Local Happenings From Leavenworth and Nearby
Local notes report visitors from Seattle and Wenatchee, trips to Spokane and Yakima, and community events. Town activity includes garden seed sales, baby arrivals, and Frank Adams attending the Republican convention. New products at Wheeler’s shop and ongoing road and construction projects are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motteler
H. B. Ellison
Wenatchee
Harry Warner
Wheeler’s Photo & Art Shop
Bridge Luncheon at Mrs Wilder and Mrs Barnum House
A pleasant bridge luncheon was hosted Thursday at the home of Mrs. W. W. Wilder with her daughter Mrs. E. K. Barnum entertaining twenty four friends. A lunch was served at one and bridge provided the afternoon’s entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alimode Art Club
Hannah Tvedt
Frank Tombs
Albert Hiedrick
W. W. Wilder
E. K. Barnum
Bridge
Local Social Notes From Eagle Creek and Leavenworth
Sunday visits feature Mabel Reeves Ruth Rees Mrs Martin Christenson and families. Couples H A Anderson Myers and Sharpe share a Sunday afternoon at Bjork and Johnson homes. Harry Berger Ray Sharpe work on rented land prep for crops. Christenson butchered beef for Mrs Bjork. Wedding bells teased in the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Anderson
Bjork
Mr. Myers
Wenatchee
J. H. Sharpe
Ben Norman
Johnson
Leavenworth
Harry Berger
Ray Sharpe
Martin Christenson
Watch Child for Worms Use Kickapoo Worm Killer
Worms sap a child's strength and cause fretfulness. At first sign of worms give one-half to one lozenge Kickapoo Worm Killer candy remover. It acts as a laxative and paralyzes and removes worms, improves digestion and health. Continue until all signs disappear. 25c at your druggist.
Washington Letter on Villa Carranza and Riggs Bank Ties
Special Correspondent notes Francisco Villa’s repeated reported deaths and shifting favors in Washington from Villa to Carranza. It argues Mexicans misstate truth, links Riggs National Bank to Wall Street via National City Bank and Standard Oil, and predicts a new charter for Riggs with possible treasury changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Villa
Washington
Villa
Carranza
Riggs National Bank
Wall Street
National City Bank of New York
Standard Oil Company
Uncle Sam
Riggs
Treasury Department
Record of a Life at Sea and Safety on Travel
Safety at Sea notes insurers back double indemnity while rail travel scares, as Mr Kinsey claims a 4,000,000 mile sea tale and a world record for distance over the ocean. He says he has never faced serious danger on any voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinsey
Sugar Refiner Clash Ends As Senate Backs Kitchin Bill
The senate adopts the Kitchin bill to repeal the free sugar provision of the Underwood tariff, delivering a decisive defeat to seaboard refiners who had funded and campaigned for free sugar. The defeat preserves a $400,000,000 American sugar industry and domestic beet production, with May 1 free sugar entry unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Seaboard
United States
Congress
House
Nervous Bank Seeks Court Settlement Over Charter Renewal
Nervousness surrounds the Riggs National Bank as it seeks a court settlement with the government amid fear the controller will refuse to renew its charter on July 1. Indictments for perjury hang over several bank officials in a case likened to small town political theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riggs National Bank
Washington
Mrs Mary Fels Inherits Work Of Noted Single Taxist
Joseph Fels's death leaves his wife Mary Fels to continue their shared single tax reform effort. A Washington reception honored her as a leading American woman while Col. William Jennings Bryan spoke. She travels to Europe aboard the Oscar II to join the Neutral Conference for Continuous Meditation in Stockholm and assist an international peace and disarmament commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fels
Mr. Fels
Henry George
Henry George, Jr
Congress
Mary Fels
America
Washington
Fels
Col
William Jennings Bryan
Europe
Ford Party
Stockholm
Sweden
Commission
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Switzerland
United States
Local car firm seeks court relief over jitneys
Bellingham based traction company appeals to the superior court seeking relief against unlawful jitneys. If relief is denied the company may abandon operations. Marblemount reports start on graphite deposit work nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellingham
Superior Court
Marblemount
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. W. Wheeler
Seattle
E. G. Wheeler
Andy Asten
Blewett
Wheeler
Mrs. Thornhill
J. B. Adams
Miss Stoltze
Herman Stoltze
Cascade Orchards
Wheeler’s
M. O. Logan
F. W. McCann
Coulee City
Wash
Hartline
Ephrata
Soap Lake
L. P. Durand
Lyman Durand
Robt. B. Field
L. R. Raffelson
Anacortes
Mr. Schons
Eagle Creek
Charles Dufoe
Deep Creek
Chewawa
Deed H. Mayor
Adams
Dodge
Quincy
Vantage Ferry
Yakima
Mayor
Mottelers
W. W. Burgess
Beaver Creek Valley
Blewett Pass
T. P. Mackenzie
Portland
Sylvester
W. S. Carne
Spokane
Congregational Church
J. A. Dorman
Goldendale
Klickitat County
Messrs. Adams
H. E. Carr
Adam Emig Place
Motteler’s
F. A. Constable
W. J. Hoy & Co
Constable
Drury
Merritt
Eagle
Mabel Reeves
Ruth Rees
J. E. Jones
Mexico
Safety At
Elman Hotel
W. E. Tomlinson
Prop
L. J. Howerton
Ndecia
Florsheim
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
M. O. Nelson
Leavenworth State Bank
L. F. Bullis
Rob’t B. Field, Cashier
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