News from the Surrounding Country Highlights Local Interests
Leonard Harvey returns to Mount Vernon area while Thos Gosslee visits from Seattle to review his orchard interests. Apple crop prospects look favorable as local growers adapt. A head on bicycle collision near the bridge leaves Ed Young with a facial cut and Earl Jones bruised. Jewels Williams undergoes eye surgery in Walla Walla with wood particles removed. Community notes cover moves, visits, jelly making, and dairy shifts with rising cream shipments to Leavenworth and multiple local road incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos, Gosslee
Seattle
Mr. Gosslee
Paul Nuss
Ed Young
Earl Jones
Mr. Jones
H. S. Williams
Walla Walla
Jewel
Jewels
Wenatchee Notes From City and County Items
Wenatchee reports Mrs. Marvin Peters mourning her father R P Webb illness. Earl Maust packs apples at Wenatchee. Frank Pabst reports good wheat crops in Canada at fair prices. School District 41 directors decide to furnish free textbooks for savings and uniform work. P H Hertzog builds a large hay shed. Chas and Mary Rupel attend school in Wenatchee. Two cars collide head on on Beaver Creek hill this week. Road remains perilous despite caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pabst
Canada
P. H. Hertzog
Chas
Mary Rupel
Wenatchee
Beaver Creek
Local Social Notes From Eagle Creek Area
Sunday visits mark the week as Eagle Creek and Chumstick residents share time with friends and relatives. Calenders note land clearing by J B Schons and upcoming club gathering hosted by Mrs H A Anderson with needlework and luncheon. The E C S S Club meets with Mrs Anderson. next meeting set for Mrs P W Van De Grift on October 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Christensen
J. B. Schons
Harry
H. A. Anderson
John Bjork
E.C
Railroad Ramblings Near St Paul and Hillyard Notes
Railroad workers and relatives are mentioned across St Paul Hillyard Wenatchee and Seattle. Engineers Farrell Picton Whitmus Webber Reynolds Grant Bowers Brown and others are on leave or back at work while a freight uptick is linked to the Panama canal blockade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picton and
Whitmus
Hillyard
Summers
East End
Wenatchee
John B. Bowers
Webber
Sky
Buster Brown
Ed Reynolds
Dave Grant
St. Paul
War era quips and aero tales from a dispatches page
A collage of wartime musings and cartoonish verses notes irony about absynthe explosives in France and Loos fighting. It recalls President Wilson urging defense, mocks pen versus sword, and follows five to one aircraft vignettes ending with one plane and a postscript by Cc. G.
Statement of Ownership of The Leavenworth Echo
The Leavenworth Echo is a weekly paper published in Leavenworth Washington. Deed H Mayor is editor publisher and sole owner. The current bills total 118 dollars and 56 cents. Sworn before Notary Clarence A Campbell on October 7 1815.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth Echo
Leavenworth, Wash
Deed H
Clarence A. Campbell
Church Services Notice with Mass Schedule
Rev Nicholas O Rafferty is pastor. Low Mass at 7 30 and High Mass at 9 30 on the first third and fifth Sunday mornings each month. Sermon at both masses. Rosary sermon and benediction at 7 30 Sunday evenings. Sunday school catechism and bible history Saturday mornings at 10 followed by altar boy instruction at 11
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas O’rafferty
Community church schedule for next Sunday morning
The program lists a Sunday school at 10 o clock, a morning service at 11 on the topic A Christian home, a Young People meeting at 7, and a preaching service at 8. All welcome to attend.
Sunday services and festival at Lutheran church
Sunday school starts at 9:45. The annual mission festival occurs at the Lutheran church. Rev Soll of North Yakima preaches at 10:45 morning service and Rev Stern holds the 7:30 evening sermon. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Church
Soll
North Yakima
Rev. Stern
Young People Organizes Under Congregational Church
A new Young Peoples society forms within the Congregational church to advance church work, especially social efforts. Mrs. Percy Adams is elected president, C. W. Reid vice president, and Miss Edna Feath Erstone secretary treasurer. Three committees will lead activities with chairs Lula Dahl Bessie Walker and Roswell McNett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Young Peoples’ Society
Percy Adams
C. W. Reid
Edna Featherstone
Lula Dahl
Bessie Walker
Roswell McNett
Series of School Dances Planned for Winter Season
The committee announces eight to twelve dances this winter beginning Friday at the Masonic hall. All who attended last year and other youths are invited. Carl Burmeister of Clinton Iowa visited en route to the San Francisco Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Hall
Carl Burmeister
Clinton
Iowa
San Francisco Fair
Launching a Vessel Requires Precise Calculations
A shipbuilder must determine the vessel’s specific gravity and center of gravity using extensive data on weight distribution and preloaded equipment. Calculations map launching ways strength and timing as the hull slides into the water, ensuring safety and structural integrity.
Freakish Flood Dazes Frederick County Cattle and Cider Stash
A cloudburst in Frederick county causes odd havoc as Commissioner Frank M. Bte vens from Creagerstown loses two cows with one found suspended in a peach tree seven feet high. Samuel Gelabert of Creagerstown reports a barrel of vinegar missing from his cellar. The column also notes peanut growth trivia and botany opinions on its origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Frederick County
Frank M. Btevens
Creagerstown
Samuel Gelabert
Distinction Between Entertainment and Art Quoted
A theatre manager says entertainment is what people want while art is what makes others think they want it. The exchange also includes quick quips about a mutual acquaintance and a beggar, with miscellaneous notes on topics from chemistry to hunting and a vaudeville joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
National Forest Development Aids Public Benefit
The forest service reports significant progress in Washington and Oregon with 4000 miles of trails and twice as much telephone line built. In the year ending June 30, 1915, 812 forest homesteads totaling 3800 acres were opened in Washington. Land classification shows farm land largely excluded from forests. Oregon and Washington water powers potential reach 3.5 and 5 million HP respectively, with 156,186 HP and 408,000 HP already developed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Forest Service
Washington
Oregon
National Forests of Washington
Pine-Tar-Honey Featured as Family Cold Remedy
Mr. E Williams of Hamilton Ohio endorses Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as an effective household remedy for severe colds. The advertisement claims it relieves symptoms by penetrating throat and lung linings and destroying germs, with 25 cent price at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Williams
Hamilton
Ohio
Getting Even at a Small Town Wedding
A local paper reporter, embittered in love, attends a town wedding and writes a biting scene. The bride glows in lavender silk with orange blossoms and long gloves while the groom, in ill fitting attire, appears pale and strained as his collar stud snaps, saving him from choking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The Death Key Invented at Venice Arsenal
A legend describes a deadly weapon at Venice arsenal made by Tibaldo. The key’s handle conceals a spring driven needle that inflicts a poison wound with no visible mark, causing almost instantaneous death upon use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Tibaldo
Lesson in danger and the horned automobile
A classroom cue on danger prompts Annie Jones to name an automobile as dangerous. The teacher asks for a horned creature, and Annie answers with a witty comparison, recalling the rhinoceros lesson. The exchange appears in a Ladies' Home Journal humorous snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Jones
Annie
Ladies’ Home Journal
Happiness as a Pursuit Not a Catch in Rainy Night
A playful exchange contrasts a pompous philosopher with a plain citizen. The philosopher declares happiness lies in pursuit, while the citizen recalls chasing the last car on a rainy night, highlighting practical warmth over abstract idealism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plain Citizen
Ladies' Home Journal
Mining Proposition Sparks Courtroom Quip Exchange
Dialogue fragments reveal a humorous exchange about a mining offer and fake sentiment. One speaker questions motives while another makes a wary remark, ending with a judge’s implied critique of the dialogue. The scene hints at deception and transactional interest in a courtroom-like setting.
Notice of Leavenworth Primary Election Candidates
Notice states primary election in Leavenworth Washington on November 9 1915 at regular polling places. Nominate three councilmen for three years one councilman at large one mayor one city clerk one treasurer and one city attorney for terms of one year. Polls open 11 am to 8 pm. Declarations due October 9 1915 by 5 pm. City Clerk A R Brown date October 7 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Chelan County
Washington
A. R. Brown
Sheriffs Sale Foreclosure Notice in Chelan County
Notice of sheriff sale of real estate under mortgage foreclosure Case No. 2706 in Chelan County Superior Court Washington. M. F. Gilbert as plaintiff obtained judgment lien for 190 dollars principal plus 46.80 dollars interest plus 75 dollars attorney fees and 10 dollars costs with specified interest rates. Levy executed October 1 1915 on defendants interests in described Chelan County property. Chas Kenyon Sheriff. Deputy A W Huff. October 980.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Washington
Chelan County
M. F. Gilbert
H. D
Thomas
M. Priest
Olive Priest
G. B. Palmquist
Viola Palmquist
Chelan
Washingne
OWS
Peshastin Orchards
Washington
Wenatchee Avenue
Court House
City of
Wenatchee
Wash
A. D
Dissolution of Thomas and Hannan Law Partnership
Notice announces the dissolution of the law partnership Thomas and Hannan formerly at 207 Plough Bldg Wenatchee Washington. G G Hannan will handle unfinished business at the old office and assume all debts. Amounts due the firm may be paid to either partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plough Bldg
Wenatchee, Wash
Thomas & Hannan
G. G. Hannan
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Peshastin
Leonard Harvey
Mount Vernon
J. W. Sussex
Mrs. Tompkins
Illinois
J. N. Hobson
R. A. Wright
Fred
Frank A. Wingate
Mr. Wingate
P. N. Gregory
O. W. Boswell
Dryden
W. W. Burgess
Cashmere
C. F. Rupel
Earl Young
Park
Wenatchee Park
Marvin Peters
R. P. Webb
Earl Maust
Eagle
Mrs. McKeown
J. H. Sharpe
John Farrell
N. F. Hasp
Frank Erickson
New York City
Mrs. Erickson
Frank Livingston
Spokane
Thos. Mullen
Mr. Hamilton
Wife
Methow
Froelich
Wilkinson
Ray Southwick
Panama Canal
France
Loos
Pres. Wilson
Teutons
England
St. Joseph’s Church
Africa
America
American Union
Pittsburgh Press
Philadelphia Ledger
New York American
Bill
Mike Chief
Nevada City
Cal
Albert Buck
Henry Bever
Moores Flat
Buck
Nevada County
Kansas City Journal
Brierley
Echo Offic
Key of Death
Chas, Kenyon
A. W. Huff
Heinz
M. O. Nelson
Ecok
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