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Newspaper

La Grande Evening Observer

Location

La Grande, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1906

Page

8

Local items ring in festive season with dances and visitors

The Commercial Club dance tonight kicks off a social week as President Scott and Secretary Thiesen return to Salem. Local residents including Mr and Mrs Foley of Baker City and Miss Martie Aldrich head out on Christmas visits while the Thomas orchestra plans the Christmas ball hailed as the best dance of the year. Local business folks like Frank Brown announce holiday offers and Spanish grapes imported from France arrive for the season.

Scott Thiesen Salem Joe. Foley Baker City Father Neate Pancheton Father Whyte Martie Aldrich la Grande Waverly Washington Thomas Orchestra Roy Goodnough Wallace Idaho John Golden Gorvallis Ralph Jay Reynolds Raymond McKennon Frank Brown J. W. White Brown France

Stillwell and Co Faces Public Reproof

A terse notice reports disapproval directed at Stillwell and Co for actions deemed improper. The source provides limited context but indicates organizational scrutiny and negative sentiment from stakeholders.

Short rural school Christmas vacation planned

County Superintendent EE Brage says vacations in the county will be short because all teachers had one day off during the Pendleton teachers convention. Rural schools will have only two days off Christmas Day and New Years Day.

Ee, Brage Pendleton

Catholic School Vacation Short Program Closes

The Cathol'c boarding school ends term with a brief program. About twenty students depart tonight and tomorrow for their homes as the vacation begins.

Cathol'c

Wallace-Coates Engineer Reviews Beaver Creek Water Plan

J. H. Cunningham of Wallace-Coates Engineering assessed City Engineer Pickler's Beaver Creek water project plans and figures. He could not speak on his own calculations today but expected to have the plan ready for discussion by tomorrow evening.

J. H. Cunningham Wallace-Coates Engineering Company Pickler Beaver Creek

Stub Train Delays Hit Morning Route From Omaha

Rail news notes passenger train number from Huntington to Stillwell and Co's market delayed due to snow. Storms and blizzards plague middle west states as trains from Omaha face repeated hold ups this morning.

Huntington Stillwell Omaha Ac- Co Middlewest States

Oregon Man Hanged for Murder in Portland

Henry Hose, 22, was hanged at noon for killing Madge Doyle in Portland last October. He admitted the crime on the scaffold and prayed for forgiveness. The jurors who convicted him witnessed the execution. City schools close today for holiday vacation with programs in many rooms. reconvene after New Year.

Scripps News Association Salam Henry Hose Madge Doyle Wilson Portland

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