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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1910
Page
4
Notice from the Water Committee stating water rent must be paid by the tenth of each month or water will be shut off. The books will be closed after the tenth. no collector is planned. Signed by J. K. Shear G. T. Fleming and W. J. Church. April 12, 1905.
La Grande high school defeated Enterprise 15 to 16 in the second game after Bigstone hit a ninth inning home run to drive in the winning run. In the ninth Blystone also homered and tied the game before La Grande pulled ahead, with Childers adding an earlier homer.
Wanted men to purchase fine worsted clothing in all sizes at $12.50 and $16.00 per suit. Golden Rule Co. advertises beat values and broad selections.
A newspaper blurb promotes a sale featuring lawn linens and silk garments. It touts attractive prices on shirt waists and assorted lingerie effects with a focus on value for women shoppers.
A German chemist postulates that radium opens a path to spirit and photographs the unseen. After his wife Louisa’s death, he claims to have created a supersensitive plate revealing faint human forms, suggesting he may capture her image from the spirit world.
Excavations for over a half mile of macadam paving on the east end of Adams avenue have begun by Contractor John Mars. Work progresses as a large crew digs, starting at Hemlock where the proposed hard surface ends and extending east to the county macadam road, creating a long hard surface stretch on the main highway into La Grande.
A large audience enjoyed the Mikado performed by local amateurs last Saturday. The production, praised for its clever staging and smooth execution, was even better than the initial run a few weeks ago.
The Union County Sunday School association schedules its annual convention in Union on May 11 and 12 at the M B E church. The program features many numbers including a central drama about a father and his motherless daughter, her growing romance, and the ensuing thwarted union as a handsome artist sketches her. The plot traces family devotion, temptation, and separation amid religious imagery.
A woman returns to her childhood home seeking a wayside shrine in penance and remorse. Her father finds her there and leads her back to the house where she sleeps in childlike repose in her familiar room.
Mra. C. M. Wall sues Mr. M. J. Dorsey and Mrs. M. J. Dorsey in Union County Oregon seeking $200 principal plus interest from October 15 1907 and $60 attorney fees. If no answer by six weeks from first publication, court may enter default and order sale of attached property to satisfy costs.
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