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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1909
Page
8
Mrs. Florence Kelley secretary of the National Consumers League will lecture at Oberlin College this evening as part of a drive to engage college students in consumer issues in Oberlin Ohio.
Williams College officials and faculty departed Williamstown for New York to join tomorrow's special trustees meeting and the New York alumni installation dinner.
San Francisco reports fear for the safety of the converted transport Buffalo four days overdue. Hawaiian wireless notes the last contact was two days out at sea. It was understood the Buffalo would stay within wireless range except for two days remaining of the voyage to San Francisco.
Count Johann Heinrich von Bernatorff, the new German ambassador, attends a New York chamber of commerce meeting and a Manhattan club dinner. He praises mutual friendship, commercial ties, and the promise of peace through commerce between the United States and Germany.
Senator Dixon of Nevada通知 Roosevelt he will not seek passage of the anti-Japanese resolution in the Nevada senate unless the measure is materially modified. The Nevada assembly approved the resolution yesterday, and the action is not the result of coordinated effort. The report comes from Washington on February 4.
In Nashville this afternoon the Tennessee house passed a bill prohibiting liquor manufacture against the governor's veto by 59 to 37. The measure becomes operative January 1 next year, after senate approval, placing Tennessee among states prohibiting sale and manufacture of intoxicating liquors.
Thomas FE Lowry, 64, prominent railroad magnate and president of the Twin City Transit, the Minneapolis St Paul & Sujil Ste Marie Railroad, died in Minneapolis today. Born in 1840s, he led several key transit ventures and was widely known in the industry. His death leaves a void in regional rail operations.
New York report says Jose F Navario, pioneer of the first elevated rail road head and the builder of the first major apartment house, died today after lingering illness. His career helped shape urban mass transit and early modern housing in the city.
Distinguished educators from Vassar College will attend the annual reunion and luncheon in New York. The event at Delmonico's honors the college and marks a gathering of alumni from their alma mater.
Roosevelt announced Loeb, his private secretary, will be the next collector of the Port of New York. It is understood Taft will nominate him directly after the inauguration.
A switch engine from Wings Central collided with a suburban express train near Chicago on February 4 causing injuries to one person and an infant. Emergency crews responded and the incident disrupted rail service briefly.
Seven room house for rent located close to railroad shops. Contact phone number Black 1632 for details and availability. Listing appears in local notices with a June 4 dating.
A Albany Democrat cites a bill to ban cigarettes completely as the only effective measure. Separately, owners of an 8000 acre tract near Sheridan Oregon plan to subdivide and offer sale in tracts to buyers, inviting parcels to be picked up by new owners.
MARCUB Fr. YATES of Pendleton Oregon filed intent to make final timber and stone proof to establish a land claim in Umatilla county. He will present witnesses Gottlard A. Ellstrom Laura L. Yates George Light and Thomas M. Lowe at Pendleton Oregon on March 10 1909 before County Clerk. marked by Register F C Bramwell.
An old medical ad explains kidney disease draining strength and causing backache headaches and nervous exhaustion. It warns diseased kidneys fail to filter impurities, which circulate and affect nerves heart stomach and liver, urging readers to seek treatment.
Foley's Kidney Remedy claims to rebuild kidneys to restore function and relieve symptoms. It urges immediate use to prevent Bright's disease or diabetes from neglected kidney disorders, promising quick improvement and renewed vitality.
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