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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1908
Page
5
The article discusses George Primrose and his engagement starting next Monday, presenting a shift from traditional plantation minstrelsy to modern American style with up-to-date songs and humor. It notes public taste moving toward genuine American entertainment and away from old plantation caricatures.
J. M. Wright, new to La Grande from Newbury, reports selling nearly four acres of orchard crops for $1200 in cash. He plans to start a poultry operation with about 1000 chickens and will plant the remaining 6 acres of his 10 acre tract to orchard in the spring. Wright expresses strong satisfaction with La Grande.
The Midland Jubilee Singers, a colored group, perform at the opera house Thursday evening January 9 under the high school, praised as a premier college glee club. They sing plantation songs with spirited emotion and also tackle more difficult pieces, though no Black Pattie among them.
Bridget and Pat discuss the law of compensation with a humorous take on physical asymmetry. They note a blind man may have heightened senses in hearing and touch, while one leg being shorter correlates with the other being longer, in a light Bohemian exchange.
The Tribune reports a 46 candlepower alcohol lamp has proven successful over two months. One gallon burned for 33 days, making alcohol cheaper than kerosene at 60 cents per gallon, and locally produced alcohol at 1 to 40 cents would be the cheapest light.
The W C T U has raised between 700 and 800 dollars in the past eight months. It held an October temperance tent meeting that was very successful and has run a reading room for eight months. An added rear room for ladies has boosted patronage as a rest room for women is now provided.
Playgoers will see The Man of the Hour at Steward's opera house Tuesday night January 21 with a selected company under William A Brady and Joseph R Griamer. The play, a substantial hit of the season, offers generous laughs a strong love interest and absorbing drama. The notice also mentions a separate rental listing for a furnished room with board.
Bargains flood the page with discounts on boys coats and shirts, men's laundry garments, and ladies wear. Prices list reductions from $1.60 shirts to wool underwear with values up to $1.50, plus outing gowns for boys and men.
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