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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
6
A notice directs readers to visit the C. c. Penington & Coe store this week to learn the 1 C method of teaching modern languages. It claims the pronunciation learned through this method is absolutely correct.
Telegram from Salem dated January 21 reports Pendleton will host the new eastern Oregon experiment station. The Committee is expected to report favorably on the experiment station bill and observers believe passage in the state senate is likely. Rejoicing spreads in Pendleton over the anticipated project and its local impact.
Pendleton Ore January 21 Circuit Judge Bean signed a mandate sending R W Deal of Union County to the state penitentiary to serve a three year sentence for larceny of a span of horses. He was tried in Umatilla County on change of venue, found guilty, appealed to the supreme court, which upheld, and will now be transported without delay.
A fragmentary dialogue depicts a humorous exchange about a visit to the dentist. The speaker remarks on the dentist as an accommodating individual and notes the experience as an ironically interesting way to pass a short time.
The narrative mocks a dentist by detailing a grotesque, theatrical examination. It describes chairs, tools, and torture-like procedures to emphasize fear and pain, ending with the speaker reluctantly returning for treatment. The piece lampoons dental visits and the patient’s uneasy dependence on the practitioner.
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