Wireless telephone scheme touted by Pacific Radio Wire Co
C C Burt of Portland shows how Pacific Radio Wire less Telephone Co aims to cover Washington Idaho Oregon and California with DeForest system wireless service. Seattle Spokane will house manufacturing. stock sales to Leavenworth residents. Scientific American calls wireless phone a proven success.
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C. C. Burt
Portland
Oregon
Pacific Radio Wireless Telephone Co
Pacific States
Washington
Idaho
California
Seattle
Spokane
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Leavenworth
Bell Telephone
Scientific American
United States
Lighting the Streets of Leavenworth Debate Lights Town
Leavenworth town council weighs Tumwater Light and Water Co proposal to install five cluster lights on Front street and 41 single lights citywide at about 1400 per year, plus hall lighting, totaling just over 1500. The Echo urges cautious spending and favors more light but questions high costs and proposes 1000 per year as a cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tumwater Light and Water Company
Leavenworth
Front
Echo
Levenworth
Oregon Considers Tax Approval and Governor Cabinet Plan
Oregon, a pioneer of statewide primaries, circulates petitions for two constitutional changes. The proposals would require voter approval for all taxation and empower the governor to appoint a cabinet by naming state officers, a move the progressives seek to leverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Taft to attend 1915 Pacific Coast exposition
President Taft promised to attend an exposition on the Pacific Coast in 1915, likely in Los Angeles, to celebrate the Panama Canal. He said the date lies beyond his term, but his long interest in the canal and Pacific trade remains strong.
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Taft
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Panama Canal
Pacific
Echo launches new paper at Langley Whidby Island
John A. Swett, former Sultan Star publisher, starts a neat, newsy sheet called the Echo on Langley Whidby Island. The town hopes the proprietor can sustain the venture without heavy financial strain.
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Langley
Whidby Island
John A. Swett
The
Sultan Star
Echo
Taft Voices Support For Postal Savings Plan
The quote frames President Taft advocating postal savings to meet a long felt need for the nation. The statement expresses confidence in the plan as a public benefit and national policy.
Lister Nominated for Congress at Olympia Democratic Meet
At a Democratic convention in Olympia on October 1, Ernest Lister of Tacoma was nominated to lead a forlorn hope in Washington's Second district.
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Olympia
Ernest Lister
Tacoma
Greenwood Editor Leon Westmoreland to Lecture
The Echo notes Leon Westmoreland editor of the Greenwood Democrat may lecture in our state. He gained attention at the National Press Association meeting in Seattle last July where his paper drew wide interest. If he visits, locals plan to attend his lecture tour.
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Echo
Leon Westmoreland
Greenwood
Ark
Democrat
National Press Association
Seattle
Westmoreland
Seattle Daily Press
Lenroot Sees End of Cannon Era in Congress
Wisconsin Congressman Irvine Lenroot predicts Joe Cannon will never again be Speaker. Lenroot argues insurgents will seize control within four years and Poindexter will rise as a top leader in the House.
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Irvine L. Lenroot
Wisconsin
Cannon
Poindexter
Lenroot
Joe Cannon
House of Representatives
Miles Poindexter
Congress
Local News Correspondent Wanted for Several Communities
The paper seeks a local correspondent in Chiwaukum Merritt Wenatchee Lake Nason Creek and Peshastin to send weekly news. Entries must arrive by 3 15 p m Wednesday and be signed. Unsigned letters are discarded and a signed name is required for consideration.
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Chiwaukum
Merritt
Wenatchee Lake
Nason Creek
Peshastin
Wenatchee Valley Development Club Plans October Meeting and Elections
Notice calls members to a regular meeting Friday night October 15 to elect new officers. The club has not met for months and faces the task of maintaining a fruits and vegetables exhibit at the G. N. platform. The Echo urges readers to engage for regional development.
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Wenatchee Valley Development Club
G. N
Echo
If a man can write a better book preach a better sermon
A quote attributed to Emerson about innovation drawing attention. It notes that superior work, even in isolation, attracts the world and opens doors to the quieter innovator. The message emphasizes merit over location.
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Emerson
Nashville Students bring robust Dixie Land show to Leavenworth
Echoes of the Pay Streak drew a full house at the opera house as black artists touring as Nashville Students presented a Dixie Land show at the exposition. The company delivered strong specialty acts and solid singing and orchestral work, though some vulgar horse play was noted. Manager Nye earned praise for bringing the engaging program and the crowd stayed for a post show dance.
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Leavenworth
Opera House
Nashville
Dixie Land
Nye
School board meeting slips as Eagle Creek residents press questions
The editor notes no meeting was called Monday evening though Eagle Creek and Leavenworth representatives attended with their spouses. Citizens asked why the highest bidder controlled the stage and why students living above Mr. Mitchell were barred from school. The clerk appeared amused as attendees dispersed after a social period.
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Eagle Creek
F. H. Sharp
P. W. van de Grift
W. M. Givern
Ray Sharp
Walter van de Grift
Leavenworth
C. W. Lancaster
Epworth League Social With Mr and Mrs Motteler
The Epworth League held a Wednesday evening event featuring games and light refreshments. Inclement weather reduced turnout, but attendees included Misses Margaret Egan Hester Coats Mamie Fromm Edna Maston Lottie Cassel Martha Farnsworth Smith Stahl Rev J O Hawk and Messrs Floyd Coats Harold Combs Henry Sauer.
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Epworth League
F. T. Motteler
Margaret Egan
Hester Coats
Mamie Fromm
Edna Maston
Lottie Cassel
Martha Farnsworth
Smith
Stahl
J. O. Hawk
Floyd Coats
Harold Combs
Henry Sauer
Marriage license issued to Nelson Forsythe and Lillian McEvoy
Wenatchee World reports a marriage license issued to Nelson Forsythe and Miss Lillian McEvoy of Merritt. Also notes Mrs. J. B. DeBlois and son Lewis returning from Seattle after visiting the exposition and E L Meeker heading to Seattle and Reno to visit Mrs Meeker.
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Wenatchee
Nelson Forsythe
Lillian McEvoy
Merritt
E. L. Meeker
Seattle
Reno
Nev
Notice to Contractors for Leavenworth Sidewalk Bids
Sealed proposals will be received by Guy A. Hamilton clerk of the Town of Leavenworth until 5 pm October 12 1909 for sidewalk construction on Commercial and Division Streets Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets ordinance 51. Bids require a 3 percent certified check or bond. Work funded by a special fund and bids at par warrants. Council may reject all bids. Endorsed Bids for Commercial street. Completion by December 16 1909. First publication October 8 1909.
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Town of Leavenworth
Commercial Street
Division Street
Twelfth Street
Thirteenth Street
Guy A. Hamilton
of Leavenworth
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Deed H. Mayar
Leavenworth Echo
Epworth
L.D. Store Co
L. J. Nelson
A. Pesky
Hastings Street
Chicago
Snohomish
Great Northern Overland
Dr. Current
Wenatchee Valley and Northern Railroad Company
A. F. Huffmaster
Huffmaster
Leavenworth Furniture & Hdw. CO
Tumwater Savings Bank
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