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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1911
Page
5
Local notes advertise Haradon e Tru-Fruit Chocolates at leading shops with no imitation flavors and announce repairs offered by BR W Leighton's Auto and Bicycle Garage including umbrellas phonographs guns and knives sharpening. Also mentions upcoming Oregon calendar line by Mr Seaman and WCTU meeting hosted by Mrs Grace McAllister.
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the La Grande National Bank of La Grande Oregon will be held at their banking house in La Grande Oregon on Tuesday January.
Notice dated December 10 1910 from F L Meyers cashier of La Grande Oregon sets a 3 pm December 10 1911 meeting time to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year with proper presentations required at La Grande Oregon and specifies the cashier as issuer.
Wa. Getehel departed for Huntington for work. J. D. McKennon moved real estate office to Foley building. Lyman Myers and wife visiting Sommer Emma N. Murphey at Palmer Junction. C. B. Hawkins of North Powder visiting. C. C. Ramsey of Elgin on business. Williamson Bros. of Portland buying horses at McCarthy stable. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gibbons visiting Lostine. Mrs. A L. Richardson improving. H. F. Bendix of Walla Walla examining piano matter. The Maccabees plan a social event tonight. Mrs. Lelia Thomas takes charge at Fair Store. J. M. Gassett of Lower Cove visiting county seat. Mrs. John Dupeste visiting Pleasant Valley. J. D. Porter and Nils Halverson seeking liquor licenses in Hilgard. Beatrice Meade and Helen Barham of Barrier company registered at Foley. Attorney R. J. Slater spent New Year’s Day with relatives.
Morning trends report visits from Ernest Levit planning to move toward Umatilla County for spring. M F Dean of Emmett handles business machinery here for several days. Jas H Stanley arrives from the valley for medical consultations amid illness. Lissa Lowra Bean returns to Welser Idaho after Western Union work. W J Henry buys blocks 5 and 6 of 89 south of the high school for about 750. County curb district official J M Selder attends county court proceedings in Portland. Seaman & Co calendars and instruments maker Taylor Brothers Co stay at Sommer for winter.
BE E Lewis reports loss last evening of a set of bookkeeping books including a ledger and a day book and a ladies purse. Finder should leave items at the Grande Ronde Cash Company.
Crystal Cafe atitn announces new management HL BL CLARK invites former customers to return. The message appeals to patrons and references long-standing ties with the local community.
Rev Dr G G Haley superintendent of La Grande District Methodist Episcopal Church arrives from Wallowa points this afternoon to conduct the second quarterly conference tonight following the prayer meeting. Interesting reports will be read. All interested invited to attend.
The piece contrasts two types of men the kicker and the growler. The kicker acts to fix wrongs while the growler only complains. Kickers are seen as productive and valuable despite faults whereas growlers impede progress.
The article describes the spider web as a complex network. It notes four to six tent-like openings near the abdomen emitting strands composed of about a thousand fibers each. Each tent holds a sieve of holes, totaling 4,000 to 6,000 fibers per web.
In a domestic snapshot Mr and Mrs Buggins reveal a shared moment of courage as Mrs Buggins finally pays a long-owed call to Mrs Bjones and Mr Buggins settles a similar debt with Mr Bjones. The scene unfolds by the fire as they discuss overdue payments and reconciliation.
The article recounts how Dr. Low and Dr. Simbon stayed in a mosquito proof campagna hut to test malaria transmission. They, and others, showed mosquitoes could carry the parasite by biting infected individuals then becoming ill themselves. The study notes the parasite travels via the mosquito’s proboscis and confirms the mosquito as the disease carrier.
A London Standard reflection notes the shift from the Chet conjecture to the Saal proof as a sequence of careful experiments ending with the xtc. It argues that imagining the proof's triumph is easier than detailing the delicate operations that produced it.
The article traces the spread of gas lighting from England to America, noting the first incorporated gas companies in England and the United States. It highlights Hales and Dundonald in early gas experiments and credits William Murdoch as a father of modern public utilities, with London gradually adopting gas lighting from 1818 onward.
The London Telegraph notes two theories for red letter days. One traces to Gregory of Caesarea instituting festivals for saints and martyrs, leading to holy days printed in red ink. The other points to Stuart-era banking calendars marking saints days and royal milestones in red.
A London Graphic excerpt recalls how political enmity once shaped private conduct. Coke of Norham twice warned his grandson never to trust a Tory, while G W B Russell described a maiden lady who refused to ride in cabs unless the driver swore he had never carried infectious disease and was not a Paseyite, a Whig.
A Crimson Gulch resident recalls how Piute Pete threatened the town. Citizens chose a legal fix by electing him sheriff to give the measure a semblance of legality.
A light exchange highlights aging jokes as a wife notes tomorrow is her twenty fifth birthday and her husband recalls she once said she was twenty before marriage. The gag ends with the quip that women age rapidly after marriage.
A New York Sun clipping notes Bocker Yes has used two check books, labeling him a book farmer with a sharp tongue and brisk habits, reflecting slang of the period.
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