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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1908
Page
4
A damaged fragment states editorial discretion on unsigned articles and requests signatures. It notes advertising rates upon application and local reading notices priced per line. Condolence and thank you notices are billed by line.
A city drive shows ongoing construction and cement work while many homes are repa inted and more are built. The irrigation mass meeting demonstrated strong local interest and confirmed a strictly mutual project with shareholders voting for a board of directors. Farmers plan wheat sales to boost cash flow, and August moisture marks a tough commercial month with prices uneven.
Santa Rosa Cal Aug 24 The entire police force aided by deputies seel to capture a strange Italian who last night entered the ball room of the hotel and fired on the dancers wounding two he escaped from the crowd
Salt Lake City officials report plans to fight the wool combine by creating a national wool storage system will be discussed at a meeting of the National Woolgrowers Association executive committee. The August 14 notice outlines strategy, with key figures from the wool industry and regional groups expected to attend.
Two Seattle men, F. Hay and William Jackson, trek toward home aiming to walk 6000 miles in 360 days to claim a 2600 dollar Bear Ue Athletic Club prize. They travel about 40 miles daily, work during the day to fund expenses, and rest in La Grande before heading to Pendleton.
Bishop Hughes and Alpha A. Kynett visited La Grande in the Grande Ronde valley. They toured the city and Fruitdale and May Part, praising the area's development and future prospects.
Jackson Kentucky August 24 Special Judge will be appointed by the governor to try Beach Hargie charged with murdering his father Judge Hargis a noted clan leader in the county feuds Beach shot his father when denied money in a dispute stirring local headlines
Lewie Publishing of St Louis takes ownership of the BL Lotstar Chronicle from Nathan Penk, acquiring the internal control and integrating it into their portfolio today. The move expands the publisher’s regional reach and marks a shift in ownership of the newspaper title.
A patient endured a nail driven one inch and a quarter long into the napal passage above the thorax for 12 days, baffling surgeons. Earl Stows, aged years, expelled the nail today in a bout of coughing, while doctors could not fix the time of the patient’s trouble.
In Aberdeen Washington mounted raiders burned the town of Port Hood and surrounding buildings. At Lowery Washington the bank, a store and a pool hall were set ablaze. In Washington D C Frank D LaLanne of Philadelphia was named official U S representative to the Prague congress next month. Delegates from a National Negro Business tongue invasion are in Washington arranging a fundraiser for the Powertek Dongelar Memorial fund.
Santa Cruz Cal Aug 24 A hearing in a $50000 damage suit by Mrs Mary Forest of La Grande Ore against the Southern Pacific over her engineer husband’s death in an accident at Big Trees 18 months ago began today It is described as one of the largest damage actions in the state.
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