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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1911
Page
5
Leavenworth locals feature Koerner's selling peanuts and ice cream. notes on visitors, shipments, and local business moves. Mentions Miss Stella Hinman Seattle trip, A J Gardner from Portland, and Molher Cashmere ties. Also reports sports result Redmen vs Clerks 3to17 and potential Great Northern stockyard move concerns.
Mrs John King and Esther Roberts visited this week from Wenatchee while Floy Barker of Walla Walla, visiting Miss Edna Beatherstone, returned home Thursday. The baseball season is over but memories linger and locals promise a stronger team next year with support from business leaders.
The Scenic theater crowded Wednesday night for Richards and Pringle's minstrel show. The company opened in full stage array with Tambo and bones still visible though diminished. Johnson the interlocutor appeared in resplendent costume, delivering jokes. The program featured strong vocal and instrumental numbers, a well received plantation scene, and a final one act about a negro's fondness for chicken and a hen roost after dark.
The city council met Tuesday night with all members present except Guy Hamilton who was in Seattle. The Washington Steel and Iron Co light franchise received its first reading and was passed.
Chelan County schools distribute eleven thousand eight hundred seventy four dollars with state and county shares. Wenatchee district to issue thirty five thousand dollar bonds. bids due August 19 with one percent deposit. Peshastin notes local happenings from Kinney on sick list to school projects and new warehouse work.
PIGS FOR SALE see F T Mot teler. sewing machines to rent by the week. J A Hoffee & Co. House for sale near L D mill finished five rooms. For details inquire at The Echo office. milk cow and calf for sale, write Charles Hendricks Peshastin Washington.
The program lists selections for a Saturday evening concert by the Kid band at 8 o'clock. pieces include Leon quickstep by Barnby Mona cornet duet by Board McDaniel Woldenberg Under arms march by Al Hay Paragon overture with baritone and alto duet Haines Kringle Intermission The Marvel march by Fillmore Olympia overture Miller The Three Links march Miller and Loyal and True by Rosecrans.
Sunday events list multiple churches with varied times. Rev J M Van de Walle and Martin Raasch listed as pastors. Epworth League meets at 7 pm, Mintzer preaches at 8 pm. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 pm. Fourth quarterly conference with Mintzer on July 29 and 30 at 8 pm Saturday and Sunday evening sermons.
Mrs J Garrett visits Wenatchee friend H A Anderson. J H Sharpe and family return from Golden Potlatch. Ramage and Jack Trowel visit Ruth Sharpe. A L Mitchell celebrates birthday with forty four guests including Dunlap Love Embleau Bjork Johnson Kraiger Van DeGrift Anderson and others. Postcard shower noted.
A $10 reward is offered for recovering a parrot missing from a Japanese rooming house. Report to a Boston restaurant. The Miller 12 acre orchard on the North side is for sale soon with irrigation plant included. J W Miller Box 23 City. 23-If.
For sale or trade black and white collie puppies from the Lord Ravens stock. Located one mile north of Leavenworth on Kinchers road. Contact H. A. Howard between 28 and 31.
Property on Commercial street corner lot 105 by 180 feet offers seventeen rooms with permanent tenants. Good location and money maker. Inquiries at Echo office. Also notes stock sale by Nat Patterson at Leavenworth Furniture Co or The Cashmere Nurseries Cashmere Wash. Franco-American toilet articles via Mrs. Mabel Hutchings agent. Laundry work offered two blocks north of Firemen’s Hall by Mrs. O L Maze. Epworth League lawn social August 1 at Miss May Ralston’s home with ice cream and cake. J B Violett sells J W Harper whiskey. State cash balance topped two million last week by more than $20,000.
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