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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1907
Page
3
Grenier and Mason scheme to impersonate Philip Anson using forged handwriting to lure the real heir to a rendezvous, plan a staged death, and vanish with Anson’s diamonds and money while framing others. The plan hinges on an elaborate alibi and faked disappearance to dodge detectives.
John Holt returns from Shelton Washington after his son was reported to have perished in a hotel fire there last week yet is found unharmed. D 8 Busey and Dan McClain plan a health visit to London Springs near Cottage Grove for renewed health. Residents complain of stock at large in Muddy, potentially impacting farmers. Olive Hyde departs for lower California with hopes for future development. Mr and Mrs Weatherford move to Siletz Lincoln county to reside on his farm with plans to direct operations east of the city.
Roseburg Oregon September 13 large crowd attends Roseburg district fair races with close finishes and pool demand. Judges Hollenbeck Frasier and Cresson oversee events including 2:25 class trotting and pacing with Julia winning heat one and heat two, plus saddle horse dash and three year old trot results and running half mile heats won by Shirley B and Seventy eight.
John J. Rude sells his cigar business opposite the Guard to E. E. Quimby who recently left the drug trade due to ill health. Quimby, a seasoned businessman, will keep Elmer Gray as clerk while Gray returns from vacation. Rude plans to move to Scott's Mills to pursue a hotel venture as a new coal mine spurs growth.
Salem Oregon September 11 Sheriff Culver announced by George W Moore husband of Rebecca Moore that a $1000 reward is offered for information leading to the capture of the killer of Mrs Moore found murdered in her Buena Vista area home. All expenses in the search are authorized. The case remains shrouded in mystery with a working theory that a tramp entered to loot the house and Mrs Moore, having prior experience with a tramp, confronted him with a butcher knife.
Milo Taylor aged 73 of Springfield died. A veteran who came to Lane County in 1857 he leaves a wife. His funeral was held today at 2 p m with interment at Laure Hill cemetery.
New York reports a Cunard steamship Lusitania on the first turbine run from Queenstown to Sandy Hook lightship in five days one hour and thirty three minutes, surpassing the line's earlier record though not beating Kaiser Wilhelm II or Deutschland in average speed. The log notes 2782 miles total with daily segments 556 575 570 583 and 483.
The French liner La Provence shattered the Havre to New York record by arriving in six days one hour and two minutes. The voyage covered 3140 miles at an average speed of 22.08 knots, beating the previous mark by one hour and thirteen minutes.
Boise dispatch reports Glenns Ferry a freight division town of 1500 on the Short Line east of Boise is burning with the business district likely doomed and railroad shops at risk as flames spread through the settlement.
Boise, Idaho Sept 12 A plea in abatement is filed by ex Attorney General Frank Martin charged with conspiracy to defraud timber land. Affidavits from three grand jurors claim the foreman was forced to sign the indictment without reading it and that Senator Borah and Martin were named without their knowledge.
In Eugene on Sunday September 8 1907 Ira Isham and his wife welcomed a daughter born in Blue River.
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