Leavenworth Echo Subscription Note
Issued every Friday the notice states subscription costs one dollar fifty cents annually in advance and directs all communications to The Leavenworth Echo.
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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1913
Page
2
Issued every Friday the notice states subscription costs one dollar fifty cents annually in advance and directs all communications to The Leavenworth Echo.
The piece notes Congress will convene again this month to tackle tariff policy. It argues the Democratic Party cannot unite on a satisfactory tariff due to conflicting regional interests from Louisiana sugar to Alabama iron and Carolinas cotton mills. It questions if the anti corruption champions can unify. It also mentions calls for currency reform and debates over gold standard versus interest bearing bonds.
Social items note the Lutheran Ladies' Aid gathering at Mrs. Jas Wonder's home on April 10 with cordial invites. Knights of Columbus Wenatchee council 1545 will visit for a quarterly meeting. Leavenworth members plan to Wenatchee on April 20 for about twenty five initiations. Maccabees hosted by Mrs. F T Motteler saw new members join and Lula E Adams performed piano. Next meeting with Mrs Ida Bauman on April 14. Catholic church card party and social dance at Firemen's hall last Thursday raised a neat sum for future events.
Miss Sabina Bartlett and A A McDonald were married in Tacoma on March 29. Bartlett, formerly of Wenatchee, spent winter with her mother in Centralia. McDonald works as a salesman for Eilers Music House in Tacoma. Bartlett is known in Wenatchee and Peshastin where her father lives. F J Bauer, former roundhouse foreman, headed to Superior Wisconsin for a railroad transfer was surprised by a visit.
Knighthood members gathered Wednesday evening and received two gifts. one an April fools joke package and the other a watch charm bearing the lodge emblem. The event featured games and refreshments with guests Joseph Gangler Arthur Babst Art True Jim Mazurie Pat Gallagher Ed Mahoney P F Connelly James Deblois J W Burns Hugh McShane.
The Carstens family expresses sincere thanks to friends for help and sympathy during Kate Carstens illness and death. Val Rebhahn and George Luther, owners of Cascade Orchards, visited from Seattle to prune their trees and plan to return to Seattle after a week or two.
The Leavenworth City Council approves an ordinance establishing the Water Fund to receive all water system revenues and pay expenses by warrants drawn against the fund. Warrants bear 8 percent interest from presentation and require city endorsement. Publication in Leavenworth Echo follows passage dates in 1913–1918 records.
State highway commissioner Roberts says Washington now has the most comprehensive road laws of any state after recent amendments. He notes the state will aim for an excellent showing in the coming biennium with a five million dollar highway appropriation.
Notice invites readers to place ads for buying selling renting locating or information in the Business Paragraph Column. It lists rates 10 cents a line first insertion 5 cents subsequent with a 25 cent minimum and features items from Rutherford Burns Netted Gem seed potatoes poultry dairy cows eggs and other odds and ends including exchanges and requests for services. Henry Sauer Wm Nelson Roswell McNett C. W. Ellinger M. Rumohr and City Drug Store are named along with locations and brief descriptions.
A vintage ad touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as ideal for children, stressing safety and pleasant taste. It claims mothers favor the remedy and notes it is sold by all dealers.
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