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La Grande Evening Observer

Location

La Grande, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1911

Page

5

Locals Haraden Tru Fruit chocolatea and repairs ad

Locals advertise Haraden tru Fruit chocolatea made at leading confectioners. General repairing at R W Leighton's Auto and Bicycle Garage offers repair of umbrellas phonographs sewing machines typewriters stoves guns and more. Main 737 309 Fir street. Presbyterian church Young People's choir rehearsal tonight one hour. Eastern Star installation tomorrow night with banquet invites.

Haraden’e Tru-Fruit Chocolatea R. W. Leighton Fir Street The Presbyterian Church

Sommer Hotel Guests and Local Visitors Reported

A. R. Carrick of Joseph visits the Sommer today while A. R. Hall, from Nome Alaska, is registered there. Mrs. Joe Carr hosts an afternoon Koffee Klatch this week. Hazel Thiesen leaves for Portland to re-enter school. Attorneys, guests and locals including Sheriff Marvin and Charles Hug of Enterprise, and Jay Frank Evans visiting his mother, are noted among Sommer hotel guests and city arrivals.

A. R. Carrick Joseph A. R. Hall Nome Alaska A. B. Forstrom Joe Carr Hazel Thiesen Portland I. Denham Bigin R. D. Zweifel K. Zweiffel Higin Sheriff Marvin Charles Hug Men of Enterprise Jay Frank Evans Cambride Idaho Evans South la Grande Heppy" Happersett Will Brookout Grande Ronde Hospital Brookout Dan Hasbrouch Oregon City Hasbrouch Slater Ethel Ethel Puth Cochran & Cochran Ivanhoe A. B. Jones A. R. Jones

How He Was Saved How He Was Saved

A frontier tale recounts Tim’s mistaken arrest for a murder and his fate near Jimtown. Tim is seized by vigilantes, then rescued by a nighttime encounter with a posses and horsemen. mistaken identity leads to a dramatic stand it's revealed the real killer is captured and Tim returns to California.

Wireless room talk aboard ship sparks curiosity

A passenger’s antenna for detail meets a wireless operator aboard a ship as passengers tour the wireless room. The article notes the challenges of tuning out interference and explains basic components like the inductance helix and receiving tuner in simple terms.

Eight Cents a Day in England Wage History

A McClure's Magazine excerpt explains that eight cents daily for a British workman could buy beef at ten cents a pound and wheat at eighteen cents a bushel. With board costing twelve to sixteen cents weekly, fifteen weeks’ pay could feed a family for a year by era standards, making eight cents a day a fair wage for that time.

England McClure

Opera In Dumb Show Recalls Clara Novello's Story

Clara Novello recounts Malibran appearing in Sonnambula without singing due to a cold and the crowd’s disappointment. The manager begs her to at least perform in dumb show, she relents on his knees, and the novelty provokes strong praise from the public and newspapers.

Lnte Clara Novello Malibran

Bathing Machines and the Original Meaning of Machine

A reader asks why bathing machines are called machines and notes no machine aspect. The Oxford Dictionary explains machine originally meant a structure of any kind and later came to mean gear. Ships were called machines, and a pulpit could be called a machine.

First Montana ballot shows continued race for senator

Helena Montana January 10 voting on a successor to Carter yields Carter 21 Walsh 28 Conrad 18 and Scattering 22 on the first ballot. Fifty votes needed to elect.

Montana Helena Mont Carter T. J. Walsh Conrad Scattering

Spanish Miners Buried in Mine Disaster near Latrourbilaes

A roof collapse at a Latrourbilaes mine in Madrid province traps a team of workers. Four bodies recovered. rescue teams explore the tunnels for the missing. The exact number of miners in the mine remains unknown.

Madrid Latrourbilaes

Big Crowd at Orpheum Delights Lena, Rivers Debut

A large audience at the Orpheum watched the Colonial Stock Company perform Lena Rivers to a pleased crowd. The same program repeats tonight, with a change to Jane Eyre tomorrow offers.

Orpheum Colonial Stock Company Lena Rivers

Not a Born Forger Indorsement Confusion at Bank

A woman entered a bank to cash checks made out to Mrs. Lucy B. Smith but this time the check was payable to Mrs. M. J. Smith. The teller told her to endorse as written, yet she hesitated noting she could not fashion an M that way.

Lucy B. Smith M. J. Smith M. J

Prepared For Emergency Fish Dinner Question

A Washington Star snippet shows a man asking why he keeps getting fish for dinner. The woman replies she is not fond of fish but is unselfishly trying a recipe to remove a fishbone from the throat, claiming a clever remedy.

Washington Star

Not That Kind of Woman Digression Stuns Readers

A column titled Not That Kind of Woman discusses belief in genuineness and personal philosophy, provoking readers with a concise reflection on authenticity and social expectations.

Church Etiquette Sparks Lighthearted Exchange

In a Chicago Record-Herald note, Mrs Oldcastle questions a flection before entering church pews while the hostess, dusting a $2,000 grand piano, quips she makes sincere protests about people outside of church.

Curious exchange hints at doll care focus

A brief dialogue fragment shows two speakers debating preference and purpose. One asserts that liking something is not essential while the other emphasizes doll care as the sole activity under consideration. The tone suggests a casual, domestic context.

Happy Medium In New Mexico Dance Notch

A fragmented news item from New Mexico hints at a social event titled by The Happy Medium and a dance performance featuring an individual named McNabe. The text is highly garbled but suggests a village setting and a small audience for a local cultural moment.

Equire McNabe Larve Ilse -Tendon M. Ao P

For Rent Classifieds Include Rooms and Furnished House

Short listings show a single room bath and heated spaces for rent with contact numbers and addresses. Additional ads offer a modern six room furnished house and related cleaning and repair services.

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