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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1904
Page
2
The Leavenworth Echo notes Wenatchee and Cashmere enter active municipal campaigns with multiple tickets expected. It endorses a Columbia River free wagon bridge, urging state aid of 25000 and freight concessions from the Great Northern for central Washington's development.
Citizens Bloom Bliss Bros and Geo L Hoppe tested fire hoses this week. A three quarto inch stream reached the Bloom building top, showing potential protection for tall structures. The water company added four inch mains along Front Street and installed eight hydrant connections, expanding ready water supply in case of fire. The notice urges property owners to support this vital safety effort.
Celery has sparked a fashion in London with a beauty cult among stylish women and others, driving a surge in celery demand. Experts claim raw celery sharpens complexion, brightens eyes, boosts health, energy, and temper.
A geography discussion notes Siberia covers enormous territory beyond its borders. The diagram by Geo Kennan helps readers grasp the scale by comparing it with the entire United States from Maine to California.
The passage imagines fitting all of the U S including Alaska and Europe except Russia into Siberia with margins to spare, suggesting a vast, humorous map dissection that leaves more than 300 000 miles of Siberian land unused and larger than the German Empire.
An ornate reception hosted by Mr and Mrs A M Phelan at their elegant Leavenworth home on November 24 drew Leavenworth society's elite. The banquet featured lavish decor, an extensive multi course feast, and singing by guests before the evening closed with warm well wishes for the couple.
A frontier man named Wilson attends the Tholin Smith opening with sobriety and restraint. His wife fears temptation and sends two sons to bring him home after he lingers at the event until the small hours.
The piece notes a local reaction to a grand opening while detailing sidewalk progress. Gus Bjork and Mr Brown led a block sidewalk, Captain McDonald Doctor Hoxsey and others helped close gaps from the post office to the opera house. Merchants extend walks to connect stores, improving town shows and visitor impressions.
The town hosts a leap year ball on Monday night December 12 with invited gentlemen. Rules ensure no cost for gentlemen unless they ask a lady to dance or leave during intermission, for which a 25 cent fine applies. Women aim to guide proper ball conduct.
Last Saturday night marked the opening of the Opera Bar with festive clat and a bountiful lunch including a whole pig barbecue crab and shrimp salads and other tempting morsels. Visitors from neighboring towns attended while Tholin and Smith welcomed old friends and strangers alike to their enterprise. The building and furniture reportedly cost around ten thousand dollars.
Mr. Taylor Yocom of Wenatchee and Miss Marel Searles of Lake Wenatchee wed at the Congregational parsonage last Wednesday December 7 at noon. Rev. W. S. Bixby officiated.
Miss Searles daughter of a prominent Lake Wenatchee resident marries Mr Yoeom who has lived near Wenatchee for some time. The Echo offers congratulations and best wishes for a happy life ahead. Gates Ajar E. S. Gates finally caught a train and left for an eastern visit, with Ernest’s social absence felt in Leavenworth. Cedar Rapids gains if Dame Rumer’s reports prove true about his future success.
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