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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1909
Page
5
Stage line runs from Leavenworth to Telma with departures Monday and Friday at 8 a.m. Arrives Telma at 4 p.m. Return trips depart Telma Tuesday and Saturday at 8 a.m. Arrive Leavenworth 4 p.m. Mall, passengers, and express. For details address Joe Massie, Proprietor Hox 71 Leavenworth Wash.
Local notes reveal Susie Smith staying with the McCoys in Peshastin and Fred Smith visiting from Hillyard. Wenatchee legal matters include Judge Griffith and Judge King traveling for business, with Libby & Nelson awarded a $35,000 contract for the new depot. A women focused lecture at the opera house and a new depot project are noted along with real estate activity by J. D. Taylor and Mr. McKeown planning a dental office in Leavenworth.
Reynolds of Reynolds Washington transacted business here Tuesday. Carl Christensen former Leavenworth resident now in Wenatchee passed through Monday heading to Seattle for the A Y P opening. The opera house moving picture show last Sunday night drew a large crowd and will repeat weekly through summer. City Marshal Platt visited Spokane for a serious operation likely to keep him idle two weeks. A railroad man named McCracken wears his badge in the interim. Leavenworth ladies sold ice cream at the ball grounds Monday to raise church funds, netting 24 dollars split among the Methodist Congregational Lutheran and Catholic churches.
A large crowd watched Leavenworth Mercantile defeat L D stores 18 to 17 in a 12 inning baseball clash. Pitcher Pearl Bissel shut down L D in key frames while Bill Nye and Handsome Harry Carr made highlight plays. Manager Bill Elliott umpired, drawing praise from all.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. King travel by afternoon train to Seattle for a week at the fair. Mr. and Mrs. Deed H. Mayor depart Sunday for the A Y P Exposition opening June 1. Mrs. Mayor plans a six to eight month absence visiting Louisville Ashville Newport Charleston and Texas towns before returning through San Angelo Mineral Wells and Goldthwaite.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ahearn express thanks to neighbors and friends for kindness during the illness and death of their little darling baby and particularly to the ladies for their floral offering.
A note suggests the latest style is to end shopping with a stop at the Palace of Sweets for ice cream or a cold drink after finishing purchases. The reader is invited to try it.
A sorrel mare with an H brand on the right hip and white on both right feet is offered for capture by the owner who will reclaim her by covering keeping and advertisement costs. The notice urges buyers to select proven varieties and to purchase from a reputable nursery like the Oregon Nursery Co of Salem with I H Cook as local salesman.
The Echo showcases calendars banners and advertising novelties with price data for readers considering orders. Pfeiffer's advertises sun dries toilet articles and prescriptions from a druggist shop near the post office. Nearby listings include rental properties five acre tracts for sale Emig ranch soil near Leavenworth and Edison phonographs at Nickell's opposite depot.
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