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Newspaper

Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1915

Page

5

Local notes from the surrounding country

Mrs. Martin Christensen spent Monday and Tuesday with her mother on the Chumstick. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Maillette moved to their ranch. Bill Riggs visited H. A. Anderson from Wenatchee. Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Humphrey and Miss Sears visited J. H. Sharpe home. Miss Mattie Hood visited Mrs. John Bjork. Residents attended a Leavenworth show. E. S. C. Club met with Mrs. Van De Grift. lunch served. Fox Chambers and family at W. W. Young place. Wingate aims for a bigger harvest. Robert Gregory hosted a birthday party. Grange hall supper well attended. Several cases of whooping cough reported. School closed for teachers' institute in Wenatchee.

Leavenworth van de Grift Christensen Teachers’ Institute Wenatchee

Peshastin Traveler Leaves for Ohio in Family Illness

Peshastin resident E L Chester departed for Geneva Ohio after his father fell ill. W W Young shows serious illness with no recent improvement. Jitney bus operation is seen as a profitable venture with old car service between Leavenworth and Blewett continuing. Gus Bergren runs a stage to deliver passengers from this side of the river. Koerners Drug Store advertises Halloween novelties in the window. Wenatchee lake residents Geo Liverly, Oliver Bates, Geo Dean, Ross Sears, Geo Brown, and D W Fowler were in town this week.

Gus Bergren Leavenworth Blewett Wenatchee Lake Geo. Liverly Oliver Bates Geo. Dean Ross Sears Geo. Brown D. W. Fowler

St Joseph’s Church Services under Rev Nicholas O Rafferty

Church schedule lists Low Mass 7 30 and High Mass 9 30 on first third and fifth Sundays with sermons. Rosary sermon and benediction 7 30 Sundays. Sunday school Saturday 10 for children with altar boys at 11. preaching 11. Epworth League 6 30. Evening service 7 30. Thursday prayer meeting 7 30. Quote about friendship to be found. Pastor F L Moore.

Nicholas O’rafferty F. L. Moore

Congregational Church Schedule and Local News Notes

Congregational Church programs list Sunday 10:00 morning school 11:00 service and 6:30 Young People meeting with 7:30 preaching. Mr and Mrs H G Applegate left yesterday for Ladner B C to visit relatives. Spokane's low NW per capita tax at 9.82 compared with Tacoma 10.93 Portland 16.29 Seattle 20.14. Washington wheat crop up over 10 million bushels from 1914. New York buyer paid 1197 dollars for a carload of apples at 1.90 per box.

Spokane Northwest Tacoma Portland Seattle New York

Censure Harvard Boys Talk Slavery of War Chat

Harvard Crimson criticizes Harvard students at Memorial Hall for frivolous table talk on women war athletics and personalities. The editorial claims one thousand men waste three hours daily, with cynical remarks and blasphemy about Yale and others interspersed, amid alleged slander and vanity.

Cambridge Harvard Harvard Crimson Memorial Hall Yale

Girls Serve as Ushers in Bridgeport Church

In Bridgeport Connecticut the Washington Park Methodist Episcopal church began using girl ushers for Sunday evening services for the first time in the state's history. Pastor Rev Everett A Burns expects attendance to rise as young men may be drawn to the new role. The group includes Helen Clinton Mildred Curtis Anna Rackmyer Emma Smith Ella Crabtree Irene Chapman Clarice Bray and Mrs Julia Griffin.

Bridgeport Conn Washington Park Methodist Episcopal Church Everett A. Burns Helen Clinton Mildred Curtis Anna Rackmyer Emma Smith Ella Crabtree Irene Chapman Clarice Bray Julia Griffin

The Maid's Reply Exchange Scene

A brief dramatic exchange unfolds as William leans to kiss. He asks in French if he may kiss her, she replies with a playful French phrase Billet deux, signaling a flirtatious consent and light mood.

Man Who Takes His Own Medicine Is an Optimist

A Detroit era ad extols optimism in medicine urging readers to trust Dr King s New Discovery for colds. It claims the remedy penetrates throat linings, kills germs, and aids nature to heal, arguing superficial treatments fail to reach the cause.

Dr. King

Also Mentioned on This Page

Eagle Martin Christensen Ted Maillette Bill Riggs H. A. Anderson Mrs. Wallace Mrs. Humphrey Miss Sears J. H. Sharpe Mattie Hood Lady Friend John Bjork Cashmere Fox Chambers W. W. Young Place F. A. Wingate Robert Gregory Peshastin E. L. Chester Geneva Ohio W. W. Young Hallowe Koerner’s M. O. Nelson Mutual Mercantile Co St. Joseph’s Church Congregational Church H. G. Applegate Ladner B. C Washington Harvard Boys Stephenson Toggery Hark Ladies of Leavenworth S. V. Doran William M. Chase Corcoran Art Gallery Echo Office Woodrow Wilson Thos. R. Marshal Wm.j. Bryan Sepermgay Wm. G, McAdoo Ol. M. Garrison James Reynolds Albert Burleson Josephus Daniels Interior Ehecdbes Franklin K. Lane Agriculture David F. Houston Wm.g. Redfield Wm. B Wilson Secretary of Navy U. S W.L. Jones M, EK Poindexter W.L. LaFollette Ernest Lister Louis F. Hart M. Howell Ward Meath W. Clausen W.V. Tanner C. V. Savidge Josephine Preston H. O. Fishback Dyes George KE. Morris R Dunbar Frank H. Rudkin H. D Crowe A. D. Gose Chadwick Wallace Mount Emmit Parker Columbia Land W. F. Haynes J. E. Shore Brocklinde Costume Shop Fifth Avenue Barclay Hotel
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