Umatilla County Prize Fight Under Full Review
District Attorney G W Phelps investigates a Stanfield prize bout amid concerns it violated Oregon law. If violations are found promoters and principals face prosecution, with a shift toward amateur exhibitions in future. Barney Mullin and Walter Burgo drew after 15 rounds, with Mullin claiming victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umatilla County
G. W. Phelps
Stanfield
Pendleton East Oregonian
Oregon
Steiner
Phelphnally
Barney Mullin
Walter Burgo
Boston
Mullin
Humor and Philosophy by Duncan M Smith
A brief, stray excerpt on human intelligence as a commodity and the social perceptions of popularity. The author notes that humor can provoke disgust when aimed at others and observes that elites may disdain imitations of themselves.
War and wit mingle in a fragmented old column
A collage of aphorisms and social observations contrasts with a lost watch notice. The prose mocks rhetoric while offering advice on manners and pride, then ends with J. K. Wright requesting the return of a watch lost near the depot, promising reward.
Market Quotations From The Grocery Section
Sugar cash price six eighty six. Beet sugar six seventy five. Vegetables new dry onions five cents spinach three and a half for twenty five cents fresh peas one hundred rhubarb three cents head lettuce ten cents redigries three for ten green onions three for ten tomatoes ten cents per pound new potatoes elbs for twenty five cents. Fruit oranges forty five cents per dozen lemons thirty five cents per dozen bananas forty cents per dozen strawberries fifteen cents a box or two for twenty six cents cherries twenty five to thirty six cents per gallon gooseberries thirty cents per gallon red raspberries two boxes for twenty six cents blackberries two boxes for twenty five cents dewberries two boxes for twenty five cents. Meats hogs live weight well finished ten dollars per cwt cows three and one half to four cents veal four to four twenty mutton six and a half chick ens nineteen cents. Butter extra creamery twenty nine cents store twenty three and three quarters. Butter fat delliver at Portland cream twenty seven and a half sour twenty six and a half. Eggs local candied twenty six or twenty seven cents. Poultry mixed chickens one fifty one half fancy sixteen cents turkeys alive twenty to twenty one dressed twenty seven to twenty eight pigeons two dollars fifty cents dressed chickens one to two cents higher than alive. Barley producers price nineteen hundred nine feed twenty three rolled twenty five brewing twenty four. Wheat nominal track club seventy nine bluestem eighty three Willamette valley seventy nine. Millstuffs selling price bran twenty dollars midlings twenty nine shorts twenty one chop nineteen to twenty five. Flour new crop patents five fifteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Wanted furnished house near Ingilre
Classified item notes a wanted six or seven room furnished house with contact Red 1181. Also advertises summer suit cleaning at Pennington's with phone numbers Black 851 or 44. A lost heart shaped jet belt pin at the Chautauqua grounds offers reward for return to the Observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingilre
Pennington’s
Chautauqua Grounds
Best Flour Bread Ad Claims Wholesome For Family
An advertisement praises Best of Best Flour used to bake bread for children and housewives alike. It emphasizes wholesome muscle building meals with butter jam or jelly, praising golden brown crust and white crumb fresh from the oven. For sale by all grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fowdes
Masonic and allied lodge meetings listed for Grande area
Directory notes Grande Camp No 7703 meets Mondays at I C O F Hall. Visitors welcome. Women of Woodcraft Grande Ronde Circle No 47 meets first and third Thursdays at I C O F Hall. Members welcome. La Grande Lodge No 41 AF and AM meets first and third Saturdays at 730 pm. La Grande Lodge No 433 meets Thursdays at 8 pm at Elk's club corner Depot and Washington. Visiting brothers invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grande Ronde Circle No. 47
I. C. O. F. Hall
Chloe Robinson
G. M
Lizzie Ellsworth
la Grande Lodge No
A. F
A. M
John ©. Hodgin
W. M
A. C. Williams
la Grande Lodge No. 433
Elk’s Club
Depot Street
Washington Avenue
G. L. Biggers
Hugh McCall
Crystal Lodge No 10 Meeting Notice
Crystal Lodge No 10 meets every Tuesday evening in the I C O F hall. All visiting members are invited to attend. N G Mrs Cora Fitzgerald and Sec Miss Susan McIlroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. R. Snook
Crystal Lodge No. 10
Cora Fitzgerald
N. G
Susan McIlroy
C. F
la Grande Lodge No. 16
Geo. Grout
His Game Won and a German Candidate's Clever Shuffle
A Kansas campaign tale describes an elderly German candidate who knew little about tariffs and cared less. To avoid a doomed tariff talk, his manager limited time saying five minutes, prompting the candidate to pivot to local office goals. The tactic secured his election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Izzard
Shentlemen
Ike
John
Kansas City Journal
Wheat Names Reflect Ancient Languages, Study Finds
Researchers note that the existence of terms for wheat across the oldest languages supports long standing human cultivation. The study traces linguistic roots to early agrarian societies and highlights how wheat terminology spread with farming practices.
Wheat as a Cultivated Crop Origins and Wild Status Debated
Botanists challenge the idea that wheat ever grew wild in persistent nature. The Odyssey mentions wheat in Sicily without cultivation, and Dorus cites Osiris finding wheat and barley in Palestine, but these traditions are deemed not credible as wild wheat lacks persistence without ongoing cultivation.
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Europe
Asia
Africa
Sicily
Diodorus
Osiris
Palestine
Quarrel After Honeymoon Sparks Waterproof Collar Joke
A humorous Chicago News snippet recalls a quarrel after the honeymoon. The wife laments torn linen collar while the husband vows to protect her with a waterproof collar, promising to buy it during a trip to Tam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Special Brand Red Lemons Taste Test
Mrs Recentmarrie requests six red lemons from The Fruiterer to surprise her husband with red lemonade in Chicago. The exchange highlights a novelty fruit purchase and domestic kitchen plans.
The Two Periods of a Man’s Career
The career of every successful man may be divided into two periods first when he is not given credit for what he knows and second when he is given credit for what he doesn’t know.
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Umatilla Afte Prize
Burg
Selder
Confectionery Store
Pattison
Rock Springs
G. E. Fowler
By Duncan M. Smith
Ennha
Lobt
la Grande Investment Co
J. K. Wright
Savoy
D.G. Brighoux
Depo la Grande
Bluestem
Wilamette Valley
Mac Wood
Golden Rule Store
Adams Ave
Jamah
Closein
Gall
Red
the Observer
Gentieman
Smith
D. Brichoux
Observer
LA Grande, Ore
D. BE. Cox
Women of Woodcraft
Knights of Pythias Red Cross Lodge No
Castle Hall
Old Elk’s Hall
Wright
Lincoln
Hope
O. B
Mary A. Warnick
Pauline Lederlee
Woodmen of the World
la Grande Lodge No. 169
Neri Ackles
C. C. J. H. Keeney
Shy
J. R. Oliver
Modern Confectionary Co
Mirs
Portland, Oregon
Professional Directory
C. H. Upton
la Grande National Bank
Geo. W. Zimmerman
Pacific Main
7. B. Moore
LA Grande School OF Music
Cor, Adams Avenues
Greenwood St
Prof. E. Porter Day
T. H. Crawford
State
United States
la Grande
P. A. Charlton
Hai’s
Chas, E. Cochran
Gee
T. Cochran Cochran
Cochran
la Grande Oregon
M. P
Mendels HN
Adams’ Ave
P. O. la Grande
H. L. Underwood
Red Cross Drug Store
Res
Baker City
W. C. Nelson
N. Molitor
Adam
Price
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