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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1911
Page
5
A playful description of Mr Pumptious as a detective figure in a novelty feature. The item notes an unusual scene described as animated and gay with a richly illustrated presentation. It invites readers to see the production and mentions matinees and evenings for viewing.
A long list of visitors stays at the Savoy Foley and Summer hotels in La Grande. Names include Mrs Seewers I J Woods M R Daughters Robertson O P Mays Hass Powers Earle Clelland Henderson Allen Gibbons Wood Col R Eberhard Dorothy Nylander Manville Markison Rogers Brichoux Loveland Gorrie Stout Stevens Campbell and others. Several plan stays for business, timber, orchard work, or relocation.
Mrs L H Russell departed last night in response to a telegram from Wallace Idaho reporting the death of Guy Clevenger fourteen year old nephew of Mr and Mrs Frank Clevenger former residents of this city. The family has endured a second bereavement within days with the loss of an infant assumed to be from ptomaine poisoning and the older son died yesterday. The community extends its sympathy.
The Catholic church women of La Grande announce a fundraising event on Wednesday evening April 19 1911 at Lillys hardware hall. A surfeit of entertainment with vocal and instrumental music, cakes ice cream and sherbet, plus refreshments in the afternoon. The note invites all to attend and help the fund while enjoying the traditional menu and company.
A notice conveys condolences for the death of George E. Fowler and records sympathy from the Modern Woodmen camp. It also includes a humorous anecdote about a La Grande man seeking a fishing license, mistaken at the county clerk’s office for a marriage license amid pre nuptial jitters.
A freight agent recounts a moving box marked Glass Handle With Care that shifts upright to reveal a 15 year old girl runaway and her young fiancé. The pair planned elopement with a crate ride to a minister for marriage, but the agent locks them in a office and telegrams parents. later, the couple vanishes. Also noted is a city dog impound notice from Poundmaster G. W. Farris dated 1910.
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