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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1920
Page
8
Pauline Lucile Mayo presents Pollyanna at Chautauqua in the fifth afternoon program. The readers and audience anticipate strong reception as the classic tale by Eleanor Porter gains fresh attention.
Residents and visitors fill a lively Peshastin week with trips to Wenatchee Leavenworth and Spokane. Highlights include family visits aquatic sports church gatherings sewing circles and a modern woodmen program. A schoolhouse improvement contract was awarded to Louis Speidel and plumbing work to K V Hardware Co.
The well known comedian billed as Man of a Thousand Laughs is set to appear at Chautauqua on the fifth day in two programs. The performer's engagement promises morning and evening shows, drawing a sizable audience to the event.
T Dinsmore Upton a former athletic director and playground superintendent will deliver a Chautauqua week lecture. He plans a western audience talk on child health and recreation as a maker of memory with a constructive message about youth welfare.
Local notes report the Chautauqua opening Sunday afternoon with a splendid number. Items mention Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Day transacting business in Wenatchee, shopping at J C Penney Co, and several local movements including travel, fishing, and donations for a park grandstand.
Me and Mrs. Leecliffee spent the weekend in Chicago returning Monday.
The Spokane area note says C. E. Bobo and Sons have bought out an undertaking business in Orofino. Weather official reports temperatures of 94 and 101 in successive days. A. I. Kenyon’s 10 acre ranch transfers to S. T. Schrock, son in law of Mr. Sauer, who arrives from Nebraska to manage next week.
A birthday card mailed in South Bend Indiana on August 2 1909 reached La Porte Indiana on July 2 1920. The text jokes about replacing U S Mail with U S Snail.
Plentiful cement advertised as ready to meet consumer needs with a robust supply. The notice cites F. T. Motteler as the contact or source for the cement stock and related services.
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