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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1906
Page
3
The passage promotes The Model Market as the premier source for meats fish vegetables and all meal essentials with Friday fish listings and inviting displays. It also advertises the French Café offering cakes and pies on short notice along with the Peach Blossom flour praised as award winning and superior with a money back guarantee from The Moore Co.
Two mile east of Leavenworth a farm and bearing orchard eight years old are offered for cash rent with an option to work out part of the rent. Address Mrs. Mary Posey Leavenworth 912. Also cakes and pies from French Cafe and I W Harper whiskey sold at Fritz’s Place.
John Shortly arrived from Panama for a brief visit with his mother Mrs. Susan Shortly. He described sanitation and disease prevention as the main current challenge on the Isthmus. He estimated two more years of prep before canal work begins and about twenty years to complete the project, noting rapid progress is needed for ships to pass. He expects to return after three months and seemed in good health.
The Great Northern plans a six mile extension of side trackage and new buildings with 250000 spent this year. Work begins April 1 as track from the depot to coal chutes is extended and five sidings on the north side of the main line are added to improve handling.
Numerous visits and relocations noted among town and valley residents including Bob Dye visiting Wenatchee and selling Front Street property, and A F Leach visiting on land matters. Mining bids loom for Blewett. Meteor Mining Co plans summer operations and 25 to 40 workers. Church supper planned. real estate activity continues as King’s store to expand. Es letter from Nome al sows remote ties.
The twelfth annual engineers ball held in the opera house last Friday drew large attendance and joyful revelry. Music by the McDaniel Family Orchestra pleased all, while copper from the French Cafe satisfied guests, making the event a notable community social and financial success.
The notice highlightsKeating hardware store promoting services ahead of church talks. The Congregational Church schedules morning topic Nonresistance of Evil and evening topic Forgiveness.
F A Reynolds, recently named postmaster of Reynolds near Merritt, Indiana, visits Leavenworth and subscribes seven copies of The Echo to be mailed for a year to friends in Indiana. He notes Reynolds may grow into a thriving area with shops and a school. Envelopes for farmers offer 100 for 75 cents with return-to-writer address.
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