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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
5
Stage line runs from Leavenworth to Telma with weekly departures on Monday and Friday at 8 a.m. Arrives Telma at 4 p.m. Return trips depart Telma Tuesday and Saturday at 8 a.m. arriving Leavenworth at 4 p.m. Mail, express, and information available from Joe Massie, proprietor, Leavenworth Washington.
Town and County F E Carlquist watchmaker and many residents share holiday visits and travels between Wenatchee Leavenworth Peshastin and Seattle. Births illnesses and schooling fill the week with community notes plus ads for groceries and a lodge ball.
Crowded Wenatchee club gathering honors the Wenatchee valley apple win at the National Apple Show in Spokane on December 2. Plans for the valley’s future were discussed with strong local pride and no jealousy, highlighting regional unity from Wenatchee to Leavenworth.
A Wenatchee valley gathering aims to unite fruit growers from the Wenatchee River mouth to the British Columbia line. George R. Fisher presided, boosting club spirit as talks ended with a cider luncheon and plans to raise membership to five hundred.
The County Horticultural Association will hold its delayed meeting next Tuesday December 29 at the Wenatchee theater. A strong program is planned with talks on Dry Farming Irrigation The Inspection Service Budding and Grafting Horticulture in the Schools Cover Crops Exhibits and Organization by noted speakers from Nebraska Washington Cashmere Wenatchee and the United States Department of Agriculture to provide guidance for local growers.
People of Chiwaukum anticipate a new depot to replace the old shack long seen as an eyesore. The town also notes holiday plans including Mr and Mrs F A Ott of Lake Wenatchee visiting Chiwaukum friends for Christmas and Mrs Lida J Maher spending holidays in Spokane. Eddie Carter vacations in Everett while James A Grant does carpentry and interior work at his home. Sunday school in Chiwaukum is led by Mrs Maher with Mrs Buckingham as assistant and Eddie Carter as secretary and treasurer. Snowflake.
Regular services proceed as usual with a morning children’s sermon and an evangelistic evening. Sunday school attendance last week was 90 with the girls leading by two. An oyster supper will close the contest next Sunday as the score remains even. The Epworth League topic will be The Birth of Christ from Luke 2. An invitation is extended to all.
A call to all young people to join in a service at 6 45 PM with weekly Thursday evening prayer meetings at the church.
Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. with a lesson review and morning worship at 11 a.m. The New Year's Friendly Greeting is the text. Christian Endeavor meets at 6:30 p.m. led by Mr. DeFeyter on The New China. Evening service at 9:30 p.m. uses the text Resolution.
To the Ladies of Leavenworth and Vicinity the Wenatchee Milling Company offers free shipping of a clothes pin apron to every woman who applies. The promo promises sturdy, useful household items rather than cheapware.
An OCR snippet lists ads for Pfeiffer's post office pharmacy selling perfumes and cosmetics, J. G. Fritz Overland Bar selling I. W. Harper whiskey, a 100 foot wooden pipe at Echo office, J. D. Langdon veterinary services moving to Joe Massie's barn, Peach Blossom Flour guidance from Wenatchee Milling Co, L. B. Manchester dental work, Nickells candies nuts and Edison records, bread and baking at Vienna Bakery with bread tickets, and Vienna Bakery offering cigars and soft drinks.
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