Local notes from Elgin and area on married life and sports
E Moore reports a day in Elgin on business matters. Dr C H Upton called to Kamela to treat Nady who is critically ill. J B Cunliff and bride return from wedding tour and settle at Washington and Seventh. Wm Burke leaves for Pocatello to fight Pete Sullivan. Jay Millering suffers an ankle injury hampering spring meets. La Grande band expects large turnout for Friday dance to boost band funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Upton
Kamela
Nady
Jay Millering
Notable Women In Suffrage and Public Service Movements
Elmnor Glyn and Yvette Guilbert join anti suffrage circles while Miss A L Marlett argues women should train husbands for housework. California rural carrier Mrs T F Beall drives 25 miles daily in a personal car bought with her earnings. Vida Goldstein of Melbourne is nominated for Federation Senate by Victoria Woman's Political Association. Julia H Gulliver of Rockford Illinois, elected officer of the French academy and leader at Rockford College, led vacation course initiatives. The Marchioness of Londonderry joins the Queen's University senate in Ireland, aligning with women’s issues in Ireland and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmnor Glyn
Yvette Guilbert
A. L. Marlett
Wisconsin
T. F. Beall
Burbank
California
Vida Goldstein
Melbourne
Senate of Federated Australia
Woman's Political Association of Victoria
Julia H. Gulliver
Rockford, i
Irench Academy
Gulliver
Rockford College
Smith College
Fly, Catches and Chicago Face Early Season Schedule
Eleven games are set for Fly, Catches and Chicago in the first twenty three days of the season. Over five million dollars has been invested in improvements on major league baseball grounds in the last year. The St Louis Browns and the Chicagos drew in the world championship of 1895 with each player earning £1 7s.
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Chicago
St. Louis Browns
Chicagos
Regriever Dascomb Watch Standards for Big Leagues
The regriever Dascomb Watch used in the big leagues must weigh between five and a quarter ounces and at least five ounces, with circumference between nine and one eighth inches and nine inches.
Reed Institute Founded By Portland Benefactor
Mrs Amanda W Reed of Portland Oregon left two million dollars to establish a college in Portland named the Reed Institute. The note cites a major philanthropic endowment for higher learning in the Pacific Northwest.
Writers’ Gains and Memorial Plans Open City Notes
Rostand reportedly earned 1 500 000 dollars from a single play while Gilbert Barrie Pinero and other British dramatists top earnings. Amis de Balance rents the Paris Rue Fortune house where a great novelist died and hopes to buy it for a memorial storehouse. Reginald Clarence, famed dramatic bibliographer, has spent twenty years compiling a stage cyclopedia tracing plays from B C 500 to A D 1900.
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Rostand
Gilbert
J. M. Barrie
Siir Arthur Pinero
Society
Amis de Balance
Rue Fortune
Paris
Reginald Clarence
B. C
A. D
Eternal wanderings of headlines from distant papers
A compilation of provocative quotes from Washington Post Cleveland Leader and Boston Advertiser mentioning a German empire Great Britain a T. R. returning for a dollar dinner and a New York court case about a railroad porter who allegedly bought a car with tips, illustrating era attitudes and media tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Great Britain
Washington Post
T. R
Africa
Cleveland
New York
Boston Advertiser
Law Points on Running Away and Hidden Pistols
The cases hold that merely fleeing a location does not prove owner negligence. Carrying a concealed pistol in a bag is not a statute violation when the weapon is hidden from view. The cited authorities include Coller versus Knox and Sutherland versus Commonwealth.
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Coller
Knox
Sutherland
Com
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablet Health Claim
Advertises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablet as safe and reliable. Claims thousands of women have used them to restore health through gentle aid and curative properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Lost and Found and Local Notices
Lost an account on Fourth street. finder to leave at Observer office. For rent furnished house for two months near Adams Avenue. phone Red 1181. Roosevelt in Africa film at Star on Thursday April 28. Furniture of four room house for sale this week. buy bulk or by piece. inquire 1908 Jackson Ave near Little Brick School.
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Fourth Street
Observer Office
Adams Avenue
Roosevelt
Africa
the Star
Jackson Ave
Little Brick School
Ellers Piano House Closing Out Sale At La Depot Street
The Ellers Piano House announces a closing out sale with 84 pianos placed in La since the start. Enormous reductions in prices and terms offered to attract buyers before the sample display ends Friday April 29. Second hand organs also available with flexible terms and no reasonable offer refused. Open evenings to 6 30 at Mahaffy Building Depot Street.
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Eller
Eilers Piano House
Mahaffy
Depot Street
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Wayside Shrine
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Pathe
Guilt of Serno
Bert M. Sherwood
Mer
E. Moore
Elgin
Mrar C. B. Cawthorn
Portland
Newport
J. HR. Miller
Texas
Cherry Laundry
Mr. Miller
J.B. Cunliff
Washington and
Seventh Street
Wm. Burke
Boston
Pocatello
Pete Sullivan
Salt Lake
Isla Theatre
Nampa
Tle Isis
Hermiston
Wagner
Umatius
la Grande
Seller’s
Confectionery Store
Pepp
Aisie Sale
Sid AY Seiste
Kimonas
Fink
Aise
George Palmer
W. L. Brenholts
Cash Y F. J
Holmes
Sherwood Williams
Cash
AR Meyers
Cashier
LA Grande National Bank
LA Grande, Oregon
United States
George Palke
J. B. Whiteman & Son
Elm St
Marchioness of
Londonderry
Queen's University
Ireland
England
College and School
New York City
Board of Education
Amanda W. Reed
Ore
Reed Institute
Edinburgh
Scotland
Columbia College
King’s College
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