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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1909
Page
8
Governor-elect Cosgrove will be inaugurated in Olympia next Tuesday forenoon as plans call for a special car to carry him to the ceremony. Howard Cosgrove, his son, left for Portland to meet him. Labor houses rush bills for the legislature reopening Monday morning.
Three people die and eight are injured when two sections of the St. Louis express rear end near Summer Hill Pennsylvania. The crash happened around midnight due to fog. Victims were sleeping in berths in the first section. Panic and darkness followed the collision.
The Alice wreck lies on Ocean Park sands after grounding January 15 and will be auctioned in Astoria Monday afternoon. Likely only junk value will be realized as the vessel is not expected to be recovered. Warren Adams of Huntington travels to Wallowa to settle there.
Rev. C. H. King has accepted a call to the Everett Washington Christian church and will depart about March 1 for his new field. The local pulpit will be filled by a new man before then. King helped lift the Christian church from a weak start to a leading city church with a comfortable home. His friends regret his departure.
Special meetings at Central Church of Christ continue after Sunday and likely through next week. Evangelist Harrik’s sermon drew seven responses to the Invitation, prompting the church to vote to extend. Weather has hindered attendance but is improving and Tonight's sermon titled The Gospel the Power of God Unto Salvation features good music.
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