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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1911
Page
5
A brief theater note highlights a matinee and evening show at Thelsis Theatre featuring The Ransom of Red Chief as a reading performance. It mentions a 10 year old American boy and a sense of lively energy, with an illustrated song titled In the Good Old Country Days.
Catholic church ladies announce an Easter social on Wednesday evening April 19 at the Knights of Pythias hall over Lilly's hardware store. An entertaining program and refreshments will be provided and all are cordially invited. A professional young woman seeks a female roommate through the observit office.
A string of visitors and residents were listed in La Grande with the Sommer and Foley hotels hosting many from Baker, Spokane, Seattle, Port land, and Pendleton. Notables include R. B. Zweifel, C. Carpenter, W. M. Beatty, and J. Pruitt, among others, alongside road work payments and public notices.
Jack Kerr a member of the La Grande branch of the O R C order of railway conductors will represent Oro on at the national convention in Jacksonville Florida beginning May 9. He will be accompanied by his wife and plans a two and a half month trip covering about 19000 miles along the Atlantic seaboard ending back home. The trip includes Los Angeles Boston and New York with visits to friends and relatives during the layover. A rental notice for a five room house is also listed.
A list of county payrolls and road work payments shows figures for workers including C. R. Patten Nelson Knight J. P. Salmon A Ripple A Peterson Mrs Jennie Peterson and Frank Zwainer. Amounts range from 0.40 to 22.00 with several entries for roads and county projects.
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