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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
6
The text argues that ending the I. W. W. violence and replacing it with arbitration would lead the nation to a strikeless era and peak efficiency. It frames arbitration as a path to industrial peace and higher productivity.
Sunday School at 10 a m Preaching at 11 Epworth League at 6 30 p m Preaching at 7 30 Prayer meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday Pastor F L Moore invites all to attend these services.
Sunday school at 9:45 and morning service at 10:45. Preaching in the evening at 7:30 by Rev Haase. Next Sunday morning services in Cashmere at 10 and Leavenworth at 8 with Sunday school at 9 in both locations.
A licensed Washington physician, a regular medical graduate, advertises free examination and consultation during a traveling visit to major towns and cities. He notes he does not operate for chronic conditions but claims success in stomach and liver diseases, rheumatism, skin and nerve issues, among others, with treatment fees only for chosen care. German and Swedish are spoken. address listed as 336 Boston Block Minneapolis Minnesota.
The USDA urges eating fresh corn meal ground from new corn rather than old degermed kernels. It notes flavor and nutrition are better when meal is ground locally from fresh corn and warns commercial meals lose oil and germ. Also mentions rising small mills and local power options. Aberdeen-Ten whales were killed and brought in by the Bay City Whaling fleet.
Goldendale builds a 50 by 100 foot apple warehouse and Vancouver Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co secures a 25 year franchise. Okanogan doubles warehouse storage to fifty carloads of boxed apples with packing room conveyors. Arlington reports beans at a cannery and berries forthcoming. coast shipbuilding labor disputes to be settled by government mediated arbitration. Great Northern may remove 21 miles of track Molson to Oroville, triggering Seattle business concerns. Other items cover steel, lumber, mining, electricity, and road contracts across Spokane, Anacortes, Everett, Toppenish, Olympia, and Preston with varied project costs and labor signals.
Washington officials outlined what national army recruits may anticipate upon arrival at training camps. Initial steps include a thorough bath and strict personal cleanliness. Recruits will be assigned to sections near neighbors, then later to branches by fitness. First two weeks focus on medical exams, vaccinations for typhoid paratyphoid and smallpox, and prescribed exercises. Subsequent weeks introduce regular training with continued medical oversight and hygiene instruction. Seattle New company buys Middle coff plant. McCabe Lumber Co to improve property and manufacture material for ships.
A lost tire and rim were found on the road between Leavenworth and Red Mountain. A finder should leave them at Cascade Garage for reward. Other items include births at J. H. Pardo’s home, a birth to Mr. and Mrs. Vern Johnson, travel notices, and local shifts.
The sketch follows Chester Warman, raised with his brother J H A Warman after his parents died. Chester joined the U S Marine Corps on February 16 and died August 7 in Nicaragua from a bullet in his bunk. J H A Warman, now principal at Bay Center, Washington, was en route there yesterday. The piece condemns labor agitators and greed, urging control for national peace.
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