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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1910
Page
4
The La Grande Evening paper lists pricing for subscriptions and local advertising rates while discussing editor and contributor policies. It mentions an editorial stance on signed articles and the relation between insurgents and the president, and expresses hope for a congressional compromise to achieve national unity.
A reprint from a Saturday Evening Post advertisement on peach canners using caustic soda to peel fruit sparks outrage over food safety. The piece notes industry growth, potential labeling questions, and a push for abolition of the lye peeling practice amid Department of Agriculture awareness.
A Savoy hotel supper party ends in a humorous moment as a waiter swipes a lamb chop from a man’s plate. The husband, noticing the missing meat, asks softly where his lamb is while the wife cheekily calls out from across the room and other diners giggle.
A collage of old sayings and jokes on theft belief and mischief. The piece parodies a religious tone and moralistic humor, mentioning a trembling conscience and a teacher testing a student with verses followed by a quip about imitation. It also contains a exchange about regional stereotypes from East to West.
A tale recalls an elderly con man who boasted he bought a horse with money taken from church collections. A young deacon, passing by with a new horse, asks if it came from fairs. The old man defends his deeds while the deacon questions the sin of excess from the plate.
The tale recounts two sailors, a Scotchman and an Irishman, punished with fifty lashes each after overstaying shore leave. A parade gathered as the flogging began. The Scotchman asked for canvas on his back. the Irishman requested to have the Scotchman on his back instead, if permissible.
Real estate ads offer four parcels and one larger tract in eastern Oregon. No 1 covers 157 acres near Imbler with a five room house, barns, 30 acres of fall wheat, 10 in hay, 8 bearing orchard, and $1000 of household goods. No 2 features 80 acres seven miles from La Grande with a six room house, outbuildings, 60 acres alfalfa and timothy, water rights, and $400 of personal property. No 3 is 20 acres adjoining No 2 with a small house. No 4 is 80 acres seven miles from La Grande with a two-room living area, springs, irrigation stream, and $6000 price. No 5 near Connelly warehouses totals 1652 12 acres with fall wheat and alfalfa, sold quickly for $14,500.
A list of urban properties offered at bargain prices includes a modern five room house with lot 60 by 120 feet for 2200 dollars on cash terms and four room houses with water access for 700 dollars on installments. Also offered is an 1775 dollar seven room stone foundation home in Old Town with two lots and a quick snap, plus a three room house and one lot on Jefferson Street with furnished interior and a wood shed for 550 dollars and a five room brick modern wood shed house for 1400 dollars on easy terms. C J Black invites visitors to view any listing.
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