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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1916
Page
3
Leavenworth residents attended club meetings and social events including the O E S Sewing Club session at the Masonic hall. Local businesses advertise a fire sale on ranges and heaters while a library benefit dance was postponed to February 22.
Mrs Freida Gerfin wife of William Gerfin died yesterday at 3 am from Brights disease She had been bed ridden for a few days and leaves three children youngest three months old Her mother Mrs Agre arrived hours before and will take the body to Ruff Washington for interment Funeral services are planned at the residence of Mr and Mrs Tom Smith after Mr Geffin returns from the ranch near Lake Wenatchee
The first of March marks the start of Baby Week declared by the government through the Children's Department of Labor. The initiative invites guidance from the children’s bureau on methods and demonstrations for the celebration, signaling a community’s intelligence and uplift.
The Leavenworth Gun Club announces its first annual banquet at the club house on Sunday February 6 at 1 p m. Reports on the club finances and plans for the coming year will be presented and discussed. The event includes a themed menu and indoor shooting humor as members gather for a social feed.
The church schedules Low Mass at 8 00 and High Mass at 10 00 on the first, third and fifth Sunday mornings with sermon at both. Rosary sermon and benediction occur at 7 30 on the second and fourth Sunday evenings. Sunday school meets Saturdays at 8 30 for mass followed by catechism Bible history and altar boy instruction. All are welcome.
Sunday School at 10 am and preaching at 11 am. Junior League at 2 pm. Bible Study Class at 3 pm. Epworth League at 6 30 pm with preaching at 7 30 pm. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at 7 30 pm.
Sunday morning Sunday school at 10. Morning service at 11 on The Writing on the Wall. Evening service at 7 30 with The Christ Party. Everyone welcome.
The article highlights women presiding over colleges, authoring plays, mining claims run by two Oregon sisters, and many others. It notes women across cities serving as deputy sheriffs, on parole boards, and council members while clubs promote Baby Week and economic living lessons for women in Wenatchee and Seattle.
A boiled collection notes varied curiosities from an Andean road crossing high in Bolivia to US dominance in seal skins production and consumption. It mentions population growth since 1880 and prior eras, Kentucky caves for food storage, longevity of citrus fruit, ancient safety pins from Crete, and early metalwork artifacts in a museum. Also promotes a sale of secondhand heaters at K and V B Hardware Co.
Frantz Poulsen of Norway introduces an invention said to divert explosive pressure away from ships’ hulls to prevent torpedo or mine destruction. Details are kept secret and Britain’s admiralty has offered to test the device at the soonest opportunity. Also advertised 750 lb DeLaval Separator, used, cheap by K and V Hardware Co.
John Bergren a ranch owner in Peshastin swallowed his false teeth while asleep. His groans woke his wife who, with tweezers, removed the teeth before a doctor arrived.
Advertised remedy claims to ease a sluggish liver and relieve dizziness headaches constipation and biliousness. It promises to tone the whole system aid digestion purify blood clear complexion and is priced at 25 cents at the local druggist.
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