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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1907
Page
2
A garbled Leavenworth Echo text notes tutoring at Port Ofee with unclear names and dates. It mentions yearly prepayment, address communications to Leavenworth Kein WHMIDAY, and a 1907 marker, implying a historic printing context and billed subscription details.
An Alabama writer claims the secret of country editors wealth lies in obituary notices, wedding stories, and birth announcements that generate outsized payments for the editor. He alleges editors profit by printing praise and fabrications, ending with the line that editors are rich for lying.
The town of Coulee City will hold a formal vote on incorporation tomorrow. Local residents decide whether the community becomes an officially recognized municipality with potential new governance and services.
The Waterville Commercial Club and local boosters back a Western states publicity drive. Ten thousand pamphlets will promote Big Bend resources. Oroville leaders form an emigration club to attract prospects as Mesars Wilcox and Swett launch the Index News to aid regional development.
The Cashmere commercial club is active with several key topics including improving all roads to the town. They operate an open house in central quarters where strangers are welcomed and maintain literature on local valley advantages for homeseekers.
The three year old town of Quincy with a population around five hundred hosts an active commercial club praised by The Gazette for attracting prospects. The club helped lure Pullman Agricultural College to establish an agricultural experiment station in Quincy and has a dozen other projects planned to improve the town. The editorial lauds the club for business sense and energy, predicting a flourishing city while slower towns fall to decay.
The Tumwater Light and Water Co, expanding to a larger reservoir behind the old one, expects 200000 gallon capacity and 75 pounds pressure. A fire at the nearby roundhouse area destroyed the Lowell property, renting rooms by Mrs Lowell. The house, built last summer for about 800, was uninsured. lodger’s lamp is blamed.
Amos M Sparks and Miss Pauline Sharp were married at the brides parents home on Eagle creek with Rev S C Garrison officiating. The ceremony featured a white wedding bell canopy and a large gathering including Ray Sharp as best man. The couple will visit Seattle Tacoma Kalama and Portland before settling in Spokane. They received many gifts including silverware and linens.
The piece extols Leavenworth’s history and exclusive valley views. It highlights timber, virgin soil, mineral wealth, growing worker incomes, ready markets, and potential water power for future manufacturing. It invites readers to inquire about available property and promising opportunities.
Miss Mamie Slater hosted a Marguerite party with Miss Urmey as guest of honor. Yellow Marguerites and green foliage decorated rooms while four tables played Progressive 500. Hand painted score cards served as souvenirs. Miss Sparks won first and Mrs. F S Jacobsen second. Refreshments followed.
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