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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1910
Page
5
Leavenworth departures every Monday and Friday at 8 a.m. bound for Telma arriving 4 p.m. Telma departures every Tuesday and Saturday at 8 a.m. returning to Leavenworth by 4 p.m. Mail, passengers and express offered. For details contact Joe Massie, Proprietor, Leavenworth, Wash.
Leavenworth locals report on travel, births, marriages, and community events. D. M. Thomas promotes garden seeds while local officials discuss improvements and new business as J. A. Hoffee introduces a furniture store next week.
At a regular meeting last week the Current Topic club adopted a constitution and by laws and elected officers. The officers are President A H Sylvester Vice President Sam Daly Secretary and Treasurer L R Hart Rev W A Davis and E H Hedrick as directors. A debate on compulsory arbitration law occurred, followed by a lunch served by Congregational church ladies. Due to revival services the club postponed its next meeting.
The Leavenworth Echo reports on school activities as marbles give way to baseball, with a new school diamond under construction and attendance near normal. Prof. Macomber will lecture on astronomy at the opera house to fund accreditation costs for the high school. The paper celebrates a new commercial club formation and rail wage increases, noting women organizing for civic improvement and predicting influence on men.
Mrs. G. W. Hoxsey hosted a Wednesday evening Easter luncheon for the juvenile band with Prof McDaniel praising the boys’ rapid progress. Charley Westcott left for Everett with his parents. Others present included Clifford Roberts Hugo Kringel Louis Weigand Lester Burgess and more.
A. E. Dickinson known as Uncle Dick hosts open house at his east Front street bachelor quarters marking his seventy fifth birthday. Batchelors Club gifts him a leather chair while friends and local names send birthday reminders as he recalls long life from Vermont to New York California Idaho Oregon and Washington. The Echo urges half of town license funds for street improvements on Front and Commercial streets with drainage and a rock coating, plus paving and a permanent engineer's oversight.
The Sunday school Easter service begins at 10 30 with a full program including voluntary songs readings and exercises. Evening sermon titled The Easter Earthquake and various church activities are announced along with local notices and ads.
Advertises sale of fruit trees and cherries for parties who have moved out of the county. Lists varieties including 250 Winter Bananas 200 Rome Beauties 200 Jonathans 150 Delicious 100 R I Greenings Grimes Golden White Winter Pearmains and a few pears and cherries. Contact P H Graham to place orders. Also advertises Pattern and Street Hats Martha Farnsworth Coats cleaning Panamas and Milan straws.
Notice requires cleaning of yards streets and alleys and removal of rubbish to city dumping ground or burning to protect health this summer. Manure must be removed twice a month and water closets cesspools disinfected with chloride of lime. Delinquent prompt compliance may result in city work and fines. G. W. HOXLEY Health Officer. 11-12
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