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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1905
Page
2
A distressed OCR fragment shows pricing plans for subscriptions and notices from GURREY PROS ED S AND PROP. It references post office classifications, deletion of articles under nom de plume, and editor discretion. The text includes rates for year and six months, per month, and mentions obituary or condolence notices and advertising rates by line.
A theatrical manager reports students at a college event hurled objects from programs to a stage. A small glass struck a chorus girl causing a minor forehead gash while a heavy candy box was tossed, with no one seriously hurt. The manager notes the incident was meant as a joke.
Essay celebrates Christmas memories and universal goodwill while noting civic harmony between Senator Fulton and President Roosevelt. Mentions La Grande progress past chaos, Oregon pride, and an upcoming Perry ice crop harvest.
In a Missouri town a formerly jailed Black boy named Bill Smith is freed after two years in the penitentiary. He learns the shoe trade and returns home, where townspeople remark on the value of honesty taught by his time in prison and his work in the shop.
A bank stockholders meeting is announced for January 9 1906 at the La Grande National Bank building in La Grande Oregon to elect a new nine member board and handle other legal business. Cashier FL Mavers signs the notice dated December 1 1906.
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