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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1911
Page
2
Advertisement touts PAM AS KING Havana Cigars as built in Spanish form from top Havana imports. Claims a mild sweet creamy smoke with increasing sweetness from first to last puff and asks readers if they are getting that much for their money.
Cove High beat La Grande High 41 to 24 in Cove on Saturday night. The first half was close at 12 to 10, but Cove used stronger moves and quick scoring as the visitors struggled on a slick floor. Umpire Turner from Cove was fair, and Cove coach’s intercollegiate style led to a rough finish with Cove fouls and Bolton scoring La Grande’s last ten points.
William Chambers died at 7 30 p m at his Ninth and Campbell home from a brain hemorrhage after a brief illness. He was 84 and survived by his wife and three children E E Chambers Mrs James Cavin of Baker and Mrs J F Phy of La Grande. A veteran Baker County pioneer who came in 1862 born August 20 1827 in Buffalo New York he married Mary Elizabeth McIntyre in Michigan in 1849 and crossed the plains. He was a miller and the first to establish a unit in this part of the state and suffered a stroke in 1904 though remained active until then. Funeral services attended by Mrs Phy and others were held in Baker.
The article notes the gym floor is new and sticky, giving partial parity to the game between teams. La Grands field Bohnenkamp Bolton Reynolds Lottes and Ralston, forming their lineup as the locals plan to execute team combinations and plays.
A local commission ad lists numerous single and multi family houses with prices ranging from 850 to 8500 plus farms and acreage nearby La Grande. Properties include water access, fruit trees, barns, and outbuildings with terms offered on many. Additional listings mention lots and commercial opportunities in Arnold Add and Drays Add with some down payment options.
A Boston Traveler anecdote describes the North river in Massachusetts from a pond near Hanson to Scituate as a remarkably crooked waterway. It notes tidal reversal, a historic Indian raid site, the ship Columbia's birth linked to the river, and a dramatic 1808 mouth shift that created Marshfield harbor and altered meadow land.
A vivid excerpt extols the open fire as primitive yet elemental, a friend to social life and the room. It likens the fire to a dragon tamed and welcomes its presence as a centerpiece of reading, discussion, and nourishment for the home.
A visitor in an apartment house asks about a noise. The comic exchange suggests the sound comes from the dentist upstairs pulling a tooth, then jokes it might be the Popega baby’s tooth coming in. The Catholic Standard and Times presents a light, humorous scene.
In London Punch a nurse urges Doris and Dolly to bed but Dolly, tired, cannot sleep and confesses a touch of insomnia while Donia and Dolly discuss bedtime routines and fatigue.
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