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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
7
James R. Smith's jewelry store features Singer and Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines with payment options on accounts. E D Selders expands candy department offering hot chicken tamales and other treats. attorney at law located in Swelland Building with contact 615-16.
Extraordinary interest builds for the staging of Little Johnny Jones at Steward on December 17. The musical features The Yankee Doodle Boy and Give My Regrets to Broadway, with praised songs and a dramatic American jockey tale. The production is mounted in three lavish acts with acclaimed wardrobe and set design, previously shown in New York and Chicago.
Protestant ministers of Greater New York announce a crusade to suppress Sunday vaudeville, aiming to curb entertainment deemed inappropriate. The movement is led by local clergy seeking changes in public behavior and cultural norms.
A metropolitan group advances theatrical entertainment with a move set to conclude in a general meeting on January 18. The event marks a coordinated effort across venues this week.
J C Gulling, the region's oldest O R & N conductor, ends his Elgin track service after seventeen years and will move to Pendleton with wife to take the Pilot Rock line conductor job. He plans to retire home there as his health allows, while remaining the elder statesman of the route. Also notices final settlement by J W Bherman administrator for Zella Sherman estate, with hearing set December 28, 1908 in La Grande County Court.
On the tenth day of December 1908 I impounded a red and white cow age about 9 or 4 years with H brand on left hip ear marks square crops and three dumps. Impounded December 7 in the La Grande city pound under city ordinance. If owner does not claim and pay costs within 10 days after this notice the animal will be sold. Dated November 17 1908 at La Grande Oregon. John W Walden Chief of Police.
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