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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1911
Page
4
Fragmentary notice lists subscription costs for The Observer with partial pricing and delivery terms. Details are unclear but indicate per week and per copy rates for local readership.
A railroad chief pins the loss of billions to fuel waste and inefficiency in America. The piece argues waste stretches from railroads to homes and farms, blaming citizens' habits and urging personal restraint as the path to national renewal.
The senator writes Col Roosevelt pledging support if he runs for president. Crane Kenadie, a major writing paper maker, preaches conserving paper for others with motto Dont write Send a man. In Galesburg 11 a jury of 100 newspaper men fails to verdict on banquet chickens. They deem all chickens alike, hinting at diet unfamiliarity.
In a private confession Beattie disputes the claim he knocked his wife down before her death calling the implication cowardly. The item notes Daniel Brainerd Spooner has married a multilingual woman who speaks fifty four languages, prompting a jest on hero medals and Spooner.
Amid reports of China and Tripoli hostilities and Russia invading Persia, alongside Cuba purchasing an armored cruiser, the era casts a somber mood on financier Andrew Carnegie as global tensions surge.
After the city election the Commercial club plans a dinner and discussion tonight to talk over results and implications for the town. The event focuses on local issues and future steps for business and civic life.
A clipped news note references La Grande's certainty after today’s election. It hints at a campaign dispute over a Church and Wines ticket with Sir Edward Grey appearing in the background.
The text recalls Judge Carland, a longtime attorney and jurist in Dakota Territory and later South Dakota. It notes his service as United States attorney for Dakota Territory from 1885 to 1888, as associate justice of the territorial supreme court, relocation to Sioux Falls after North and South Dakota statehood, practice there until 1896, and appointment as United States judge for the district of South Dakota. It mentions his selection by President Taft for the associated justices of the new court of commerce.
December 11 marks events from 1688 James II abdication to 1907 Benjamin Champney death. Notable notes include Washington winter quarters at Valley Forge in 1777 and 1816 Indiana statehood.
John B. Carland associate justice of the court of commerce was born December 11 1853 in Oxwego county New York. His family moved to Michigan around age two and after schooling he studied law at Ann Arbor. He was admitted to the bar in 1875 and moved to Hismarcs two years later.
An advertisement touts the Gossard Corset as improving health by preventing tight lacing and faulty carriage. It claims back support, full breathing, and poised posture, with a range of models priced from 3.50 to 8.60 and Mrs Robt Pattison as corsetiere.
The article links Wharton Barker's 1904 assertion that a financial giant "made a bargain with Roosevelt" to a modern narrative. It notes Mayor Harrison's vow to press the vice inquiry in Chicago and warns the probe is pulling a large segment of the police force into the investigation.
Mr and Mrs Albert Rubber of Michigan announce the birth of a baby boy. The notice notes the couple are exchange records and mentions a bouncing newborn. further details are not provided in the fragment.
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