Leavenworth Hometown News and Community Notes
Leavenworth locals report on new business, property deals, and personal visits. Postmaster salary rise to 1700 annually effective July 1. Mayors, mill managers, and ranchers visit, with orchard and land development plans in progress. School and church events, concerts, and upcoming baseball and tug of war games noted.
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Wenatchee
Leavenworth
Geo. J. Schuchart
Frye-Bruhn Packing Co
Missouri
Great Northern near Merritt eyes electric service on Merritt Scenic line
Reports from Merritt indicate preparations for electric operations on the Merritt Scenic route. Blueprints show a 40 car yard Y switch and new sidetracks with grading underway. A steam shovel moved from Merritt to Scenic for similar work as steel is laid on the Waterville branch. Great Northern plans regular train service over the branch.
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Great Northern
Merritt
Scenic
Merritt Yard
Waterville
Douglas
Portland’s inland city status sparks long tunnel talk
The Wenatchee World reports Portland could anchor Northwest agriculture and press for the Great Northern tunnel through the Cascade range from Pine Creek to Scenic. Frederick Bausman argues Portland’s growth hinges on agricultural shipping, citing Europe’s hubs as examples. Mrs. A H Sylvester hosts a church aid society outing on a mountain camp north of town. C W Hastings visits Leavenworth. Harry Krollpfeiffer returns from Chelan Consolidated Copper Camp noting 1900 feet tunnel progress and a rich ore stringer. Mrs Jas F Marshall from Salt Lake arrives to spend the summer.
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Portland
Cascade Mountains
Great Northern
Pine Creek
Frederick Bausman
Seattle
Europe
Mr. Bausman
Wenatchee World
Cascade Range
Northwest
A. H. Sylvester
the Aid Society of the Congregational Church
Harry Krollpfeiffer
Chelan Consolidated Copper Co
Red Mountain
Funeral of Mrs Morrison Draws Big City Gathering
A large crowd followed the casket to the cemetery after services at the Congregational church. The ceremony featured choral selections and a solo by Miss Martha Kringle, with flowers adorning the casket.
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Morrison
Congregational Church
Martha Kringle
Sunday School Attendance Declines Yet Offerings Steady
In a church notice the pastor urges renewed participation with a call to attend next Sunday services. The Mission Study class meets Friday with Miss Maggie Cahill. Ladies' Aid holds an experience social at Mrs. J L Maston's home next Wednesday. Usual services: 10 a m Sunday school 11 a m sermon Sin's Writing and Its Erasure 7 p m Epworth League Truth that Enlightens and Purifies 8 p m Great Wrestling Match. Card of thanks follows for support during illness and death of relatives.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
J. L. Maston
Epworth League
J. O. Hawk
Origins of European Coin Names Revealed
The franc once known as livre carries no evident weight link. German mark derives from a weight of eight ounces. Italian lira also equates to pound. Spanish coin names come from varied sources with escudo for five pesetas. Peseta means simply little piece. Ruble comes from a word meaning to cut, referencing its edged form.
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Europe
Spain
The Bellbird Voice Heard Three Miles Away
The naked throated bell bird emits a call that can be heard from about three miles, filling the air with its unique song.
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Reliance
the Palace of Sweets
Mrs McClelland
Missoula, Mont
M. F. Peake
Roach
Dr. Hoxsey
G. W. Painter
Everett
Davis
Sadie Skirving
Mill Company
Will Greve
E. A. King
Bank
A. L. Mitchell
Aaron
Bradstreet Mercantile Agency
R. W. Vermilya
Wenatchee Abstract Co
Mr. Vermilya
Vashon Island
Walter Olive
Ralston Place
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Icicle Canal Co
Harry O. Siler
Mr. Siler
Port Blakely
Sound
West Side
Siler
Echo
A. Austin
Esther Roberts
Engineer Roberts
Willman
Minn
Peter Sauer
Fairfield
Iowa
P. H. Graham
Charley Durand
G.S. Merriam
Peshastin
Orchard Loan and Investment Co
U. S. Forestry Office
Snowdon
S. P. Beecher
R. Edward Trumble
Wenatchee High School
Wenatchee Valley
Cascade
Stoltze
Oliver Peterson
Round House
Park Committee
John Day
Wright & Day
Messrs
Wright
C. G. Smythe
Messrs. Siler and
Schuchart
D. McCoy
McCasky Business Register
Frank J. Brady
Blewett
Thomas Spears
A. Pinch
Sunnyside
Yakima
H. E. Motteler and Son
W. E. Stevens and Son
Mr. Motteler
R. R. Dickson
Nebraska
Miss Skirving
O’neil Colony
Clyde Davis
Gray’s Harbor Country
Opera House
Church Piano Fund
A. A. Tholin’s
Warren Stewart
Monster
Columbia & Okanogan
Jay
Mildred Adams
Spokane
Jay Adams
Huston
Long Tunnel
C. W. Hastings
Reynolds
Jas. F. Marshall
Salt Lake
Catherine Lynch
Mrs. Morrison
M. E. Church Notes
Maggie Cahill
M. Morrison
Hoxsey
Dalton
Ritchie
Mrs. Newman
Lodge of Odd Fellows
Ira Holden
E. F. Davis
Jos. Graham
Palace of Sweets
G. W. Hathaway
Prop
The
North Side Grocery Company
Echo Office
End of Mill Company
Jno. Carstens
Cahill Laundry
Edison Phonographs
Nickell’s
Alt Nickell
H. B. Smith
Wash
Cascade Orchards
Joe Scott
C. W. Anderson
Oakland
Calif
Kittie Rust
Herman Rust
I. W. Harper
J. B. Violette
Overland
Commissioners Court
Washington
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