Local Happenings and Whereabouts Notes
Frank McNett visited friends in Wenatchee Monday. Miss Goldie Case spent Sunday in Wenatchee with friends. J. T. McDonald departed for Everett on a short visit. Mrs. M. Swarthout and Mrs Lord left for Everett. Mrs. Burt Haegler visited Columbia River friends. Koerner's Variety Store ads and various local trotters fill this column with calls and reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McNett
Wenatchee
Koerner
Goldie Case
J. T. McDonald
Everett
M. Swarthout
Lord
Burt Haegler
Columbia River
Swartout
Snyder Blankenship
Lake Wenatchee
Mabel Hutchings
Tom Costello
Sand Point
Idaho
J. F. Gardner
State Bank
Hood River
Oregon
Nyal
King’s City
C. C. Schott
Snohomish
Palace of Sweets
E. H. Robert
Washington Steel & Iron Co
Spokane
Dee Fisher
Seattle
Chas. Dow
Wright & Dow
A. Brown
F. Jacobsen
Philadelphia
China
Leavenworth
Leavenworth Man Joins Panama Canal Railroad Work
Harry Thompson formerly a fireman on the W W N railway with Sam Potter left in July for Panama Canal employment. He arrived July 28 and started work July 29 as a hustler on the Panama railroad. He reports liking the place and notes abundant work, prompting Potter to consider visiting Panama next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Thompson
Sam Potter
Panama Canal
Panama
Harry
Fruit and Vegetable Exhibit Draws Regional Prizes
The Leavenworth State Bank and local merchants sponsored prizes for fruits and vegetables to be shown in the Great Northern railway exhibit car touring the eastern states. H B Smith of Merritt won top prizes for potatoes and cabbage while J B Adams exhibited fifteen hundred boxes of apples on a bearing orchard east of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth State Bank
Great Northern Railway
Chelan County
Wenatchee
State Bank
H. B. Smith
Merritt
H. S. McNett
Bank
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Charles Freytag
Chumstick Valley
H.S. McNett
E. P. Sharman
J. B. Adams
Commercial Club
Messrs
George Ingham
Nick Kinchers
J. H.sharp
Leavenworth
Nason Creek
Wenatchee River
Mr. Smith
Railroad Rumblings and Record Silk Run Aboard
Engineer Vanderwest now living in Tacoma was in town Sunday. G N plans double tracking Everett to Vancouver soon. Smoker finished a house near the Power station and rented it to Jack Mahoney. Two new crews and another engine added to Cascade division. Chicago Milwaukee & Puget Sound ran a record 97 hours 40 minutes Tacoma to New York with $2,000,000 of Orient silk, beating the previous G N mark by two hours fifteen minutes set on June 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderwest
Tacoma
Harry Geerds
G. N
Everett
Vancouver
Smoker
Jack Mahoney
Cascade
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway
New York
Orient
Sunday School and Junior Endeavor Update
Christian Sunday school at 10 a.m. each Sunday and Junior Endeavor meetings on Fridays after school. The Junior C E society grows in interest and attendance. Leader Florence Pinch this week forms the acrostic from the name Inez. Pat Gallager returned from Seattle with stomach trouble improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior C. E. Society
Florence Pinch
Acrostic
Inez
Pat Gallager
Seattle
Local notices and ads highlight sales and services
Purporting to show small ads, the item lists a church bake sale date October 14 near the post office, promotes a drain product and Harper brand, markets Chamberlain remedies, offers a soldier watch agency, and advertises newspaper subscriptions with Mrs C W Lancaster as agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid of the
Congregational Church
Wedding Bells Likely as Local Figures Gather
Miss Clarabel Amos visits J. H. Sharp and family while Ruth Sharpe returns from Wenatchee to see her parents. John Love builds a chicken house on the Kenyon ranch this week. Mrs. P. W. VanDeGrift drives the school stage as hay is hauled. Uncle Kenyon and his girl dine with P. W. VanDeGrift. Mr and Mrs. Harry Anderson plan a Wenatchee vacation visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarabel Amos
J. H. Sharp
John Love
Kenyon Ranch
Ruth Sharpe
Wenatchee
P. W. VanDeGrift
I. A. Kenyon
Harry Anderson
Herbert
Celery Growers Eye Industry Near Town
Harry McNett shipped hundreds of pounds of celery from his father’s farm north of town to Wenatchee this week and it was judged superior to California celery. The rich black muck near the McNett place is said to suit high grade celery cultivation and may become a local industry. The M E Ladies Aid plans a tea at Mrs. L C Egans next Thursday afternoon with all invited. Harry Warner visited Wenatchee on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Briggs
Everett
Eva
Leavenworth
Commercial Street
Lafayette Lamb
Clinton
Iowa
Hart
A. Nolan
Leavenworth Mercantile Company
E. A. King
D. H. Mayer
King
Koerner
Howard
W. F. Swalwell
Davis
Hoxsey
Seattle
A. R. McKeown
A. G. McKeown
Cashmere
Nyberg
A. G
George Siverly
Lake Wenatchee
Wenatchee
Harry McNett
California
McNett
M. E. Ladies Aid
L.C. Egans
Harry Warner
Pierce v Pierce Divorce and Custody Suit in Chelan
The Superior Court of Washington Chelan County issues a summons to Oliver Pierce in a divorce action filed by Minnie M. Pierce. The suit seeks a decree of divorce and custody of Wendell Pierce with the defendant required to answer within sixty days of publication dated October 6 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Washington
Chelan County
Minnie M. Pierce
Oliver Pierce
Wendell Pierce
L. J. Nelson
Plaintiff
P.O
Leavenworth, Chelan Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Echo Office
J. R. Follett
Mineral, Wash
Leavenworth Cleaning and Dye Works
Commercial St
M. K. Burnam
Mr. Burnam
San Francisco
J. H. Williams
Williams & McKenzie
Williams
G. A. Nerby
Shaver Railroad
Harry Osborne
Osborne Cafe
Harry Krollpfeiffer
Chelan Consolidated Copper Company
Red Mountain
Minnie Pierce
Hillyard
Thomas Grant
Jas. McDaniels
J. C. Davis
S. J. Cannon
Dr. Judah
R. J. Scott
Monroe
Pearl Kinney
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
John Koerner
J. J. Lohrenz
John Hedin
Lake Wenatchee Basin
Mr. Atwood, Sr
Miss Eunice
Mr. Atwood
Fale
Wenatchee Valley
Lis Eg
Ew Dental Office
Avenworth and
Leavenworth Hotel
Emil Frank
P. A. Snyder
Davis & Brown
I. W
Harper
J. B. Violette
Overland Bar
King’s City Drug Store
Seattle Star
Washington
C. W. Lancaster
U. S
School House
Central Avenue
City
Eagle Creek
Robt. B. Field, Cashier
Leavenworth Livery & Transfer Co
White Star
DR. King
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