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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1909
Page
2
A damaged notice from January 1909 announces restrictions on consumer purchases and the sale of goods through a general advertising channel. It mentions fees, subscription terms, and the prohibition of certain activities by a general public audience. The document references timelines and locales but remains unclear due to OCR errors.
A commentary on the president's annual message and Congress’s reaction. The piece cites fears of investigations into lawmakers, mentions Secret Service involvement, and weighs exempting senators and representatives from scrutiny. It notes a favorable read and compares reader thrills to Augusta Evans novels.
A Seattle letter describes a family ruin by gambling and notes broad activist opposition to race tracks. Representative Hanson pushes an anti race track bill as public opinion trends against gambling, with anti gambling groups forming in several cities and newspapers, churches, and citizens demanding higher morals.
The readable lines discuss a chattel mortgage and a form or option for signing. It mentions sending one of poor percent and both parties to sign. Details are fragmentary and names or places are not provided.
Disjointed report suggests Rod Gordon's involvement in illicit funds wired to influence the Washington Supreme Court. The firm’s failure to prosecute raises questions on misuse of money for improper ends, including gambling, and implicates Judge Root in preferential treatment. A legislative probe is urged.
The Wenatchee valley grower Mr Black won the grand prize for the best box of Wine sap apples at the national show in Spokane. The box, 112 apples at 60 cents each, totaled $67.20. Second prize went to C L Green in Wenatchee valley. Gibson Fruit Co Chicago priced at 40 cents per apple totaling $44.80. Combined winnings reach $112.00 for the two boxes.
The Post-Intelligencer ends the Twice-a-Week P I publication after the month’s start. Readers may subscribe to the daily for 6.00 yearly or the Sunday edition for 2.50 yearly. A special rate offers the Sanday P I and The Echo at 2.25 yearly and the daily plus Sanday P I and The Echo at 5.50 yearly.
News notes Cosgrove may take the oath on the eleventh as the new administration begins. He may leave Paso Robles this week for southern California and return after the inauguration to seek recovery in warmer weather. Wenatchee debates a Great Northern side track on Columbia Street with property-owner objections to the street franchise request.
A special yearly price offers The Echo and the Daily and Sunday Seattle P I at 5.50 in advance per year, compared with regular 6 for thePI and 1 for The Echo totaling 7. The arrangement provides combined savings for subscribers.
The readable lines describe a past project with an amount around 1.226.15 and indicate remaining payments. Mentions of the person Gor and a few items suggest street improvement work and related costs. The text is incomplete and hard to interpret but points to past financials and street work.
The fragmentary text discusses advertising improbable cures and home remedies. It references a patent medicine and a supposed medical claim. No clear events, dates, or persons are identifiable.
The column condemns Judge Root and railroad power in a Waskimgooe state case. It details Gordon’s bribery, alleged letters, and compromised rulings, arguing all parties are criminal and Root bears primary responsibility for tolerating corrupt influence.
An Oregonian excerpt condemns the railroad company for funding improper acts, describing Judge Root as both criminal and victim and arguing that justice should strike at the originators who financed the graft that corrupted state legislation and courts.
The article notes a heavy snow fall over 48 hours with temperatures dropping to minus twelve in the night and rising to zero by daylight. Trains run one to six hours late. No. 1 is abandoned. Snow disrupts the Rocky Mountain division and Cascades, rotary plows working to keep lines clear.
A Meeker Brothers milk sleigh lost control on an incline injuring two riders and scattering milk hides near Mrs Shortley’s awning. Horses escaped unharmed and moved on. J C Severson of Alton NL bought five orchard tracts totaling 110 acres in East Wenatchee, expanding his Washington farm interests with apple tree plantings.
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