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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1906
Page
3
Stage line operated by George Torrence, proprietor, advertises Worth and Blewett service every Monday and Tuesday and Thursday with live ora pacing at TAM. Descongers and express options listed alongside schedule details.
Keating hardware and I W Harper whiskey sold at Fritzs Place and Overland Bar. The Model Market promotes meats fish vegetables and ready meals with Friday fish. Peach Blossom flour boasts a gold medal at St Louis and money back guarantee. Mrs Bloom showcases Chas Stevens samples for ladies. Watchmaker Cariquist tests eyes and guarantees work at King's drug store. A ladies jacket is left at this office for claim.
A town notice quotes widespread praise for Palm Ice Cream with claims it is the best, and mentions a blurb from Mrs Grundy. Other items include a sale of White Wyandotte eggs at $1.50 per 15 and a note thanking friends after a house fire. A Great Northern railway update announces a Seattle Spokane daily train from May 20 with schedule changes and new diners replacing buffet cars.
All Dispensation members and Master Masons in good standing affiliated with Zarthan Lodge A D F and A M are requested to attend the next regular meeting Tuesday evening May 15. Important business affecting the lodge future and its permanency will be discussed ahead of the Grand Lodge annual meeting.
Local residents travel to Wenatchee and Leavenworth for visits and business. Notables include F. E Carquiest and Mrs J G Fritz, Chester Lavere, Chas Meyers, Carl Christensen, and Miss Maud Hamilton visiting from Seattle. The Episcopal Guild plans a May meeting. the Mothers Club meets May 14. Max Spremberg named game warden. sausage maker Prosser advances to Model Market duties.
H P Campbell recently moved from Seattle to the Oscar Blankenship property on Lake Wenatchee and G B Kinney plans moving his store and post office to the siding for daily mail. A 15 year old drowned on the Columbia between Brewster and Wenatchee. his mother lives in Everett. A referendum club formed with 69 members. John Leith reports for the Lamb interests. Kelley & Lapp’s mill buys machines. the company plans a store for workers. An engineer Haller suffered a head wound at Wenatchee. E D Shugart seeks horses in Ephrata after a large local roundup. Corcoran returns from San Francisco to learn his relatives survived but lost everything in Portland. Builders push Loosekamp and King Company projects. cement blocks and foundation work advance. Fred Staub leaves for St Paul. he was a popular mill foreman. H C Peters narrowly escaped drowning on Cascade Orchard ferry. horses and wagon lost, yet Peters and Williams survive, with Williams selling the team and continuing work on their ranch.
About eighty voters signed a petition to county commissioners seeking incorporation of Leavenworth. The county attorney says boundary description must be published for two weeks before action. Next week the notice will run and a hearing date will be set. The petition also asks to submit initiative referendum and recall rights.
Leavenworth residents remember Geo M MacGarry who ran a stationery and tobacco shop next to the Model Market. He arrived from Cuba last November and died Saturday night after illness. He was born in Glasgow Scotland about four feet tall with a sister living there. Interment occurred Saturday. Henry MacGarry, his younger brother, has lived here two years and works for Lamb Davis Lumber Co.
Friends of Miss Meda Noble announce she has been named principal of the Lewis and Clark school in Wenatchee. With over twenty years in education across all grades, she previously taught at Stemilt and earned credentials from two states. The Wenatchee school board selected her after she filled a vacancy when a teacher fell ill, leading to lasting recognition of her work.
The article discusses government consideration of Alaska rail projects to connect America with Asia by rail. It notes Siberia Russia and European interests push for northern lines,Rail routes from New York Chicago and San Francisco toward St Petersburg Paris and Peking could transform continental trade. It critiques health fads and a pure food bill while joking about spelling reform and domestic reform.
Five acres in Cascade Orchards near the bridge construction site offered by The Echo office. Described as one of the best tracts in the lot with details on price and terms available locally.
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