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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1919
Page
6
A. F. L backs government in savings work resolutions from the American Federation of Labor praise War Savings Stamps and thrift programs. The report notes Aberdeen harbor funding and Seattle council approval for a Skagit River power plant project.
A collection of aphorisms notes social quirks and human behavior across topics from wealth to marriage. The piece ends with a report that Centralia city employees received a fifteen dollar per month wage increase.
A 1919 letter from Edward A. MacLean urges Americans to curb purchases to combat high prices. He argues government action won’t end inflation and people should buy government securities instead of goods to hasten the fall of living costs. He stresses consumer responsibility for price levels.
Thrift and War Savings Stamps in the seven states of the Twelfth Federal Reserve District saved 6 427 808 from Jan 1 to July 26 1919. Stamps mature to about a million and a half more than cost, yielding a government dividend near 8 000 000 for 6 427 308. Citizens encouraged to join War Savings Society and invest in stamps and certificates. thrift stamp priced at 25 cents.
A mother asks what the Gotorox boy has achieved in the world. The daughter replies he has achieved a father with a million dollars and other successes, prompting the mother to bless the match and praise an industrious man.
In London Tit Bits a mother discovers her baby pulling Billy’s curls and learns the child’s mischief stems from a hidden awareness. Billy calmly explains that the baby now understands pain, triggering further shrieks as the mother rushes to the nursery.
An assessor visiting homes on improved streets asks owners for their names. At one door a woman replies I own it, he writes her name, then asks the lot size. She snaps two feet, imagining he suspects a centipede, per the Philadelphia Star.
A Kansas City Star remark recalls an exchange where a presiding elder seeks funds for impoverished Armenians and Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge Arkansas quips about children crying for bread and tobacco, highlighting local humor and wartime era sentiment.
A joke recounted by Flip son in Pearson's Weekly about Young Wageyles who insured 500 cigars and claimed they were destroyed by fire. The Flames Fire Insurance Company countered with an arrest for arson, turning the prank into a legal scare.
At a Washington dinner Admiral Sims quipped that divorce often stems from alternate insomnia. A nerve specialist challenged the term, and the admiral explained it as the condition where the spouse who sleeps first keeps the other awake with snoring.
Everett is employed by a major contemporary hotel, indicating a sizable property with wide facilities. His role reflects typical hotel careers in a bustling hospitality environment.
In the 1920 Spokane budget the daily wage for common labor is set at 4 dollars 50 cents. Echo want ads promise results as job seekers respond to listings.
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