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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
9
Railways prepare to replace telegraphers with telephones and female agents at smaller stations as March 1 nine hour day laws take effect. Automatic block signals reduce need for telegraph stations and staff, shifting work to letters and office duties.
John R Walsh a Chicago banker and politician was found guilty in a bitterly contested federal trial. The case centers on alleged false reporting to the Comptroller in 1903 that masked about 3 million dollars in loans to himself and to officers and directors, triggering insolvency actions and a major banking collapse linked to his enterprises.
After twenty five years of excruciating head pain Leute Weilf son of Cincinnati underwent surgical relief when a surgeon cut out the afflicted nerves. The pain centered above the eyes and at the temples and recurred several times.
A New York Press excerpt recalls a quarrel over attire where a friend apologizes for suggesting gray shoes over white. The upset stems from past family remarks and a pledge to resist condescension, highlighting themes of judgment and loyalty among women.
A fragment from the Lenden Tattler notes a domestic dispute involving a wife and a husband who admits infidelity and theft. The butcher, speaking on a town bulletin, describes a household strain and the community gaze upon the incident.
Washington sees a tourist's view of the city with mentions of the Capitol and White House and a critique of social mores. A proposed official weekly paper for government transparency is pitched by Congressman Hobson, with debates over funding and public trust. Also notes on penny boxes for stamps, carrier weather duties, and a New York congressman Sulloway versus Ollie James, plus a restraining order case involving George M Austin and Secretary Cortelyou over Panama Canal bonds.
At the first Missouri River Navigation Congress a proposal seeks a $40 million appropriation to deepen a twelve foot Missouri River channel from St. Louis to Bronx City. Attendees from seven border states urge making the river navigable to ease railroad rate troubles and claim it would dwarf rail capacity east and west. If Congress balks, a tax plan on land within 100 miles could raise the funds, leveraging $200 million yearly agricultural output.
A garbled column notes onions as cures for diseases and questions what cures onions. It pokes at leap year business, stage villains, and actors, mentions trial arguing and witness pay, and jokes about money, the Supreme Court, Cuba, and new coins.
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