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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1919
Page
5
A log of community notices cites travel to Duluth Wenatchee and Seattle. births. car and property news. visits by residents to Wenatchee Blewett and Fish Lake. church services and Ladies Aid plans. numerous residents, including Fromm Neutzel Brisses Page Town Darnell and Reed, moving, visiting, or returning home.
Mrs. Sylvester Urban now of Seattle visited Leavenworth with her husband Sylvester Urban, recalling the town’s changes since they were among the first residents in the section house nearly thirty years ago. They lived here until 1896 and returned after attending the G A R convention in Wenatchee.
On Tuesday evening June 24 1919 the newly formed W C T U held a Mothers Meeting at the M E church. A resolution endorsing the local editor’s law enforcement stance was adopted. Next meeting to discuss cigarettes. Evening gatherings in warm weather on the second and fourth Fridays. July 11 at 8 p.m. at Mrs West’s home. Members urged to attend. Mrs Harry Blankenship, Sec. Mrs O D Reeves, Pres.
Water shortage prompts economy in use of water for gardens and lawns. Watch sprinklers and avoid waste by runoff down streets or sidewalks. Do not let water flow from open hoses without a sprinkler device. S. E. Daly, Water Commissioner.
The Own Your Home drive in Spokane moved 1500 homes from March 15 to June 1. Six hundred of these sales were through forty Spokane Realty board affiliated firms. The campaign began two years earlier under I G McCormick and expanded nationwide.
A. H. Morton thanks the business men and others who donated provisions and delicacies for the boys and lent cars for transportation during a brief Lake Wenatchee vacation enjoyed by the ladies and Scouts.
Echo readers more than three months behind on subscriptions will have their papers discontinued under postal rules. The notice warns readers who fail to settle payments to expect a service interruption.
Miss Dorothy Leslie left Wednesday for Wenatchee to visit her sister Mrs. Glen Putnam. The item mentions empty barrels kegs and bottles with caps for preserving fruit juices and drinks at Koerner's Drug Store.
Notice announces public auction of listed machinery including a 12 ton Austin Road Roller and a cast steel rock crusher. Items are located in the wrecked span of North Cashmere Bridge and sale is cash to the highest bidder on July 10 at 2 p m in Wenatchee Chelan County Washington by order of the Board of County Commissioners.
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