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Newspaper

La Grande Evening Observer

Location

La Grande, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1911

Page

4

Observer Brugu Dennais Editor and Owner

The item notes Bontered at the post office at La Grande as second class matter, indicating official mailing designation for the publication.

la Grande

Roosevelt Visits Portland Spark Attention and Debate

A fragment notes Theodore Roosevelt, former U S president, visiting Portland amid mixed views. It questions whether his prominence can be restored, suggesting a possible rekindling of military stature in a new conflict, and ends by describing him as a good man but flawed by excess.

Theodore Roosevelt United States Portland Roosevelt San Juan Hill

Public reflections on a tragic death and civic praise

The piece laments excessive adulation of a public figure after a suicide in Cay yesterday noting the brain's fragility. It contrasts private virtue with public worship and mentions Judge Lindsey praising La Grande high school building while critiquing others.

Cay 2 Lindsey la Grande High School la Grande

Local Contract Craze Sparks Realization of Nearby Profits

Contracts in the Imbler district rise nearly daily as residents learn how close money making can be while cautioning against chasing distant opportunities. Home people see why local chances may beat remote ventures in other cities.

Imbler

Harsh Taft Criticism Over Mexico Policy Noted

In another column of the Evening Observer a harsh critique of President Taft on his Mexico policy appears over the signature of officers of the local socialist party. In the country free speech, accorded to everyone.

Taft Mexico Socialist Party

Dem Promise Remains Unkept As Clark Stays Grounded

Commentator notes Champ Clark has not ridden the Missouri mule down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington and calls it another unfulfilled campaign pledge by the Democratic side.

Champ Clark Pennsylvania Avenue Washington

Immigrants and Education in a Global Context

The piece argues the US faces immigrant education through European literacy and citizenship aims. It asserts Europeans must improve in their own schools while the US chooses to educate newcomers here or set entry tests. It warns against meddling in European schooling and stresses national self interest.

Europe

Pumpkin pie and shirtwaist prize linked by Chicago group

In Chicago a group called the Literary store awards prizes for the best pumpkin pie and for the best laundered shirtwaist. The piece extols how literature, ethics, science and poetry reside in a pumpkin pie and a neatly laundered shirtwaist, praising their perfect pairing.

Chicago Literary Store Longfellow Hawthorne Emerson Whittler

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised by Va Resident

The speaker from Waverly Virginia, B. W. L. Hall, endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best cold medicine on the market and says he has recommended it to friends who agree with him. Also mentions a sale for mule buy dentery (incomplete).

B. W. L. Hall Waverly Chamberlain

Colonists Fare Plans Travel Westbound Only

Advertises rail fare options from Chicago to St Louis Omaha Kansas City and other cities with prices around 25 to 32 dollars. Prepay instruction allows depositing fare with a railroad agent and telegraphic ticket orders to any address.

Chicago St. Louis Omaha Kansas City Pali

Promoter Seeks Home Building Inquiries and Contacts

A broad appeal invites readers to learn about home building resources. It urges contacting the undersigned for informative material and to provide addresses of interested parties for sending such material.

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