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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1906
Page
6
The 401 club met with Miss Robbennia Paul. Guests included Felicia Lyne and Ethel Parker. The evening was charming and enlightening about years hence, with twelve young ladies attending.
Last evening the Central Church audience overflowed the main room with attendees seated in the lecture space. Mr Handsaker preached on conversion stressing that God gives free will to choose salvation and that turning from sin is required. Services continue all week with tonight's subject The Conversion of the Chief of Sinners.
The Dowager Empress of China presents a costly gift to Alice Roosevelt while Theodore Roosevelt orders to Manila to prepare forces in response to unrest linked to Empress figures. The move signals mounting tension as foreign and domestic leaders react to the Imperial court.
St Peter's church in La Grande Oregon announces Lenten services led by Rev Upton H Gibbs with daily schedules for Ash Wednesday weekday and Sunday worship. Holy Week services to be announced. Easter offerings requested for missionary and Diocesan support. A lost gold watch with Lois engraved and a ship motif on back is offered for reward. A five room cottage for rent near 8th and N Streets listed.
C F Ghattin from Elgin visits city while GC W Oliver arrives from Summerville on business. Rev Holt the Presbyterian missionary arrives for official tour. Frank Reed remains seriously ill after appendectomy. State saloon on Depot street closed by creditors with about 4000 dollars liabilities. Dollie Zuber and Miss Goodnough of La Grande visit. Leonard Baker travels for Allen Lewis through the city. Hockenberry and wife visit Prof and Mrs Hockenberry. he is an architect likely to move to Portland. M Stackland, a Gong farmer, reports good road except two miles of bad. Oldenburg and Ireland plan to rent the Lyman house north of the river. J Edward Mesiron returns from La Grande to Baker City en route to Sumpter. Wm McClure of Boise visits, intends to manage a transport line in Fairbanks Alaska. Mr and Mrs Ball of Cove return from California trip and praise the Valley, prefer it to California farms.
In Sumpter, Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Van announce the birth of a daughter, marking a new addition to the family and a joyful event for the household.
The jury in the Grande Ronde Lumber Company suit awarded $17,000 against the plaintiff seeking $20,000 for injuries last summer. A motion to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial was filed, with appeal possible to the supreme court if denied. The docket also included Melllory versus McBeath about a real estate sale commission of $77 and state cases Jacobson trespassing and Gaskill larceny of drugs set for tomorrow.
New York reports the Methodist Missions board says James Charles and family along with six other missionaries have reached Kluking unharmed. Mission property is undamaged. The trouble stems from a dispute between French Catholics and magistrates.
Six companies of the 8th Infantry under Col. Smith reach the Presidio to join troops from Forts Jay and Slocum New York. They will sail aboard the transport Logan on March 5, completing the mobilization.
Aberdeen Washington February 27 Lizzie Morgan and Viola Reese colored were arrested last night on charge of running an opium joint. This is the first known joint in this place.
Ceneril Jnhn Ho Albin, a noted eastern Oregon business leader and prospective nation wide name, announces candidacy for state treasurer. The Daily Capital Journal endorses his character and standing in business circles as a strong western Oregon choice. FOR RENT Pleasantly furnished rooms suitable for lighthouse keeping. Mrs. E C Moone 1617 Fourth Street.
The article extols fresh oysters served in every style at The Model Restaurant. J. A. Arbuckle, proprietor, offers oysters in perfection, cooked by a specialist to preserve fine flavor. Price listed as $450 appears in the ad copy.
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