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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1908
Page
4
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Titus reports a large Russian force attacked near the Persan frontier with two thousand troops sent to reinforce Kurdish brigands. The surrounding action risks annihilation as relief lines are slow due to absence of railroads. A clash is expected hourly amid ongoing operations.
President Campbell tours eastern Oregon to urge state university funding. He outlines three arguments for the appropriation including a poor man’s proposition with free tuition, a small taxation difference of about 2.1 cents per $1000, and the impact of a referendum on Oregon’s educational standing. He warns against grange opposition aiming to kill the appropriation before the June election.
The Observer clarifies an error from yesterday stating that this week’s Pendleton game was the season opening, noting it is not the first game and that the article misidentified the event as a season opener.
The item lists Davis Jordan Music Co advertisements including rent of a 20 acre Sandridge farm, a sale of 300 ricks of wood in Summerville, Oregon, and a 4 year old well broke colt for sale at Blue Mountain Creamery. Also offers Huss Leghorn eggs at one dollar per setting and a phone contact Red 213.
High school pupils listened as President P L Campbell of the State University praised unity and the state school. He commended Union county students excelling at the state school and discussed appropriations and future attendance.
Samuel T. Boothe sues Myrtle Boothe in Union County Oregon to nullify their marriage contract. Answer by May 2, 1908 or court will grant relief sought. Service by publication in Evening Observer La Grande for six weeks per Judge Thomas Crawford order dated March 21, 1908.
At the Republican convention in Decatur Alabama delegates endorsed Taft for president and the event hints he may campaign in Oregon. The document notes the district gathering and possible circuit court appearance.
San Jacinto Day celebrated in Austin and other Texas cities with parallel closures of banks and offices. Texans mark the 1836 victory when General Sam Houston led 750 men to rout 1800 Mexicans on the San Jacinto river, with Santa Ana captured and Alamo memory invoked.
The piece notes rapid progress of the woman suffrage movement in Europe. It mentions the Netherlands extending votes to all taxpayers over 25 and to married women with taxpayer husbands, and Bohemia allowing women to vote for parliament. It reports an unusually large female vote and near-misses of women candidates in Bohemia.
An advertisement extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a fast reliable cure for colds, warning that colds can lead to pneumonia or infectious diseases like diphtheria and scarlet fever. It claims the remedy is effective and widely trusted due to its prompt results.
A. H. Thurnes of Buffalo describes kidney and bladder trouble lasting years. After failing to improve with other medicines he takes Foley's Kidney Cure and gains relief from pain with stones passing. He proclaims it has done the thousand dollars worth of good.
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