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Newspaper

Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1914

Page

5

Local Happenings and Whereabouts Report

Mrs. Chas. Fox slowly recovers from grippe. A. M. Bockemuehl from Seattle joined City Drug Store. Wheeler's Art Shop offers tallies and place cards. Lamb- Davis Lumber Co. superintendent F. C. Riggs spent week in Spokane. Carlquist made business trip to Spokane. Mrs. Forsythe convalescing after St. Francis hospital stay. Meyers injures foot on icy walk near Brown corner. New express rates on block system take effect. Two newborn boys reported at Brender and Forsythe homes. City Engineer Barnum plans sewer system for Leavenworth. Elliott asks council to reduce theater licenses in Hillyard. action denied. Antony and Cleopatra at Scenic well attended. Grace Pugsley hosts private musicale. assisted by Wiard and Griggs. Great Northern train 1 derails after rock strike near Columbia River. no serious injuries. Lake Chelan man praises nitrate of silver tablets to quit tobacco. Carr sues Thomas Culross Mining Co. Mischke predicts coast business up. plans return. McCoy and Davenport links. Mrs Olga McCoy granted divorce with alimony. Howe returns to Chumstick ranch. Gardner visits Leavenworth. plans return. Schafer nearly in auto accident in Tacoma. minor injuries. Bohnsack boy celebrates fourth birthday with party. 500 party hosted by H. E. Carr. prizes to Sampson and Lee. Maccabees ladies meet. first degree awarded. district worker lecture from Spr. Hive. Second degree planned. luncheon served.

Chas. Fox A. M. Bockemuehl Seattle City Drug Store Wheeler’s F. C. Riggs Lamb- Davis Lumber Co Spokane C. Will Schafer Tacoma H. L. Tree St. Louis Schafer George Bohnsack Edna Barclay Raymond Seeley Mary Violette Ruby Rice Helen Woods Gertrude Geerd Lena Moore Beetle Forest Weaver Harry H. E. Carr O.S. Sampson F. M. Lee

Golden Rule Store Set to Open April First

Mr. L. V. Day in charge of the Golden Rule Store plans a April first opening in the Weigand block. He arrived from Wenatchee on Monday and started organizing a crew to build shelving counters and fixtures to ready the store for the slated opening date.

L. V. Day Weigand Wenatchee

Presbyterian Sermon at Peshastin Next Sabbath

Church announces Sunday service in Mr Gilbert's hall at 3 o clock under the Presbyterian denomination with Rev W V Davis as pastor inviting all to attend The discourse entitled The Present Not the Christian s Rest and the speaker s upbeat view of Methodism forming a strong, united church community nearby

Peshastin

Church Social Highlights and Quarter Conference Update

A church social featuring performances at 11 o clock and 7 30 drew a full house with strong applause for each number. Rev Dr Brumblay reported excellent Second Quarterly Conference results while Layman's Institute in Wenatchee drew 200 attendees and a delegation of 12 from Leavenworth. Mayor Cotterill of Seattle spoke on humane, higher living ideals, and a 30 member Cashmere delegation attended with Dr Mintzer.

Brumblay Wenatchee Leavenworth Mr. Motteler Mohler Brownlow H. Sauer Dan Nicholson C. Stevenson Ballou C. Brownlow F. Blankenship

Storm King Gets Promotion On Great Northern Railroad

T. H. Nichols has been promoted from assistant roadmaster in Spokane to roadmaster of the Marcus division with headquarters at Marcus. Known as The Storm King for his snow fight work in the Cascade division, Nichols succeeds by Delta yard master Mr. Brown.

T. H. Nichols Spokane Great Northern Marcus Nichols Cascade Division Storm King Brown Delta Cascade

Well Known Automobilist Arrested in Seattle

A. D. Borton a Wenatchee man known in Seattle was fined 100 dollars for driving an automobile while intoxicated. Patrolman J L Williams arrested him in front of the Orpheum theater Third avenue and Madison street where he drove back and forth and failed to stop until hitting an obstacle. Williams testified Borton was so drunk he needed help standing. Last summer Borton’s car backed into W C Roach’s machine causing damage.

A. D. Borton Wenatchee Seattle Borton J. L. Williams Orpheum Theater Third Avenue Madison Street Williams W. C. Roach

Seattle Miner Praises Local Mica Venture

M. F. Peake arrived from Seattle and stayed several days, voicing strong enthusiasm for his mica mine and predicting ore shipments before summer's end.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Echo Office Dave Forsythe St. Francis Hospital McKeown Chas. Meyers Brown Corner Public Service Commission Dr. Hoxsey John S. Brender Nels Forsythe Merritt Barnum Echo J. W. Elliott Hillyard Wash Egypt Grace Pugsley J. T. McDonald Columbia River Lake Chelan Judah Thomas Culross Mining Co Chas. Mischke Mischke C. A. McCoy Davenport Baptist Church H. S. McNett Olga McCoy Wm. McCoy Everett Charles Howe Chumstick Ranch George B. Deering Snohomish County Geo. L. Gardner Lamb-Davis Lumber Co Gardner Hostes Eckhardt Harry Krollpfeifer G. C. Combs F. T. Motteler G. W. Sampson Mable Hutchings E. T. Brown E. P. Bauman R. Fromm A. M. Franklin The Leavenworth Mercantile Co Peshastin Presbyterian Church Snowden B. H. Nason M. F. Peake City Safe Depository Leavenworth State Bank Rob’t B. Field, Cashier Ferry H. G. Krokpfeiffer Charles Eckhardt
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