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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1906
Page
3
Leavenworth and Blewett Stage Line departs Leavenworth every Monday Wednesday and Friday at 7am and leaves Blewett every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at 7am. It carries passengers and express goods. E D Shugart proprietor.
A collage of notices and ads from Leavenworth, Washington, including a missing horse report from Eagle Creek near Leavenworth, an August 30 31 exam for failing May, several local business promos for Peach Blossom flour and Palm Ice Cream, a whiskey endorsement, dental services by Cameron, stockholders meeting of Leavenworth Mercantile Company to decide capital increase, a sheriff candidate note for Ed Ferguson, and retirement sale by N W K F A Losekamp with decades of local business.
Everett visitor Dwight Darling visits town. several residents travel to Seattle Wenatchee Port Townsend and Spokane. A baby was born to W. W. McGivern family. Miss Meda Noble visits Wenatchee. additions announce new home plans. Community brief mentions sickness weather events and upcoming social dances.
Last Saturday a baby of Mr and Mrs Charles Biery died in a house fire seven miles north of Wenatchee. A sibling left alone in the home lit matches on the bed post, starting the blaze. Parents returned to find the bed and room ablaze with the child unable to be saved.
The child of Mrs. Louisa Hauck was gored and stamped by a pet mad cow last Monday evening near Rose Valley, fifteen miles north. Doctors report possible recovery after injuries including a broken rib and multiple gashes from horns. The family has endured tragedy with the death of the husband and a prior house fire.
F. R. Stevens, edger man at Kelly and Lapp's saw mill, was severely hurt when a pulley burst last Monday. A piece struck his head, rendering him unconscious. Dr. Hoxsey attended and dressed wounds. Stevens regained consciousness the next morning and shows favorable signs of recovery.
A party of twelve New York gentlemens spent a week near Red Mountain and returned Wednesday. Some members headed east and others west on Thursday. They praised the district’s mineral showings and plan to invest for development this fall and winter.
Montana miner William Bell, aged and experienced, was fatally injured by a tunnel blast on Negro Creek near Blewett. He reportedly set six blasts, cut the fuse too short, and died Saturday morning after the explosion crushed his skull. He leaves a wife and child. burial was held Sunday. he belonged to the It ark City Miners Union of Montana.
Dr Elmer returned Wednesday evening from Red Mountain with Prof Stillman and assistant Asmus. Brown Plumbing Co rep Charles H Brown oversees heating and plumbing in Losekamp block and Adams residence and hopes to build a brick structure here if a suitable lot is found. Stanwood tailor J E Grant rents space at J W Elliott store for shop and employs first class help.
DeLos W Fowler offers art services and advertises prints and framing. United States Land Office Waterville Washington notices Marvin Chase of Wenatchee files timber land claim for section 30 township 270 range 7 east WM with witnesses Oliver Bates W T Clark D A Beal and O D Johnson. Hearing set November 12 1906 before A N Corbin U S Commissioner in Wenatchee for proof that land is valuable for timber and stone.
Legal notice from Waterville in Chelan County listing Morris O Merrill of Washington as filing sworn timber and stone land claim for Section 6 Township 27 North Range 17 East WM. The statement notes a timber versus agricultural value dispute and sets a hearing before U S Commissioner A N Corbin in Wenatchee on November 12 1906 with witnesses Frank Bush Francis Hulbert Ed Seaman and George Brown. Adverse claimants must file by November 2 1906.
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