Leavenworth lands and local budget notices in 1918 records
Notices document tax levy authorization for Chelan County School District No. 49, with proposed expenditures for general control instruction operation of school plant maintenance and auxiliary agencies. Also public land office patent notices for Upper Chief Big Vein and Big Vein Chief lodes and Leavenworth city budget estimates for 1919 including fire, police, streets, clerk and legal departments.
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Board of Commissioners
Chelan County
Washington
I. L. W. Woodrow
Amoun
United States Land Office
Waterville
Leaven Plicaworth Mining District
Che Tion Law County
Royal Development Company
P. O. Box
Leavenworth
Messrs Crollard & Crollard
Wenatchee
State of Washington
East Willamette
Ben Spear
Register
City of
Fire Dept
Seria Rice “Louie
Junk mail waste prompts quick boss pushback
A speaker vents about the overload of junk mail bets that less advertising would ease the boss’s burden. The gripe targets the volume of mail that floods the office, suggesting cuts to curb unsolicited pitches.
Profit Harming and Profiteering Debate
In wartime, critics warn against profiteering while defending legitimate profits. The piece argues profit must reflect enterprise scale and production needs, with war taxes targeting windfalls not normal gains. It stresses distinguishing profit from profiteering to sustain national strength.
Down with needless legislation in Illinois
A Chicago judge warns that enacting every popular joke into law would flood statutes. The piece argues businessmen and property owners should be kept out of the legislature, asserting they are busy and should not inflame lawmaking and taxes.
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Chicago
Illinois
Public utility policy debate in western states
Public service commissions in western states show constructive and destructive work on utilities. The California Railroad Commission is praised as among the best. The piece urges officials not to pose as socialistic schoolmasters and notes Wilson and McAdoo call utilities to be put on a paying basis alongside railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commissions
California Railroad Commission
Wilson
McAdoo
No Blanket Exemptions Linked to National Draft Policy
The ruling rejects blanket exemptions enabling quick conscription. It asserts all slackers and loafers must be drafted, sifting out inefficient workers. The Fourth Liberty Loan campaign opens September 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Methodist Church Service Schedule and Notices
Sunday school at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. Epworth League at 7 p.m. preaching at 8 p.m. Thursday prayer meeting at 8 p.m. Pastor F. L. Moore invites all to attend these services. Printed at The Echo job shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
F. L. Moore
Farm crops rally to beat hunger plan of enemy
Wartime narrative credits American farmers for preserving Allied starvation relief by boosting wheat and meat production. It notes crop destruction campaigns by German agents and calls for an eighty percent rise in Western wheat acreage as the nation prepares an army of five million to crush Germany next year.
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Potsdam
Vienna
Teuton
Cantigny
Marne
United States
HMN
Germany
Department of Agriculture
West
New Efforts Called For in Liberty Loan Drive
Writings urge renewed efforts for service as America marshals to win the war. Rural districts lead in responses to the Third Liberty Loan with flags and honor stripes signaling commitment, while the Fourth Liberty Loan is anticipated to exceed the earlier achievement.
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America
United States
Liberty Bond Slogan Parade Urges Public Bond Purchase
A wartime propaganda collection presses civilians to buy Liberty Bonds urging action with calls to “Hock the Kaiser” and “Pay His Way to St Helena.” The rhetoric links financial support to reducing casualties and aiding the war effort against Germany.
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St. Helena
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General Fund
L. W. Woodrow
Big Vein Chief
Corner No. 1
Leavnworth
GEO. A
Mickie
Peyton Brand Real
P. B. Gravely Tobacco Company
Danville, Virginia
Yankees
Rofit Harning
Sea Cruises
W. J. Grambs
United States Shipping Board
Merchant Marine Training Service
Seatte
Iriquoie
Chippewa
Grambs
Seattle
Western Shipyards
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Skinner & Eddy
Grant- Smith-Porter Company
Aberdeen
Traiing Corps
Army
Navy
Student Army Training Corps
University of Washington
Iomeire
Echo
W. & Stevens
Manacen
4Th and Main St
Verdun
England
Bonds
Hock the Kaiser
Yankee Doodie
Despot
Attorneys AT Law
A N Corbin
M. H. Easton
Corbin & Easton
Attorneys-at-Law
Sam R. Sumner
Columbia Valley Bank Bldg
Wenatchee, Wash
Burt J. Williams
Chelan Co
N. M. Sorenson Lawyer
Blue Wenatchee Wash
Reeves & Reeves Lawyers
W. F. Whitney
Crollard & Crollard Lawyers
Office Commercial Bank Building
Lewis J. Nelson
Elliott Block
John E Porter
Columbia Valley Bank
Undertakers
Leavenworth Undertaking Co
Amanda C
Towne, Prop
Cascade Undertaking Co
Cashmere
John Kuelbs
Widby & Burwell
Eye
1St Natl Bank
W. W. Elmer
Front St. Oppo
Viaduct Leavenworth, Wash
W. Tioxley
Leavenworth, Wash
DR. Jstinson Judah
Leavenworth Hospital
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