Frank A Losekamp A Persistent Booster For Leavenworth
Frank A. Losekamp, an early Leavenworth pioneer and notable taxpayer, opened the first general store in Icicle in 1891. He later moved his business to Leavenworth, sold out in 1906, and now works mining in Elk River Idaho while keeping Leavenworth as his home and booster.
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F. A. Losekamp
Losekamp
Wenatchee Valley
Icicle
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Leavenworth
Frank
Ellensburg
Great Northern
Tumwater Canyon
Capt. Leavenworth
Okanogan Investment Co
Elk River
Idaho
Frank A. Loskamp
Wenatchee Lake Basin Offers Large Tract for Agriculture
The Wenatchee Lake basin near Wenatchee Lake is a seven by three mile water body drawing summer tourists and fishermen. Rail Lines and roads connect the area, with Lake View House and Club House hotels, multiple ranches, a new post office at Plain, and irrigation plans by Wenatchee Park Land and Irrigation Co covering about seven thousand acres.
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Wenatchee Lake
Wenatchee River
Lake Wenatchee
Lake View House
Oliver Bates
Irene Gordon
Wenatchee Park
Leavenworth
Climate and Healthful Orchard Life in Leavenworth
The article describes Leavenworth in the Upper Wenatchee Valley as a high desert climate with elevation near 1100 feet, sheltering hills, and mild winters with rare wind. Summers run 80 to 98 degrees, and abundant irrigation water supports fruit and vegetable farming. The dry air benefits those with throat and lung ailments, attracting seasonal visitors seeking sunshine and clean air. Snowfall is substantial in higher elevations but melts by April.
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Leavenworth
Mississippi
Chelan
The Cost Of Smoke And Its City Menace
Abatement of nuisance smoke has long been debated with little success. A recent column cites urban damages from soot in London Pittsburgh Chicago and Cincinnati and notes a University of Pittsburgh study linking smoke to vegetation loss around Pittsburgh.
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Saturday Evening Post
United States
London
England
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cincinnati
University of Pittsburgh
Steel City
Town Improvement Magazine
Editor’s Wife Recounts City Visit and Editorial Aid
A Ontario weekly editor recalls taking his wife to the city where a hostess assumes women have leisure without children. She jokes about him editing his own paper while the wife admits she edits much of the inside matter, noting her cooking earns praise.
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Ontario
Prohibition a Menace to the State Ad Is Opinionated Editorial
An editorial argues against a proposed prohibition measure, criticizing its provisions as absurd and predicting economic and social harm. It warns that licensing drinkers and allowing cross border alcohol from adjoining states would fail to curb vice, and questions funding, employment, and property impacts. The piece cites North Carolina as a harsh cautionary example and frames prohibition as economically ruinous.
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Washington
Durham
North Carolina
Tar Heel
South
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Frank A. Losekamp
Wenatachee Lake
Upper Wenatchee Valley
Cascade Mountains
Echo Office
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