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Newspaper

La Grande Evening Observer

Location

La Grande, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1911

Page

2

The Observer at La Grande Post Office

Fragmentary note indicates The Observer newspaper entered at La Grande post office as second class matter. No further readable details available.

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La Grande Hosts Celebrants for Natal Day Gathering

A sizable crowd filled La Grande for a traditional natal day celebration. Attendees appeared well fed and groomed, expressing pride in a representative gathering ready for a simple, old fashioned commemorative event.

Vitagraph Comedies and The Angel of the Slums Feature Pair

The page highlights two Vitagraph comedies “Two comedies this change” and “Dick and Elsie” along with “The Angel of the Slums.” The Vitagraph children seek affection from their parents in Dick and Elsie, while Hungry Hearts and the means they use to gain love are noted as worthwhile alongside The Angel of the Slums.

Vitagraph Elsie

Grande Ronde valley welcome echoed in flag tribute

The article describes a generous welcome to visitors in La Grande with praise for the Grande Ronde valley’s crops and courteous citizens. Delegations from Union and Wallowa counties arrive to honor the flag, reaffirming a strong sense of community and mutual support in the Northwest.

Oregon Bunch Grass Country Grande Ronde Valley Northwest Country Union-Wallowa la Grande

Opening of Grande Ronde Chautauqua encourages regional support

The second annual Grande Ronde Chautauqua opens with extensive preparations, better talent, and plans to draw visitors from up to a hundred miles. The piece extols the Chautauqua as a portable college, health investment, and cultural education, urging families to attend and embrace its modern, orderly ideals.

la Gradne Oregon

Making Real Men of Olr Boys Perverted Upbringing Claim

A fragment argues that corrupting boys into effeminacy is the worst perversion, condemning how children are raised as if to become weak or indecisive men. The text reflects a harsh moral stance on masculine identity and parental influence.

Walter L. Fisher Biographical Sketch and Career

Walter L. Fisher born Wheeling West Virginia July 4 1852. He studied at Marietta and Hanover College later practicing law in Chicago. He helped found the Municipal Voters league of Chicago and served on the Railroad Securities commission before joining Tafts cabinet as Interior Secretary.

Walter L. Fisher Taft Wheeling W. Va Marietta College Hanover College Chicago Chicago City Council Department of Public Works Fisher Municipal Voters’ League of Chicago Ballanger Railroad Securities Commission

This Date in History July 4th Highlights United States Milestones

A chronology lists events on July 4 across years: 1776 Declaration of Independence. 1818 Erie Canal begun. 1848 Washington Monument cornerstone. 1851 Capitol extension. 1855 Lord Canning as governor general of India. 1861 Lincoln calls special session and Grant captures Vicksburg. 1879 California constitution. 1880 Minneapolis celebration of Falls of St Anthony. 1910 death of Chief Justice Melville Fuller. born August 11, 1838, in Augusta Maine.

Washington Lord Canning Lincoln Congress Gen. Pemberton Vicksburg Gen Grant California Minneapolis Falls of St. Anthony Melville W. Fuller United States Sorrento Augusta

Fourth of July Committee Seeks Bill Settlements

The Fourth of July committee asks all bills be turned in by tomorrow as a meeting is scheduled to settle accounts with creditors and participants.

Doctor Dr. 8 L Corpe Moves Practice to El Monte

Dr. 8 L Corpe informs the Observer he has moved from Santa Barbara to El Monte California to continue and engage in his professional practice.

L. Corpe The Observer Santa Barbara el Monte California

Notice of Street Improvement To Whom It May Concern

Notice announces a street improvement project and directs public attention to the subject, addressing all parties with an official legal tone and indicating expected actions and oversight.

Notice of Chestnut Street Improvement District No 25

La Grande Oregon city council adopts a plan to improve all Chestnut street within Improvement District No 25 by cement sidewalks on both sides. It fixes district boundaries from the alley north line to the Jefferson avenue south line and lists two Chaplin additions parcels as affected. Estimated cost 412.33 dollars with a public hearing and special assessment to fund the work. The council will meet July 19 1911 to consider the cost and levy.

Common Council la Grande Oregon Chestnut Street Adams Jefferson Avenue Chaplin

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