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Newspaper
The Echo Register
Location
Echo, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1909
Page
3
For sale listing includes old newspapers for office at 25 cents per 10 and a two horsepower gasoline engine in good condition. Engine can be seen running. call at this office for particulars and printing services available at the Regis t office.
Wong Lung announces purchase and refit of Sam Wee Lung Laundry and offers home pickup and drop off for all washings. He guarantees quality service and invites families to leave orders for convenient scheduling.
A court hearing examines whether the paper’s tone infringes on personal rights in a case tied to a marriage, widowhood, and remarriage. The dispute centers on how the article’s language portrayed a family’s private life and social standing.
News from St Johns N F reports Captain Bartlett wire Peary found no trace of Dr Cook on the Arctic voyage and had confirmation that the Roosevelt and Jeannie schooner carried supplies, marking a pivotal moment in the race to the North Pole. The world watches as two Americans claim discovery and royal reception greets Cook abroad.
Chicago September 7 The Hill Lines five days ago announced a plan to lop ten hours off the fastest Chicago to the North Pacific coast run igniting a broad speed war across the transcontinental map. Santa Fe also seeks a ten hour reduction between Kansas City and Los Angeles as rivals rush to rewrite schedules and gear up for top speed, aiming to snare mail contracts. The St Paul Puget Sound extension looms as a potential rate and contract disruptor, while Burlington and others scramble to respond.
Canada aims to build a national navy with hopes British shipbuilders locate plants in the Dominion. Ottawa backs tariff and concession agreements as ministers report naval defense talks from London.
A special dispatch from Morella reports floods in Zamora district and the town of Tula in Tamalpais state. Rivers overflowed after a mountainous cloudburst, flooding miles of valleys, destroying rail and telegraph lines, isolating about 7,000 people for days, with 30 bodies recovered and many more missing. The storm raged three days and highways may be out for months.
Postoffice Inspector Stuart reports the arrest of Allen Posner 26 and a woman named Emily Snyder 20 in custody at Harrison street station. They are linked to a mail theft ring operating across cities, with two accomplices sought. Posner is said to have cashed stolen checks and the group allegedly stole jewelry valued at $1,000 and other valuables.
Nathan Straus presented figures to the International body showing tuberculosis deaths rising as a share of all deaths despite lower overall mortality. City statistics cited by Dr. Koch show New York remains strong in fighting TB, while TB deaths as a share rose from 14.04 percent in 1902 to 13.90 percent in 1908, even as death rates fell from 2.42 to 2.29 per thousand.
Washington Sept 3 Director Durand and a team of economics agriculture manufacturing and statistics experts begin framing enumerator schedules for next April. They focus on agricultural manufacturing and population forms with experts from several universities named among manufacturing specialists. Navy moves to secure a Pacific coast small arms fire range with a Maybury Johnston-led commission. Interior reports nearly 65 million acres designated for homestead entry under the enlarged act with dry farming rules and six month residence and five year cultivation duties.
Washington dispatches report that Salvador Rail Road Co plans a weekly steamship service between Acajutla Salvador and Salinas Cruz Mexico beginning January 1 1910 with a possible mail contract later. Other items note Bolivia Peru boundary talks near settlement and Panama indemnities to US officers.
Local notice offers Hampden genuine 21 jewel movements in a twenty year case and 23 jewel movements in a year case for mail order. W L Kwicur advertises availability and pricing through Echo publication.
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