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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1909
Page
2
The Echo clarifies paid advertising rules for notices and entertainments seeking public funds and states free space for moral beneficial community welfare efforts. The notice is dated Friday September 10, 1909.
Notice to subscribers behind on The Echo subscriptions warns that year or more overdue accounts trigger removal from the mailing list to protect postal privileges. Readers will receive arrears notices before deletion and action follows if remittance is not received.
The National Bureau of Fisheries will be asked to contribute 10,000,000 eggs annually for four years to stock the Columbia River with Sockeye salmon. The report also notes local updates from Washington state, including a new superintendent in Cashmere, a record alfalfa yield, a boy suing a railway, a fire at Sedro-Woolley Iron Works, and plans for upcoming fairs and aerial contests.
The report notes a ship performed successful flights daily at the interstate fair last year and fair management believes those flights will be duplicated this year many times over, signaling expected strong attendance and continued aerial demonstrations.
Portland prepares for the Portland Fair and Livestock Show in September 2025 drawing Pacific Northwest visitors. Six days feature harness and running races and livestock exhibitions with Willamette Valley Day on Thursday and Columbia River Valley Day on Friday. Officials expect broad regional attendance aided by favorable rail rates and a Ladies Day with special events.
The text outlines hunting rules under a new game law: pheasants partridges and quail protected until Sept 1 1912. prairie chicken and grouse season Sept 1 to Oct 15 with a five bird daily bag. ducks Sept 1 to Jan 1 with a 20 bird daily bag. deer season Oct 1 to Dec 1 with a two deer limit. None take effect until next year. It also reports The London Daily Mirror on swearing aiding health via a doctor’s theory.
R F Simpson of Lebanon Oregon plans a carload transfer of the largest pheasant shipment raised in captivity in the United States to Idaho game wardens. The birds will stock Idaho for hunting recreation, and Simpson is described as the only American grower able to fulfill such a large order.
The senator recalls using harsh cursing to calm a mob in Western Kansas. He swore to deter a lynch mob over a drunken mule theft, convincing the accuser to back down and leave, a moment he cites as life saving.
The National Apple Show is rescheduled from December to November in Spokane from the 15th to the 20th at the suggestion of leading growers to improve exhibition quality and timely East Coast shipping. The Congregational church ladies host a dinner on Tuesday September 14 at noon in the church parlors, with dinner priced at 35 cents and all invited.
The Big Bend Empire reports S Tanner visiting Summit Gold and Copper Mining Company to sell treasury stock and install ore extraction machinery near mines like First Thought. It notes Summit’s location, near Great Northern lines and Grand Forks, with expected high returns. Also includes anecdotes on Aunt Alvira Fifer and George I's stage interests.
The text lists seven plays including Hamlet and Volpone staged by Steele whose reward included 350 pounds to the company and 200 pounds to the managers at Hampton Court. Actors cited include Colley Cibber Pinkethman Johnson Thurmond Booth Mills and Mrs Porter and Mrs Younger. Players could be summoned on a day’s notice.
Born in Aras in 1775, Vidocq rose from baker to notorious thief and soldier. He fled reform and forgery sentences, joined Paris police as a detective in 1808, later headed the safety brigade, earned a pardon in 1818, and died penniless in 1857 after varied service through 1848.
A London Graphic excerpt mocks official Moroccan letters for flowery flattery while exposing hints of graft. It cites an order to a minister of finance to contract a loan, wrapped in praise and heavenly phrases that mask kleptocratic intent.
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