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Newspaper

La Grande Evening Observer

Location

La Grande, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1911

Page

5

Amexican Rose Garden and Varied Silly Screenings

A fragment reviews a melodrama about lovers blocked by class and superstition with a prince’s aid promising dramatic intrigue. It also highlights a Kalem film about sunny Mexico with testing love, a Vitagraph comedy featuring McFadden as Romeo and Bridget as Juliet, and a new song rendition by Miss Garrick.

Kalem Mexico McFadden Sant Vitagraph Vitagraph Bridget Romeo J Juliet Masaverade Hall

Leve Jewelers and Local Business Notices

H T Leve Jeweler advertises address 121244 Adams ay and Dr Posey offers eye ear nose throat care with hours 9 to 11 30 and 7 1 80 to 8 pm. Crystal cafe renamed Delmonteo under Joe Woods remodeling. invites patronage. Geddes Bros cold storage melons. Ethel McCormick seeks mother now married new name. Fourth of July coffee praised by 1800 people.

Posey Selder’s Ethel McCormick C. N. Callender Emmett Idaho Geddes Bros

Notice to Hunters On Premises

Notice restricts hunting on premises by order of W. J. Salang dated 8 23 41. Baltr Bros. well drillers are digging a well for Mr. Kelley at the mouth of Deal Canyon.

W. J. Salang Baltr Bros Kelley Deal Canyon

Bradley & Co Plumbing Cited Under City Ordinance

Bradley & Co perform plumbing work in accordance with the city plumbing ordinance. Consultation available in our records. Contact numbers: Shop B on 671 and Residence B on 8482.

Modern Brotherhood Social Dance and Supper Notice

The Modern Brotherhood invites members to bring two guests to a social evening next Thursday the 24th with a dance, supper, and general good time. Also note the Presbyterian Missionary Society meets tomorrow at 2 20 PM at Mrs William Millers corner Firth and Retreets.

Modern Brotherhood M. B A Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church William Miller Corner Firth Retreets

Personal guest list highlights at La Grande hotels

Portland resident H B Lee and many visitors stay at Savoy and Summer hotels in La Grande. Guests include Mrs Wilson Baker, B J Paulus New Yorker, FB McCully party, Dan Sommers Elgin couple, Foley guests like P A Foley and Geo Averill Milwaukee shoe salesman, plus Rev L B Bilíott and Rev G M Gray. Local officials, clergy, and travelers pass through town staying at the Foley, Savoy, and Sommer hotels.

H. B. Lee Portland Savoy Mrs. Wilson Baker Savoy Hotel B. J. Paulus The Foley Tyne Poley McCully Wit Sommer Xearston Dan Sommers Elgin Sommers Elgin Hotel PL A. Foley Oregon B. Ryder Trafia Ed. Hogeboom Geo. W. Averill Milwaukee RE. B. Pyle Pendleton Elmer Horstman South la Grande Summerville William Pullman Caldwi 1 B. R. Osbourn Lincoln Nebbraska Florence Fors Carthage A. M. Runnels Joseph

Portland couple takes brief city stay

M. K. Boatman of Portland and Miss Coltien of Portland formed a party staying at the Sommey this afternoon. They leave for Portland tonight.

Prise M. K. Boatman Portland Miss Coltien Sommey

Prune Industry Survey Nears Completion in Valley

FL R Brown and George Rieben of O A C surveyed prune crops across the valley. They visited Imbler Cove Union and other districts gathering soil, acreage and productiveness data for an Oregon study. Brown will release figures in a later report.

FL R. Brown George Rieben Brown Mr. Rieben Oregon la Grande Investment Company Imbler Cove Union

Morocco Crisis Shapes French Morocco Policy

London dispatch reports grave anxiety over the Moroccan dispute with Germany. The French government may face removal if its reply to German demands is published. Paris seems ready to stand with Britain and Russia on Morocco while offering Germany Congo rights in exchange for a German concession on a French protectorate in Morocco. Public sentiment is feared to oppose concessions to Germany.

Paris Russia Morocco Germany Congo

Evansville triple murder shocks city as arson and killings unfold

In Evansville Indiana Samuel Lee his wife and a 16 year old son were found shot and their heads split open. A 21 year old suspect said his father had recently acquired money from a property sale and claimed he tried to rescue the family but barely escaped with his wife.

Evansville Ind Samuel Lee Cues

Market Wheat Prices Surge in Portland Rivalry

Reports indicate Pacific Northwest milling firms clash with Balfour Guthrie & Company as the Portland wheat market sees prices rise. Club wheat sells around 70 cents per bushel with price spikes about 10 cents higher than surrounding markets.

Portland

Pact signed for Walls of Jericho and The Barrier tour

The Bakviest four years ago in New York City Mr Shipman chose Mies Haber to replace Mary Manering in The Walls of Jer icho for the eastern tour. Effie Shannon joins with Kelcey for the western company in the same production. Haber, famed for The Man of the Hour and other New York successes, stars Rex Beach’s The Barrier in the Noda role. The Barrier Company, financially strong, plans a westward tour beginning Labor Day in Reno Nevada, then Salt Lake City and Denver, followed by a Pacific coast run under Norval McGregor who directs John Gale.

New York City Miss Haber New York Rex Beach Barrier Company Reno Nevada Salt Lake Denver Pacific Coset Norval McGregor John Gale

Missing Mona Lisa theft tale shocks Paris gallery

A report claims the Mona Lisa vanished from the Louvre in June 1810 and a mislaid painting shown as the original was a substitute. The piece allegedly rests with a "millionaire Jew" in New York while authorities continue the search.

Paris Louvre New York

Federal Parliament to convene in Australia with landmark agenda

The Australian federal parliament convenes next week in Sydney. The program includes a Commonwealth bank bill, unified bankruptcy law, electoral and arbitration reforms, governance of the northern territory, and a transcontinental railway spanning the continent from east to west.

Sydney Commonwealth Northern Territory

Reward Offered for Missing Socialist Writer Shoal

A $500 reward was posted by Appeal to Reason editors Fred Warren and Eugene Debs for information leading to the whereabouts of socialist writer Geo. Shoal who has disappeared in Los Angeles. The amount may be increased.

Los Angeles Fred Warren Eugene Debs Appeal To Reason Geo. Shoal

Wheat Buyers Fight Adds Cents Per Bushel

Portland August 24 A local paper ward last night reports a fight between millers raising by 1% cent a bushel the price of wheat in the market and drawing attention from traders and officials.

Portland Millers

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