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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1910
Page
3
The text humorously traces October from its Latin origins and links it to early football culture. It notes Libra and Scorpio influences on campaigns and sports, describes seasonal imagery from pheasants to oysters, and ends with a fragment about Columbus Day celebrations.
The piece discusses future reapportionment with Washington state expected to grow beyond one million people and possibly gain a fourth federal representative. It notes current limits of 99 state representatives and 49 state senators, and that redistricting will be needed if population-based shifts occur. King county lawmakers push for population-based redistricting.
The University of Washington welcomes 2500 pupils marking rapid growth in higher education across the state. New buildings add capacity and beauty while freshmen and sophomores stage campus pranks, reflecting campus life as the exposition ends.
In the first half of the year 820 railroads report gross earnings of 1,338,344,306 dollars. Total earnings reflect strong freight and passenger activity across major lines.
London revenue commissioners report record London totals show 444 million dollars invested in Canada surpassing prior years.
The Northwest Fruit Exchange based in Portland aims to reorganize regional fruit sales and push Northwest produce globally. It reports 200 carloads shipped in three weeks with 12 cars daily recently, and imports California orange grower practices, while J K Armsby ships large Clark county prunes to Riga and London. A Mount Hood national park movement gains signatures, Wenatchee school enrollment climbs, Hood River apples fetch up to 400000 boxes for New York dealers, and Portland gears up for the Klickitat Special to Goldendale for Southwestern Washington Development Association events.
The article notes President Taft restoring federal patronage to insurgent senators and representatives, marking a shift after primary results in Iowa Wisconsin and Maine. It discusses Cummins Dolliver Bristow Clapp and La Follette as backers, the aim to unite party factions, and the Wisconsin Iowa Kansas Washington votes signaling support for progressive measures. The piece suggests experts fear Taft hesitated too long to act.
A woman who has observed society argues that bachelors over 35 lose manners and ease in female company. She claims they pander to their own wishes, grow selfish, and ignore life’s real issues while assuming clever women are seeking marriage. She adds not all people are men and not all are bachelors.
The 17th annual Spokane Interstate fair opens Monday morning Oct 3 and runs through Oct 8. Improvements include beautified grounds inviting lawns, freshly rolled walks and drives, and extensive upgrades to attractions, marking a dramatic change from prior years.
The grounds will feature a larger vau deville stage illuminated by 20 arc lights and two powerful search lights from new grand stand towers. Rail travelers from Cascades to Rockies, Oregon to British Columbia offered round trips at a fare and a third. Tickets go on sale October 1 to 7 with return by October 10.
To avoid a clash in district fair dates representatives from Oregon and Washington will meet in Portland soon. They aim to synchronize next year’s fairs like the state fairs with a regular circuit so amusements and exhibits can be shared on a coordinated schedule.
Articles of incorporation filed for a million dollar company by prominent Montana residents chiefly from Butte. Plan to divert Beaverhead river water near Dillon into Madison county and to divert Ruby river water into Madison via a ditch over forty miles long.
A columnist outlines social quirks and sayings about ambition yesterday and tomorrow, a Virginia milkman nicknamed Typhoid Harry, and observations on bachelor talk, mood, and discretion around public affection including newlyweds.
A Missouri woman rebuts Kipling’s description of women calling it a slander and reframes the line to say men are “A brag, a drone and a tank of air.” The exchange frames gender critique through a humorous retort.
Washington Herald notes the city lacks electric car lines telephones newspapers and an ice plant and asks what issues local politicians address in their municipal campaigns.
The Seattle station of the Continental Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Co. intercepted the Puebla vessel's message after it ran aground between Seattle and Bellingham. The ship was not seriously damaged and posed no danger at any time.
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