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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1920
Page
7
Local ad items urge readers to visit Burnstad for suits and Carlquists for wedding gift suggestions. A. F. Reynolds buys Sam Stowell’s 11 acre Cashmere ranch for 10000 dollars. An unnamed driver, Tommy Milton, reportedly set multiple world records by reaching 156 miles per hour, noted with humor.
Colorful want ad items mix with local notes on trades, real estate, and sightings. Shoppers and residents read about shoes, seed potatoes, trout fry, building work, theft, politics, and a car crash near the Echo office.
The notice extols fresh fruit and vegetable canning methods that seal in real flavor and deliver wholesome meals. It highlights peas corn tomatoes beans meats and fruits from abroad or home grown, prepared to save labor and fuel at lower prices to ease living costs.
Community items include Mr and Mrs H W Peters settling into a new home and Peters planning to develop a 50 acre tract. Pazla Hertzog returns from the coast. Charley Shugart hauls hay daily for ten days. Valley settlers ready irrigation ditch. Mr Schreader from Wenatchee to plant 5 acres of potatoes here. Mrs Henry Koch shops in Leavenworth. J E Craney and wife return from Spokane in a new Overland. Kumlux Club meeting at Mrs C G Cockburn’s home. Royal Neighbors dance at Firemen's hall. W C Roach and son Howard visit Wenatchee and Liberty theatre. Roache's orchestra to play at Peshtin for baseball fundraiser. Oliver Ringdal health consult in Seattle. City Clerk Gowing sells residence and moves. J W Barrett of Great Northern visits. Barretts were Leavenworth residents. June Bride gift sale offers 20 percent discount at Carlquist store.
Local notes report attendance at Apple Blossom Day in Wenatchee, medical operations for Alvin Spanger and Mildred French, and community updates. Measles and whooping cough persist among children. A May 7 P T A meeting elected officers and an $80,000 bond issue passed 47 to 9. A Sunday ball game favored Peshastin 7 6 with injuries reported. Several residents travel to Wenatchee and Seattle for errands and medical matters.
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