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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1911
Page
2
Bruce Dennis is listed as second class matter at the La Grande post office indicating a standard mailing status for newspaper content. The fragment suggests a publication entry noting mail handling but lacks full context or dates.
Dr. Sadler urged towns to cultivate hobbies as La Grande and Pendleton plan major annual events. La Grande hosts a key chautauqua drawing regional attention, with Pendleton set to benefit from the Roundup next year as support swells across Eastern Oregon.
The piece notes Uncle Sam spends about 10 million dollars yearly on coal and the Bureau of Mines ensures a full dollar's worth per dollar spent. A vast fuel supply fuels from Atlantic to Pacific including army posts, lighthouses, and navy ships, with over a million tons used annually by the last. The testing station at the bureau analyzes coal samples by laboratory methods to compute heat value accurately.
Government buyers require annual coal bids detailing type, mine source, heating value, ash percentage, and price per ton. Estimates include coal grade and lot specifications. Tests are performed before and during delivery to ensure quality.
A decade of electricity replaces broom and coal with vacuum cleaning. Electric heat and portable cleaners make homes, apartments, stores, and offices cleaner. central systems in large buildings pull dust from fabrics and floors via basement outlets and hoses.
The Berlin correspondent reports on Germany’s 212 sea and mineral baths with 194 in Prussia and 102 mineral springs in Prussia. East and North sea watering places total 28 each. Visitor counts rise from 99,136 in 1870 to 584,60 in 1900, a 360 percent increase, with mineral springs drawing 345,999 visitors in 1900.
The report notes rising visits to German and Prussian health resorts from Americans and foreigners, with 1905 expenditures around 963 million marks for spa towns. Medicinal waters exports added nearly 4 million, pushing total German spa and watering-place receipts high.
The piece notes Taft’s reference to heated intrastate Arizona controversies and local option battles. It mentions Arizonans’ capacity for intense disputes in county and state capital battles and predicts ongoing public fights, with remarks on Vale Bell speculation and past Vale well booms in La Grande.
Boston financier Tom Lawson faces an accusation of plagiarism after admonishing a Boston youth, a stance that echoes Horace Greeley. The piece notes Oregon may have a warm booster in Lawson.
A Vancouver Washington mother steadies her child in shallow water to allow splash and paddle without danger, a small moment of calm amid worry and effort. The light tone reflects a common parental scene of care and safety in everyday life.
A Streator man, M Balent, reports kidney and bladder trouble kept him from work until Foley Kidney Pills. He credits them with quick recovery and return to work, stating he feels healthier than ever. The ad promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a tonic that checks progression and heals by removing the cause, urging a Hills Drug Store purchase.
The Rexall store advertises Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets guaranteed to relieve indigestion with a money back offer if unsatisfied. It credits Blamath-Bfubultrate Peyxin and pepsin as key ingredients and highlights carminatives for relief. Three sizes available at Hill's Drug Store.
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