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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1920
Page
5
Community chatter notes visits from Miss Ethel Stephenson in Everett and A R Brown in Monitor and Wenatchee. Local residents travel to Sisson California and Ephrata while shoppers advertise holiday goods and Christmas cards. A Christmas card shop and a life insurance feature appear alongside road reports and Eastern Star meeting plans.
J W A Smith of Seattle, head of the Washington Tuberculosis Association, opened the eleventh annual sale of Christmas seals to fund tuberculosis education and prevention. The state aims to sell fourteen million seals by December 24, supporting county nurses, sanatoria, clinics, and public health nursing across Washington, with a large Yakima state fair display and a Trudeau Society formed to aid medical work.
Iva and Gladys West plan to attend Normal school in Bellingham through spring. Old hose cart building moved from school grounds. Mrs. Cannon of Leavenworth had tonsil operation in Wenatchee and recovered well after initial danger. C G Cockburn sold Chelan scenery photos to Curtis Publishing Co. N A Nelson moved jeweler shop to former Carlquist building with new fixtures. City council accepted 3500 loan bid at 8 percent from Leavenworth State Bank. B A Darling will move to Everett through March 1. wages cut in mills, nine to ten hour shift likely after New Year. Dr A G McKeown returned from the East, pleased with visit. Palm confectionery moved to King building with opening Saturday. fixtures cost about five thousand dollars. Edward Kassel had spine operation in Wenatchee. graft from shin to spine, recovery expected by Christmas.
Everett reports officer J H Fox shot. Charles Harris claims he hid in a cabin between Seattle and Everett. Officers search the area for the cabin while Harris stays jailed, stating he fled Alaska and faced hardship driving his actions after hearing Fox was dead.
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