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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1910
Page
4
The article outlines editorial rules banning unsigned pieces and requiring signed articles, with the editor reserving discretion to revise submissions. It also notes the paper’s second class matter status and lists subscription rate references.
The Observer prints extracts from Joseph Folk's speech praising his concrete history and resistance to graft. The piece notes Folk's St. Louis upbringing, his choice to stay clean, and his belief that one man with right on his side can outweigh a majority in the wrong. La Grande welcomed Folk as Missouri reforms modernized the state.
With the time for selecting a governor narrowing to months, Bowerman emerges as a central figure in the campaign landscape. The article highlights his stature, political backing, and the strongman image shaping voter perception ahead of the election.
A Florence stage incident shows Giovanni Grasso in a fierce stabbing scene when a dagger slips from his hand striking a theatergoer. Grasso recovers, apologizes, kisses the injured man fifty times, and the play resumes to cheers per the London Express.
The Observer endorses Jay Bowerman as the suitable eastern Oregon strongman for governor. Bowerman, from Condon, has the size and resolve to carry the gubernatorial robes, with a record as a sound lawyer and Republican leader, including senate presidency in 1909 and acting governorship. His bid centers on July 21 assembly plans in Portland.
A barber describes an ingrowing hair under the thumbnail that can cause pain after a haircut. He explains how a stray hair lodges under the nail, festers, and hurts, noting that customers may not notice it until it worsens. The barber cites the New York Times as the source of the anecdote.
Thirteen million cartridge shells, saved over eleven years by club members, form a colossal shell bank treasured by a leading English sporting organization. Guarded closely, the pile would take about twenty five years to fire at one cartridge per second day and night.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, short on cash, threatened his son Tom with a shilling if he opened oysters with his razor. Tom retorted he would need a shilling to buy a razor first, highlighting a witty exchange amid the family money worries.
A campus tour reveals a single standout individual with most medals while a visitor questions the team effort and the guide calls him the town pawnbroker in a New York Journal line.
Roy McBath of Wallowa was operated on last evening by Doctor Moni tor for appendicitis. He is the son of Sam McBath, a well known resident of Wallowa county. The article also notes home remedies and community notices including Ald Society fundraising at the M. E. church and food drives at local creameries.
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