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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1909
Page
6
M W A En Grande Camp No 1703 meets Monday evening at I C O F ball All visiting neighbors are cordially invited Attend M McMURRAY Clerk AL JORDAN Clerk
Local fraternal groups list regular meeting nights at various halls. Includes Fi La Grinde Acre No 259 F C E Turtle, Hope Chapter No 13, Woodmen of the World Grand Lodge notices, La Grande Lodge No 16 and 41 A F and A M, Red Cross Lodge, Pythians, Rebekahs and more with visiting member invites and officers named. Meetings run weekly or monthly in K P hall, Masonic lodges, and Castle Hall with cemetery plat publicly viewable.
A fragment describes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve curing a leg infection from a spider bite. It includes an ad for a real estate bargain in Newlin Drug Co. and a notice of Merth Aldrich as administrator of Mary A. Aldrich’s estate with a March 2 1909 hearing in La Grande Oregon. Also mentions Lake Washington motor boat yacht and rowing races at an exposition.
Ezra Meeker and A Atwood visited Meeker Oregon pioneers aim to recreate a building for the Ameria Yukon Pacific exposition in Seattle this summer backed by the Methodist church. Meeker will build a Pioneer structure with a cloth room and daily barbecue. He seeks congressional action to mark the Oregon trail.
A meeting at the Commercial Club discussed establishing a Young Men’s Christian Association in La Grande. Secretary Rhodes outlined two plans, one to buy and one to rent, with March 2 as the decision deadline.
Fragmentary text describes a municipal tax assessment or levy related to Pondicton or Pendictan area. It mentions enforcement, taxation against certain groups, and a possibility of pigment production by dog owners. The passage is garbled and unreadable in places.
An informal, unorganized gathering in Krewis Weeive saw Sundries Team defeat the LL DOS team by a score in a late February matchup. Players hailed from nearby areas with no formal club structure, playing as a one night assembly rather than a recurring squad.
A proposal outlines a possible large theater project in the prosecure area. Officials indicate the plan would involve construction, possible funding, and local impacts on traffic and business.
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