Ten Years Old Today Echo Marks Growth Of Leavenworth
The Echo marks ten years in Leavenworth with plans for a larger weekly edition. It has grown from a five column four page paper to producing six or eight pages weekly plus a sixteen page magazine section for Chelan county subscribers. The aim is to boost agricultural and rural readership while remaining useful to town readers. The note ends with best wishes for 1914 from Deed H Mayor. Washington Oregon Idaho and possibly Montana may form one district for a new national finance system, with Spokane and Seattle as key locations. banks show readiness to join, and the reserve city site remains under consideration.
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Leavenworth
Echo
Chelan County
Upper
Wenatchee Valley
Wehatchee Valley
Deed H. Mayor
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Spokane
Seattle
Banks Close Early Saturdays Under Old Law
Banks will close at noon on Saturdays under advice from the State Bankers Association. A 16 year old statute required banks statewide to close at 12 o’clock Saturdays, a rule long overlooked. The measure may cause hardship in trading towns until the law is repealed or better known.
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State Bankers Association
Bankers’ Association
Leavenworth
Washington Bankers Association
Leavenworth State Bank
Tumwater Savings Bank
Rivalry Over Northwest Reserve Bank Location Heats Up
Tension grows as Seattle Portland and Spokane contest the site of the new northwest reserve bank. Organizers favored one city but debate continues about the best location amid regional rivalry and policy considerations.
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Reserve Bank For the Northwest
Seattle
Portland
Spokane
Advertising Mistake Proves Echo Delivers Results
A printing error in Leavenworth Lumber Co. ad misstated ship lap price as 1.50 per thousand instead of 15.00. The firm faced callers for hours, prompting a correction for next week. The Echo urges readers that advertising boosts business and plans a larger, brighter paper to grow circulation.
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Echo
Leavenworth Lumber Co
Pacific Coast
Alta Castleberry
the Lumber Co
The
Chelan County
Browns Return From Coast After Christmas
Burt Brown and Joe Coleman returned Wednesday from the coast where they spent Christmas.
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Burt Brown
Joe Coleman
Community Notes from Eagle Creek Family Gatherings
Local notices recount visits and dinners among residents including John Bjork Illness and multiple family gatherings during Christmas and New Year. Names mentioned include Nannie Love, Martin Christensen, P W Van DeGrift, H A Anderson, Ray Sharpe, J H Sharpe, A L Mitchell, and A J Amos with excursions to Wenatchee and Dryden.
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John Bjork
Nannie Love
John
Mrs. B. C. Rutherford
Martin Christensen
Mildred
Frances Love
Mrs. Rosenberger
Christensen
Mrs. Cahill
H. A. Anderson
J. H. Sharpe
Ray Sharpe
Ross Ramage
A. L. Mitchell
Dryden
A. J. Amos
P. W. van DeGrift
Advertised Letters at Leavenworth Post Office
Uncalled letters listing names including Louis Zilka Mary Walker Mrs Mary McNutt W H Turner Ed OToole Martin Nelson Harry Deitcher Francisco Robi Falconer Mrs W O Hansen and others with postmaster note. Dr Newcomb reports the birth of a boy at the home of Mr and Mrs Earl Young in the Chewawa river valley Wednesday morning.
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Leavenworth Post Office
Louis Zilka
Mary Walker
Mary McNutt
W H Turner
Ed O’toole
Martin Nelson
Harry Deitrich
Deitchers
Forace Francisco
Robi Falconer
W O Hansen
Wm Biesland
Elma Langendorf
W R Haughey
F Wels
Erick Pulse
C B Richardson
E R King
Ergens Hilstad
Sandy Irwin
Clare Helger
Alex Giaesse
Oliver K DeLong
Beth Larson
Irwin Shipley
Dr. Newcomb
Earl Young
Chewawa River Valley
Reward for body of Fred Nelson recovered near Wenatchee River
A $100 reward is offered for the recovery of Fred Nelson who fell from the mill Co.s dam around Oct 20 and drowned in the Wenatchee river. He was about 20, wearing a flannel shirt and brown pants. Notify Mrs. D. C. Town, Leavenworth, Washington. Reward offered by Mary E. Nelson, his sister.
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Fred Nelson
Mill Co
Wenatchee River
D. C. Town
Leavenworth
Wash
Mary E. Nelson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Post Office of
Leavenworth, Wash
Deed H. Mayar
Julian Mayar
Leavenworth Echo
Reserve Bank
Eagle Creek
Echos
I. A. Kenyon
Mr. and
Mrs. P. W. van DeGrift
Mr. Schons
Wenatchee
Harry Anderson
G. A. Hamilton
Mutual Mercantile Co
Walla Walla Penitentiary
Hamilton & Peake
Wallace Stable
C. W. Wallace
Prop
Tareereph Alumn
Commercial ST. Grocery
J.C. Massie
Pioneer Bank
Echo Office
E. H. King
Reynolds Bros
Conkey’s
Pratt
Bartlett
Chelan Co
Toppenish Nursery
Ers
Mann’s
Stplone
J. A. Fernstrom
Florist
Leavenworth, Washington
Wenatchee, Washington
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