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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1906
Page
3
A mixed read of shop promotes Prime Flour and Peach Blossom flour with claims of best quality. Local sales highlight hose tobacco and a vintage Old Kentucky whiskey. Edna Campbell offers piano lessons. a five room house for sale near the mill. entertainment at the opera house and a fish wardens tale plus bridge funding in Wenatchee.
Wenatchee residents socialize travel and business with multiple town visits. Notable items include residents in Seattle Everett Spokane Leavenworth and Peshastin. a residence sale for 1200. a new two story brick planned. church services and fundraisers. and a court verdict of one cent. The week features family arrivals and visits, construction updates, and regional rail travelers.
H L Timm promotes Cleveland baking powder to town with visiting ladies. E C Davy expands hotel and store room to host guests. Congregational church prepares sermon The Passion for a City on June 24 with Holy City sung by Mrs. Lew Noble. Various residents travel, recoveries noted, and fishing season openings teased.
Miss Irene Austin arrives from Bozeman to visit Leavenworth while her father A Austin runs the Leavenworth Cafe. D L Manning Skykomish hotel keeper tours town with talk of settling, while Mrs A D Gaisford visits from Monroe. Library hall foundation starts, to be 28 by 86 feet, with a two story brick building planned later. Ed Mills suffers a serious thumb injury cutting wood. Hagen Anderson promoted to traveling material clerk, with childhood ties to Leavenworth and early town roles.
W H Hadley a leading local figure and former Tumwater Bank cashier left last Saturday for Ann Arbor Michigan his old home. Sickness six weeks ago forced his resignation and he has suffered a sore malady baffling medical skill. Friends pray for his speedy return with Miss Ermy a professional nurse accompanying him. His mother lives in Ann Arbor and telegrams reported his improved condition on arrival.
A quiet Wednesday evening ceremony at 8 o clock at John Trerice home joined P J Peletier known as Kid Raymond and Miss Clara G Skeete in marriage. Reverend Robb of Cashmere officiated. Peletier recently based in Leavenworth four to five months, known as a versatile athlete. Skeete from Cashmere with foster parents Mr and Mrs Trerice, has resided here about six months. Echo offers congratulations and wishes a happy life.
On April 28 Jerome Crick fell from the dam into a spillway and drowned. Efforts to recover failed until last Sunday when T G Jarvis found the body in the Wenatchee river near Chumstick mouth. The corpse was removed and buried by undertaker Keating after no friends or relatives were heard from despite attempts at the time.
Public notice style guidance urges careful listing of name and address to ensure mail return. Advises considering location and desirability before spending on homes. Promotes J. W. Corcoran offering building lots priced forty to seventy five dollars with flexible terms.
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