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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
5
Stage line operated by D. Shugart runs Leavenworth every Monday and Blewett every Tuesday and Saturday. Carries passengers and express between Leavenworth and Blewett with offices at SAM and TAM.
A dated railroad or delivery notice describes weekly departures from Leavenworth every Monday at a.m and arrivals at Telma every Tuesday and Saturday at a.m with returns to Leavenworth by 4 p.m. For details contact Joe Massie P Box 71 Leavenworth Washede aca.
Town and County brief mentions appointments and social news. F E Carlquist watches, election inspector J R Ramsey and E A King as judges, Mrs B Gallagher rents Bloom residence, staff changes at local telephone office, and Epworth services. Also notes on a socialist spellbinder, a stray pistol accident, and W P Bell speaking on Taft labor records.
E D Northup attracts attention from eastern manufacturer seeking a price on a new valve patent. C A Smith leaves for Spokane to pursue tailoring with goat hide trophy. L H Hartman recovers from a foot injury while crating box mill work. An orphan girl injures her leg at school as diphtheria concerns prompt fumigation. George Siverly notes White River log jam removal benefits Lamb Davis Lumber Co. Norell reports strong apple crop packing. Mrs Gus Bjork dies in Minneapolis. funeral notices follow. Locals discover rusty old rifle remains and human bones near dam hinting at historic Indian battles.
In Okanogan county the county seat battle rages with intensity as A Brown from St Joe Idaho opens The Hub Clothing and Tailoring Co in the Weigand building. Candidates Ernest Spencer and Goodyear address voters while Mitchell Stevens campaigns for joint senator amid a clean, issue driven race.
Two boys were caught yesterday morning in the act of taking money from the till of Mr. Pfeiffer beside the post office. They also had access to Miss Anna Tholin’s till in the same building. The issue, a long-standing mystery, was solved when authorities acted after Postmaster Davis opened the case.
An office worker left the front door unlocked allowing access to the post office room. For hours, two night mails were opened and cash withdrawn by boys, with one haul reaching $8. One boy implicated three others, details unverified. Actions pending.
F. E. Carlquist plans a relocation of his jewelry clocks and silverware stock to new quarters beside the post office today with Monday morning ready to receive old stock. He aims for a larger, better displayed and more extensive assortment between Seattle and Spokane to attract many new customers.
Sunday School at 10 a m gives way to morning and evening services. Morning text Drawing near to God. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 led by Rev Davis. Evening service at 7 30 followed by a Christian Endeavor business meeting at Mr De Feyerts Friday night.
Overland Bar promotes HARPER whiskey while Massie King advertise fall seed wheat rye and barley. Corner stone ceremony at M E church next Wednesday at 5 pm with Dr Mintzer to attend followed by a chicken pie supper in Fraternal hall. Bon Ton offers short orders and John Kings bread. Sale of a good team of horses listed. Steam laundry remodels with new equipment and promises first class work.
An inglever list notes include King Co room and board at the Bloom residence for $25 a month and a church chicken dinner on November 3 from 5 to 8 pm in the Bloom building. It also advertises Vienna Bakery candies and cigars in Leavenworth, and Kenyon's Eagle Creek ranch wintering for horses.
A local laundry advertises services in central Washington with Ernest Forbes as agent. It claims to be best equipped and to do the best work, inviting readers to send a trial batch and promising full satisfaction.
An advertisement touts Wenatchee laundry as well equipped as large city plants. It invites readers to try the service and asks them to tell Mr. Forrs, the local agent, to send the next bundle to the Wenatchee laundry.
Advertisement notes 100 feet of 4 in wire bound pipe in good condition and invites inquiry at the Echo office.
An advertisement promotes a drugless system to abolish chronic nervous troubles including headache stomach and rheumatic pains. It claims painless cross eyes correction without operation refraction errors fixed and offers reduced glasses for school children with a lady attendant invited to talk.
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