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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1914
Page
5
Local news items and personal notices from Wenatchee and nearby areas. Includes social visits, arrivals of newborns, hunting plans, forestry updates, and forthcoming tax and licensing discussions. Mentions individuals such as Rev Huff and Dr Hoxsey, plus business and city figures.
Mr Ortha Pabst and Oklahoma family visit Frank Pabst’s Wenatchee ranch while Mr Hertzog moves to North Yakima with family and household goods. Mr Shrader hires labor to clear his Wenatchee purchase as Marvin Peters and family tour the area. Earl Young trips to Leavenworth and Wenatchee. Roads improve after a hot summer. W W Burgess runs a full crew at the saw mill.
The Chelan county Sunday school convention met Tuesday and Wednesday with Prof. Knapp Rev H A Luckenback Dr Blake and D Huff among attendees. It drew strong turnout and buoyant interest for the cause with Knapp noting higher attendance here per population than Wenatchee.
Church services listed for Sunday include morning and evening at the Lutheran church led by Rev. F. E. Stern. The Baptist Church on Front Street holds Sunday school at 10:00 a m and preaching at 7:30 p m with a B Y P U organized at 6:45 p m all interested are urged to attend Rev Billy Hale
The Rev. D. H. Reid of Seattle will occupy the pulpit at the Congregational church in Leavenworth next Sunday October 11 with services at 11 in the morning and 7 30 in the evening. An invitation is extended to all.
The pastor will preach morning and evening with talks limited to one hour. The policy aims to start and finish on time with the public urged to arrive promptly. Morning topic Is the Church Failing and evening topic The Wanderer and His Physical Possessions. Church services include Sunday school 10, preaching 11, Epworth League 6 30, preaching 7 30, and Thursday prayer at 8.
Advertising copy touts Po-Do-Lax as a pleasant laxative that cures pimples headaches biliousness and other ailments from indigestion. It claims to tone the liver purify the blood and improve nerves. A 50 cent bottle is offered with money back guarantee at all druggists.
An Eagle Creek note reports the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Flanagan on Monday October 5. Other items include school starting this Monday, social visits among local families, Ed Reynolds visiting J. H. Sharpe, and a sewing meeting of the E. C. S. club hosted by Mrs. H. A. Anderson with a stated next meeting October 15 at Mrs. E. A. LaBare's home.
An open civil service examination for men seeking entry to the forestry service will be conducted at the forestry office in Leavenworth on October 19 and 20. Entrance salary ranges from 900 to 1200 dollars annually. Application blanks are available at the forestry office.
Advertised letters Jack Calder Owen J Foley C E Merrill. When calling for the above please say advertised. G A Hamilton Postmaster.
The Lutheran Ladies' Aid will meet at the home of Mrs. John Koerner Thursday afternoon October 15. A cordial invitation to all.
Jim Bell a coast lumber man shipped his car from here to Index on Wednesday after driving from Spokane where he has spent months He says the roads are in fine condition Frank Thomas who three weeks ago tried to break into the Great Northern ticket office was sentenced to 1 to 15 years in the Walla Walla penitentiary.
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