome.
State superintendent R. H. Wilson has ordered teachers to teach the causes of the war and America's role before the fall term. The note frames Germany as Kaiser era aggressor and links education to national duty. A mention of fall crop potatoes as seed for next spring appears as a side note.
A reader argues against pleasure use of gasoline, urging conservation to preserve fuel for airplanes ships and other war machines. The piece notes America’s large production but warns shortages could bite military needs and cost American lives. It stresses careful use to avoid hurting local troops facing Prussian cannon.
The Food Administrator orders Federal Food Commissioners to start a second enrollment drive for women on October 14 1917. The week long campaign aims to boost pledge card food conservation participation after the initial effort by state councils of defense and the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense, which ended September 5.
The Federal Department of Labor announces a plan to mobilize adult male volunteers for all essential war work. Men may serve voluntarily or as wage earners and enroll in the U S Public Service Reserve. Details on qualifications will be recorded and opportunities quickly relayed to governmental departments and employers through County Councils of Defense.
Eighteen thousand club members in Oklahoma plan to save garden seed to aid the country and earn a personal profit. Federal and state agricultural authorities urge action to preserve field and garden seeds of all kinds. Each participant should save for home use and also provide seed for others unable to save, noting next spring could bring a seed shortage.
Senator R L Owen told the Senate on April 16 1917 that democratic nations faced extinction if pressured by Germany and that the United States must resist now or risk deadly peril to its present and future.
Quote from Congressman Scott Ferris condemns profiteering during wartime as he questions placing hardship on families while soldiers cross 3,000 miles of sea. The remark frames food control as a fair burden shared by all, not just the home front profiteers.
A man who burns his straw stock is guilty of two offenses. He destroys forage for farm stock and deprives himself of a source of profit, harming wartime efficiency and personal livelihood.
Farmers refrain from sowing wheat on land that lacks proper prep as costs rise. Business pressures push them to delay planting due to high input and preparation expenses.
San Francisco report recalls Jack Nearing visiting the grave of Bob Evans the Scotch collie famed among Pinole powder workers. Evans earned fame after surviving six explosions before a train ended his life. workers raised 100 dollars for his funeral. Nearing, a former powder worker, returns after sixteen years away, now a railroad man in Los Angeles.
Terre Haute Indiana Robert Copeland seeks substitution for his drafted brother Rea by writing to President Wilson. The request is refused by the War Department noting substitution is prohibited. Copeland appeals citing family hardship and desire to serve.
Marshalltown Iowa report notes Meskwaki corn dance celebration near Tama drew several automobile loads of Nebraska and Oklahoma Indians. They traveled the La Crosse Tama Kansas City trail to La Crosse to visit Wisconsin tribal friends, marking a new era of travel for Iowa Sac and Fox descendants.
In Northumberland Pennsylvania Miss Mabel Merle aided the elopement of widow Lydia Kirkendall and George Oswald. Kirkendall’s father Samuel Nuss tried to stop them, chasing with a bicycle but failed as the train left before he reached the station.
A long-lost Civil War letter reached Comptroller General William A. Wright in Atlanta decades after it was written. Wright wrote from Johnson's Island in 1864 during imprisonment with Col. Clairburn Snead. Snead entrusted the note to Captain Beal, who later found and delivered the missive in Putnam County, revealing Wright’s attempted exchange and the letter’s journey.
Roy Montgomery ten years old of Brazil Indiana was pulled from an abandoned clay pit after more than twenty minutes without breath. A lung motor by the city fire department and first aid by two men and a neighborhood boy restored life as bystanders aided.
Chicago report notes H. H. Harmon an eighty year old Bluffs resident who said he has hunted for seventy years and will not stop. He sought a hunting license from City Clerk Davenport after failing at Jacksonville Petersburg and other nearer towns, with license forms not yet distributed to those locations.
San Antonio Texas reports a women’s organization from Texas and Oklahoma forming quietly to offer as a 1500 strong regiment for France or other assigned war duties. The group comprises wives of soldiers in the regular army national guard and prospective draftees, seeking training and roles in guard duty patrol scout work and related tasks.
Walter F. York's cat wandered and was discovered in the partitions of the Universalist church in Woodfords Me near the roof after three days of searching. Boards were ripped up to reach the animal and the hungry cat returned home in a triumphant procession.
Directors of the Sharon Canton and Norwood Street railroad notify three towns that they will rip up tracks and sell the rails as junk. Public service authorities may be asked to intervene as presidents pursue appeals to retain the railway.
Albert W. Drum of Telma Washington files five year proof for Lot 649 in Home stead Entry Survey 162 comprising 100.84 acres in Sections 18 and 19 T28N R16E W M. The hearing is set before United States Commissioner R S Ludington in Wenatchee on October 16 1917 with witnesses CG B Sears Grover Dickinson Geo Likfeldt and Ghas R Alsop all of Telma.
Grover Cleve land Dickinson of Telma Washington filed notice to prove up a three year claim to unsurveyed and surveyed section 18 in township 28 north range 16 east W M. The hearing will be before United States Commissioner R. B. Ludington at Wenatchee on October 16 1917. Witnesses named are C B Sears A W Drum Geo Likfeldt and Charles R Alsop all of Telma Washington.
Cornelius B Sears of Telma Washington filed notice of intention to make five year proof to establish his homestead claim for a 125.64 acre parcel in sections 19 20 and 30 T 28 N R 16 E W M with corner lists and metes and bounds. Witnesses Grover Dickinson Geo Likfeldt Chase Alsop and Albert W Drum, all of Telma Washington, named. The hearing is set for October 16 1917 before the commissioner at Wenatchee Washington.
Geo Likfeldt of Telma Washington has filed notice of intention to make five year proof on his 1910 homestead entry serial 07441 for listed land in sections 17 and 18, T 28 N R16 E, W M. The hearing is set for October 16, 1917 before U S Commissioner R S Ludington in Wenatchee. Witnesses named: OC B Sears Grover Dickinson Albert W Drum and Chas R Alsop, all of Telma Washington.
Eugene E Batchelor of Telma Washington filed intent to make five year proof to establish his homestead claim on sections 82 and 4 in township 28 north range 16 east W M. The hearing occurs October 16 before United States Commissioner R S Ludington at Wenatchee Washington. Witnesses include C B Sears AW Dunn Grover Dickinson and George Likfeldt of Telma.
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