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Newspaper

Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1916

Page

5

Local Happenings Highlight Leavenworth Area

The Echo reports numerous Leavenworth residents and visitors with updates from Wheeler's Drug Store and Koerner's Pharmacy. Mrs. Will Thompson and Mrs. Hugh Stewart shop in Wenatchee and Leavenworth, while A G McCoy tests his new Oakland car. Other items note Typhoid fever cases, civic visits, and changes of address as deposits rise at Leavenworth State Bank.

Will Thompson Chiwaukum Wheeler’s Hugh Stewart Peshastin Leavenworth A. G. McCoy Oakland F. A. Losekamp Seattle MoOtteler’s D. C. Town E. Mohler Wenatchee Battles A. C. Daniel Probst Kennewick Kirst Ellensburg John Koerner Pipkin Toggery Paul Weigand Leavenworth Hospital Hilbert Koerner E. Green Yakima Cashmere Nate Shotwell W. W. Rice Julia Sadoske Victoria B. C Harry Warner Motteler al Meisner Hillyard Illinois Mississippi Valley Leavenworth State Bank Echo Eastman Kodaks Wheeler’s Photo & Art Shop

St Joseph's Church Service Schedule by Rev O Rafferty

Masses on Sunday at 7 and 9 oclock Rosary sermon and benediction at 730 on the second and fourth Sunday evenings Sunday school meets Saturdays at 830 for mass followed by catechism Bible history and altar boy instruction All are welcome

Nicholas O’ Rafferty

Congregational Church Sunday School and Services

Regular morning and evening services with sermon Plowing One's Way Into the Kingdom. Evening service at 8. Mother's Day program features special music. Wear a white flower in honor of mother. Rev. Joseph Weiss acting pastor.

Joseph Weiss

Lutheran Church Sunday Services Schedule and Mother's Day Flowers

The Lutheran Church outlines Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 10 45 a m led by Rev Stearns. An Epworth League gathering at 7 p m precedes a prayer meeting at 8 p m on Thursday. Special Mother’s Day services are planned with all mothers invited and flower wearing requested. F L Moore is the pastor.

Rev. Stearns Epworth League

Catholic Mission Opens at Cashmere Parish Church

Father Cooney will open a week long Catholic mission at the new Cashmere church starting next Sunday with High Mass at 9 o'clock. Mass and mission sermon begin at 9 each Sunday and 8 on weekdays, with 7:30 evening services daily. A chicken dinner will be served at noon next Sunday in the parish hall for visitors from distant places.

Father Cooney Cashmere

Congress Presses Stevens Ashurst Bill Against Big Merchants

Washington letter notes Congress pushing for federal supervision of trading stamps coupons mail order and cut rate stores to protect small towns. Campaign politics slow action but lawmakers favor the Stephens Ashurst measure amid calls from manufacturers advertisers and country storekeepers. The piece also mentions an immigration case of Cohen who joined the Knights of Pythias and was detained for deportation after a war.

Congress America Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Corporations Department of Commerce Washington Russia Knights of Pythias Cohen Nathan Cohen New York United States Brazil Baltimore Cohe& Wis Argentina High Seas North South America the Steamship Company

Merchandising Reform Sparks Public Debate Across Nation

A broad critique of modern retail tactics condemns price cutting and bargain sales as harming small merchants, urging new legislation to restrain unscrupulous practices while praising national efforts to regulate prices. The piece also notes Nathan Cohen's death after a saga with immigration law and highlights Washingtons park plans and a youth gardening program as civic progress.

Independence question dominates congressional attention

The debate over Philippine Islands independence commands serious congressional attention. While some push for action, experts expect more national platform resolutions before any definite step. Rural credit faces scrutiny as large lenders oppose moves that could lower interest rates for Western farmers.

Philippine Islands Congress

Leavenworth State Bank Financial Condition May 1 1916

Report of the financial condition of Leavenworth State Bank Leavenworth Washington listing resources including loans and discounts 20282285 bonds and other securities 886139 cash on hand 1555458 and due from banks 2684585 with deposits 24620488 and capital stock 250000 surplus 6000 undivided profit 9508 64 total 28114471 liabilities and equity shown.

Leavenworth State of Washington TGR Cue Enem

Centralia Lumber Co Opens Crinfi Creek Camp

Centralia The McCormick Lumber Co plans to reopen a camp on Crinfi Creek that has been idle for three years.

Centralia McCormick Lumber Co Crinfi Creek

Union Town Hill to be eliminated for a 5 percent grade

Readable excerpt notes plans to remove Union Town Hill on the Walla Walla to Spokane route and replace it with a five percent grade to ease travel for motorists and improve railroad grades.

Union Town Hill Walla Walla Spokane

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W. O. Atwood A. G. McKeown J. T. McDonald River Front Avenue F. S. Jacobsen Mayor Day J. W. Elliott L. F. Speidel Rutherford Mercantile Co Rutherford Fred Reeves Chumstick Ranch Reeves S. A. Potter Koemner’s Fred Miller Winton O. S. Sampson L. F. Brender Mr. Brender Jos. Weiss Blaine, Wash Weiss Congregational Church St. Joseph’s Church Lutheran Church F. L. Moore Catholic Services State Independence and Credit The Bank County of Chelan Clarence A. Campbell F. Bullis Kort B. Field R. F. Taylor State of Wash Leavenworth, Wash Total Style Shop Ase Amgur the Style Shop Florsheim Leavenworth Mercantile M. O. Nelson Rob’t B. Field L. F. Bullis
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