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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1906
Page
3
A mix of ads and notices shows city businesses including City Drug Store Library offering annual and monthly access, Keating hardware, Model Market food displays, and milk ticket prepayment rule after January 1 1906 by Nik Kincherf.
Collage of short items and ads including poultry feed in Cashmere Wenatchee reports, local business chatter on cutlery and flour Peach Blossom, railroad car shortages, a New York school for backward boys, an American captain of marines joke, and Panama canal wage talk.
The town chronicles a busy week with theatrical plans at the opera house on Tuesday the 16th, school reopening after holidays, guests visiting from Wenatchee Seattle and Troy, and a rising interest in local industry and farming. A fatal illness claimed Mrs. Carr while engineer McGregor survived a serious on track accident.
Last Friday evening an engine left on a siding rolled onto the main line and struck a hay car bound for the Sound. The car toppled into a gulch but both cars stayed on the track with only minor damage. No derailments occurred and trains were delayed briefly while crews checked for further damage.
A King Co customer finds $4.50 in pants bought for 3.50 from manager R T King. King denies ownership of the money and tells the customer to keep it, noting no guarantee covers such chrome with clothing sales. The incident suggests the pants were tried on by another buyer who removed the money before returning.
A. Garland long known as a major sheep owner in Leavenworth sells his docks and invests in Wenatchee real estate. He purchased the J. H. Geyer property on Nob Hill for 1400 dollars and the Judge Griffith property near Stevens school for 1200 dollars plus personal property on Nob Hill for 1200 dollars. Garland plans further purchases, trusting Wenatchee growth.
A merry crowd attended the ball at the opera house on Monday hosted by the McDaniel Family Orchestra. Mrs. T. J. Grant and Mr. Joseph Bacus won the waltz prize. Prof. McDaniel will continue teaching dancing Saturdays and plans a grand masquerade ball to be announced later.
Robert Irwin died in a Seattle hospital on December 25 after a illness lasting over six months. He had lived in Dungeness for two years, moved from the mountains west side, and was about thirty five. Buried in Dungeness, Washington.
A Sunday night performance by Ed F. Russell's company featured Mrs Russell as heroine with a well received satire on married life. The cast delivered solid performances and drew a sizable audience. Separately an Early Closing agreement aims to shut shops at seven each evening except Thursday and Saturday, with Sundays kept closed until revised.
The marriage joined Charles E Northup and Mollie Wiggins of Kingston Arkansas on December 24 with Rev Willis Phillips officiating. The bride’s family has long roots in the county and the couple plans a long, joyful life together.
Notices announce a 1905 final proof hearing for Henry Elis on homestead land in Leavenworth with witnesses listed, and an estate creditors’ claim period for James Hamilton, with administrator Frederick Jacobsen calling for claims to be filed in Leavenworth. Additional subscription offer appears for local Echo home news.
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