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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1911
Page
5
A lively post election comedy advertised as a roaring side splitter. Featuring Mise Garrick and Ferrin with Leaf the Roses Fall in an illustrated evening program.
Local notices advertise Love Jeweler at 1212% Adameau and F. L. Lilly’s for gifts including knives razors glassware and hand bags. Dances at the rink on Wednesdays and Saturdays, homemade candies for delivery, scholarships at La Grande Business College, and clam chowder and shellfish offerings marked with sale prices and hours.
The page lists bakery and toy shop promotions with dates and prices, a Christmas display at Percolators, toy ads from Newlin Book and Stationery, a cooked food sale at Russell's Meat Market, skating info at Leighton's, and revival services at the Southern Methodist church with continued meetings and conversions.
Delegates from across the country gather in the capital for the biennial Anti-Saloon league of America meeting. Four days of business sessions lead to a national conference on Interstate liquor traffic with speeches by temperance leaders and some members of Congress. The league, founded near Oberlin Ohio about 15 years ago by Rev. J. M. Kynett and Archibishop Ireland, unites churches temperance societies and individuals against saloons. It operates nearly 150 offices and distributes large quantities of anti saloon literature nationwide.
Union Ratualay visitors report social arrivals and departures in La Grande, with notes on P A Foley from Portland, Walter Martoene and Fred, and local officials attending the Commercial club ban. Hon C A Barrett travels from Wal county to Athena, joined by G M Hendrickaon and J A French from Enterprise and K F Stubblefield, all lodging at the Savoy. Chas Button visits to vote before heading to construction work near Imbler for the Home Independent Telephone project.
Citizens of La Granda are invited to a display of Oriental rugs described as ideal Christmas gifts. Henry and Carr's Furniture Store hosts the event and offers delivery or removal services for the displayed items.
In Chicago on December 1 a three day conference of the National Business League of America opened at the Compress hotel. George W. Sheldon outlined the aim to seek measures for national welfare and legislative remedies. Prominent speakers include John Kirby Jr and Frederic A. Delano with further notable leaders on the program.
A Hill s Drug Store advertisement touts Rexall Orderlies as a candy tasting laxative. It claims no griping or excess looseness and offers a personal guarantee for a full refund if customers are not fully satisfied. The product is described as easy to take, suitable for children and the elderly, sold in three package sizes.
The presidents of the Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago and Frederick Townsend Martin of New York urged Congress to adopt reforms. They outlined currency reform, transportation questions, promotion of American foreign commerce, and the creation of an American merchant marine as part of a broader reform program.
Unified canvassing and rallies mark the lead up to the United Mine Workers of America election. Secretary Edwin Perry faces no opposition for reelection. John P. White seeks a presidential third term amid a large Ohio faction, while Frank Z Hayes contends with Samuel Pascoe for vice president. AABayes to the AFL slate includes John Mitchell.
A Chicago lawyer recounts German law punishing a tailor who refused a student’s suit draft payment. The tailor was fined 500 marks for causing a government exam failure and disrespect to the university, while the father faced similar action. Additional note recalls 1451 Nuremberg dial showing historical magnetic declination ahead of Columbus era.
A London Tit-Bits note describes cosmetic eyebrow restoration. The process involves shaping and cutting brow hair to create a natural arch, with hours of careful artistic work. It argues the procedure surpasses mere cosmetic makeup for those lacking eyebrows.
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