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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1911
Page
4
The article urges farmers to preplan and attend the fair with families during fair week. It stresses that producers of stock grains fruit and vegetables drive the county fair's success and calls for district cooperation to ensure a big successful Union county fair.
Charles G. Gates son of the late John W. Gates amid a lurid chain of engagements divorces and public flirtations. He allegedly ended an engagement cut off his lover and secured his own divorce while still married then pursued a summer party sweetheart now free to marry. The episode shocks respectable readers and mirrors his father’s money driven reputation.
The article says the fair commission must continually adjust details and oversee arrangements. It notes the task is stupendous and already involves oath by former members. It warns against concentrating control to a few, urging broader administration locally.
A persuasive piece argues that personal letters from friends can attract settlers to the Northwest. It urges La Grande and Union County households to recruit one East Coast family within 10 days, predicting significant homestead demand if even a fraction of contacts relocate.
The article warns that tuberculosis can spread through butter just as via milk. It notes cream may contain tubercle bacteria at higher levels, estimates contamination around 12 percent, and states germs survive in salt and freezing for months. Dr Alfred F Hess advocates certified butter under milk-like standards for child safety.
The article notes pasteurized butter, made from pasteurized milk, costs about 6 cents per pound more than ordinary butter and will soon be sold in New York. Denmark and other European countries already pasteurize butter, with the practice spreading as demand grows.
In Popular Mechanics for September a comparison of steam turbine Francis water turbine electric induction motor modern Corliss engine and Centennial Corliss engine of 150 illustrates similar horsepower from evolving machinery. The Centennial engine, built in Providence for the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition, has just been retired in West Pullman, Chicago, after nearly 30 years in service.
A reader denounces barbaric acts against Black people as unjust and inhuman. The letter argues that burning is never justified and calls for severe punishment of city leaders for failing to punish the perpetrators and protect victims.
Lafferty announces bid for renomination amid a quick response from Linder who confirms his own candidacy and signals ongoing party competition.
Edwin L. Norris, present governor of Montana, born August 16, 186 in Cumberland County Kentucky, educated in country schools, graduated 1886 from Western Kentucky Normal School, taught in Kentucky Tennessee and Texas, studied law, moved to Montana 1888, admitted to the bar 1889, elected to Montana Senate 1886, became lieutenant governor, then governor in 1903 after Toole resigned, re elected in 1908.
July through August events include Napoleon born in 1769 and Scott born in 1771 while 1846 marks California’s first newspaper issue. Notable figures Duff Green Magruder and Magruder births and deaths are recorded along with 1891 Bering Sea award and 1908 Pulitzer donation for journalism school.
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