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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1909
Page
5
Stage line runs from Leavenworth to Telma every Monday and Friday at 8 am arrives Telma 4 pm. Return trips depart Telma Tuesdays and Saturdays at 8 am arrive Leavenworth 4 pm. Mail and express service available. Address Joe Massie, Proprietor Leavenworth Wash.
Great Northern Trains depart Leavenworth with east and west routes listed. Train No. 26 leaves 12 15 a.m. No. 25 at 2 00 a.m. No. 2 at 1 15 a.m. No. 3 at 3 45 a.m. No. 44 at 4 25 a.m. No. 43 at 4 05 p.m. No. 4 at 3 20 p.m. No. 1 at 1 35 p.m. No. 28 at 8 05 a.m. No. 27 at 11 40 p.m. Nos. 27 and 28 are fast mail trains.
Floyd Coats is ill with typhoid fever. Miss Mary Ralston left for Seattle. Depot work paused. Mrs. Collins visited from Wenatchee. Miss Hollenbeck and Miss Holmes from Wenatchee visited. Old Winter retreats. Newsdealer needed. Cattle from Winthrop unloaded en route to coast cities, owned by E. F. Banker. City officials discuss municipal election and voter registration. Great Northern changes in staff. Astoria centennial planned for 1911. Various local visits, marriages, and business updates noted.
Miss Anna Tholin won a silver medal for a Hardanger tea cloth in the Women's Building. Mrs. G W Hoxsey earned a bronze medal and honorable mention for needle work on a pillow top. Miss Luella Terrill of Cashmere received a bronze medal for a burnt wood plaque. Mrs. Frank Sutton earned honorable mention for an oil painting and a gold medal for collecting exhibits.
The Alpha Rebekah Lodge No. 194 expresses heartfelt sympathy to sister Mary Carlston after the death of her father. A copy of the resolutions is given to Mary Carlston, recorded in the lodge, and sent to The Washington Odd Fellow and The Leavenworth Echo.
The last half of the taxes is due by November 30 with delinquency and 15 percent interest from June 1 prior if unpaid. Taxpayers must bring or send the first-half receipt when paying the last half. County Treasurer C. A. Battles signs the notice.
Lou H Bowman and Elliott of Methow Valley Land Company led a meeting at the opera house to raise funds for promoting Washington’s North Central district dubbed The Sleeping Giant. Bowman pledged a personal check if contributions fell short and collected about $50 over the weekend. Carrie Newman arrived from Seattle to visit Dr. Hoxsey’s family.
E D Caspar for Fairbanks Morse Co of Seattle offers pumps and engines for irrigation and power. Readers should contact Caspar at Olympia hotel Wenatchee WA. Also notices about a Christian Science lecture by Judge Hanna, Edison phonographs at Nickell’s, and a two room plastered house with four lots in First addition.
Community notices list a box supper by Epworth League for November 18 at Fraternal Hall with proceeds for new song books, plus assorted items including fresh candies and a steam laundry service. City bids for wood, sidewalk objections deadline, and council meeting details in 1909.
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