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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
3
Leaves Leavenworth every Monday Wednesday and Friday at Sam Ave s Blewett every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at 7am Carries passengers and or E D Shugart Prop Stage Line.
Leaves Leavenworth every Monday and Friday at 8 a.m. arrives Telma at 4 p.m. Leaves Telma every Tuesday and Saturday at 1 a.m. arrives Leavenworth at 4 p.m. Passenger and express service. For particulars address Joe Massie, Proprietor, Leavenworth, Wash.
Multiple notes from Wenatchee area indicate personnel changes at the G N including F M Lee replacing H H Keefer as depot cashier and Geo Mason succeeding J O Frick as storekeeper. Howard Nichols succeeds Otto Larsen as chief clerk at local terminal offices. Кей
Howard Nichols returned from Seattle Saturday. W M Taylor and wife from Raymond Washington visit Mr Massie. M F Peake returned from Everett after a two week stay. A church social at Mesdames Scott and Stacey raised about $10. Traveling Auditor Hewitt returned from Seattle and completed station checking the next day.
The Mohawk valley Dutch tradition marked New Year's with bushel baskets of cakes and broad hospitality. Milkmen carried cakes in new baskets, visiting homes from sunrise, while families prepared confections and rum toddy. Outsiders later turned a festive day into drunken excess, the Times notes.
Poem excerpt contrasts eras from baby with wings to aeroplane in flight and a chauffeur driven car. References Minna Irving and New York Times critique of diplomacy noting tongue tied diplomats amid Washington Berlin revelations.
Various ads and notices list for sale items and services in Leavenworth. A black cocker spaniel litter and dam, amber bead loss, several cows for milk, furniture and woodwork repairs, platform scales, a 15 cent church lunch, a colonial dinner fundraiser, a drophead sewing machine, and multiple inquiries directed to local businesses and residents.
Acre tracts for sale adjoining Leavenworth Gardens by L. J. Nelson. It targets gentlemen who enjoy a matured Old Kentucky liquor I. W. Harper whiskey sold by J. G. Fritz at the Overland Bar. Fresh cow for sale, inquire at Jacobsen’s.
The Wenat chee Laundry adds Earnest Forbes as a new agent to handle customer bundles. If customers are not satisfied, Forbes will report issues and the laundry will correct them. Your assurance is expected to be met with prompt service.
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