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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1909
Page
5
The Lake Wenatchee stage line runs from Leavenworth to Telma on Mondays and Fridays at 7 a.m. and returns Tuesdays and Saturdays at 8 a.m. with arrivals in Leavenworth at 4 p.m. Mail and passengers are carried. For details contact Joe Massie, Proprietor Box 71 Leavenworth Wash.
Local residents and visitors are listed with brief notes on their movements. Names include F E Carlquist Keatings Johnny Keating Sampson and many others in Wenatchee Spokane Seattle Everett Cashmere and Portland. An open air band concert is announced for Front street next Saturday evening.
Leavenworth residents share travel news from Seattle Spokane and the coast. A D O S Club dance at I O O F hall drew praise and funds. A Seattle marriage between Ernest Abbott and Maree Farnsworth surprised locals. The Wenatchee Valley line hosts a summit excursion with plans for another run. Police court shows few cases and notable incidents include an accident involving Mrs Edwards. The Leavenworth band elected officers and reports a growing treasury and improved skill.
Old time resident Guy Wall returns from Anacortes and notes Front street improvements. Dr. McCoy arrives with a new $2000 Chalmers Detroit auto. Albert Walker advances sidewalk work near Geo. Keating’s hardware. New district business, marriages, and berry market talk fill the week.
At a Tuesday night Fraternal Brotherhood gathering in the I O O F hall new officers were installed led by president Mrs Amanda Martin and past-president G W Hathaway. Arthur Johnson became vice-president with Mrs Dora Daly as chaplain and Geo Daly as sergeant at arms. Jeff Ross and Mrs Hazel Hill along with T J Belford of Seattle attended. Hill organized the lodge three years ago and will stay to help grow membership. Our Job Printing Excels Let Us Do Yours.
Davis Concert Co announces a Tuesday July 27 return performance in the opera house with a full program of song hits and classics plus comic readings. Ticket prices start 15 cents for children 25 cents for adults and 35 cents for reserved seats with sales Monday at Pfeiffer's Drug Store.
A local notice highlights Mrs. LaRue presenting shell art ware for display at her shop, inviting visits to view the new wares. The item appears among a collection of classifieds and notices including land certificates and town affairs.
The town of Leavenworth Washington invites sealed bids by the town clerk for excavating earth and rock on Whitman street in Ralston addition and for constructing a bridge across a gulley on Whitman street. Bids are per yard for earth and rock and per thousand feet for bridge material, with 3 percent certified check. The council may reject all bids, and bids must follow the clerk supplied form. Guy A. Hamilton Clerk. 28-9
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