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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1910
Page
4
The LaGrange Evening Observer provides subscription rates, publication details and editorial policy. It outlines rates for daily and weekly editions, single-copy pricing, advance payments, and classified or local notices. It notes post office registration, sign-your-articles policy, and advertising rates per line for notices and condolences.
An article notes the danger of public spitting on streets and in transit, citing Birmingham and Liverpool studies showing virulent germs on 7 percent of deposits. It warns that careless spitting spreads tuberculosis and other diseases, urging continued sanitary education and decency.
A circulating petition in Portland, purportedly from hotel men, urges defeating the statewide prohibition question at the upcoming election. Rome and others signed, while some refused, signaling early alignment in a contest described as highly charged and pivotal for the state.
A tangled humor piece features a bigamist plot and a chicken heir as a widow leaves her fortune to a rooster. The tale, with mismatched lovers and a hatchet threat, blends farce and shock as characters react to the odd inheritance. An English cabman prank ends with a shouting crowd and a terrified grandmother in a London street.
The piece notes a $1000 fine for the Erie Railroad over excessive whistle blowing and coal usage. It also reports Medford's indebtedness at $428 521, funded by permanent improvements like a gray water system and paved streets, reflecting growth and investment in infrastructure.
Notice announces the firm of O. F. Coolidge with H. E. Coolidge and O. R. Coolidge dissolving by mutual consent. O. R. Coolidge will operate the business, and customers with claims or outstanding debts are asked to settle promptly. Dated January 11, 1917.
A Saturday Evening Post tale depicts a senator at a hotel reception ignored by a persistent Springfield Jones who recalls a wild night together. The exchange ends with the observer noting the man as clearly fond of reminiscences and unknown to the senator.
The excerpt reflects on ongoing possibilities as time passes. It presents a poetic meditation on persistence, youth securing chances, and the fading evening light as a metaphor for continued striving.
A bearded old traveler with a carpetbag and bulging green umbrella arrives at Grand Central, New York. He stares around in astonishment as he comments on the unusual sight he sees in the city, describing the scene with rural dialect.
A London comedian at a music hall learns the landlady’s son mocked him. He asks the landlady to correct the boy without violence. The landlady’s husband then thrashes the boy and apologizes to the family before the comedian returns to the hall.
The passage urges steadfast purpose whether one works on tiny canvas details or covers grand facades with color. It emphasizes that patience and steady effort fill the heart, not the scale of the project.
A curious Sunday incident in a stylish church ends with three well meaning men escorting a pale stranger from the pews to the vestry after she drops her handkerchief. She protests as she is half carried away and the crowd sighs Never again. Also a London trial witnesses’ diary quip and a doctor joke about champagne helping to answer letters.
The passage urges a clear purpose as the driver of achievement. It argues that thoughts of greatness, love for ideals, and daily committed acts prepare the hero and shape his moment, while purpose guides life and purposelessness harms it.
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