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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1910
Page
7
A spoof dialogue parodies sermons priced by cost, with a visiting preacher offering eight dollar, six dollar, four dollar, and one dollar sermons, while Daniel jokes about a moving portrait and a lion’s mane. The Exchange and Puck references appear as mock headlines.
The La Grande Oregon Common Council in June 1920 established Improvement Districts No 1 2 and 8 detailing Willow Street and multiple alleys and avenues for sewer construction and street work. The council estimates costs at 74346 05 and schedules a hearing July 13 1910 at 8 PM to assess costs and hear objections.
J. K. Wright reports his daughter lost a watch on June 6 near the depot. It was advertised to be left at La Grande Investment Co. A caller inquired but could not clarify. Reward offered for return with proof of ownership.
Sugar six seventy five per hundredweight and beet sugar six seventy six. Vegetables list includes onions spinach peas rhubarb lettuce radishes green onions tomatoes new potatoes with varied per unit prices. Fruits show oranges lemons bamamas strawberries cherries gooseberries red raspberries blackberries dewberries among others. Meats list hogs live weight cows veal mutton chickens. butter extra creamery and store prices. eggs local candied. poultry mixed chickens turkeys pigeons and dressed chickens price notes. Barley wheat and feed flour and miscellaneous items with 1909 producer price figures and delivery terms.
NOW Get that summer suit cleaned and pressed at Pennington's. Phone Black 851 or 44. FOR SALE 6 HP gasoline engine in good condition price 125.00 at Smith's Garage. ROOM and BOARD 1617 Fourth St. WANTED A good cook woman preferred good wages to right party Annivat Observer office. AUTO FOR SALE 15 HP four cylinder Ford roadster good condition price 350. Smith's Garage.
A visitor tours an asylum with an apparently official guide who leads them to the roof. The guide proposes a jump contest, exposing his madness. The visitor uses wit to derail the plan, prompting a return to ground level and averting danger.
La Grande Camp No. 7703 meets Mondays at the I C C F Hall with visiting neighbors invited. La Grande Lodge No. 41 A F and A M holds first and third Saturdays at 7 20 p m with officers Hodgin and Williams listed. Crystal Lodge No 0 meets Tuesdays at the I C C F hall inviting visiting members with Alexander Smith Ackles Keenry listed.
Narrative dialogue shows a character named Yark Prena reflecting on a past wrong and the new invitation to a reception. The speaker argues acceptance proves past harm is forgiven. The exchange highlights social tension and reconciliation themes in a concise scene.
A Kirkintilloch grave digger, fond of whisky, sleeps in a grave he has dug. He awakens at dawn, exits the grave, and proclaims in the churchyard that this is a pub, pub show for Kirkintilloch.
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