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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1910
Page
6
More than 1200 purchasers have visited Laurelhurst to study the transportation options and observed active improvements. They have witnessed water and sewer mains being laid, shade trees, parking strips, boulevards, asphalt work, and cement walks, confirming the project’s progress and value.
The document enumerates officers and directors linked to Portland based firms including Chas. K. Henry Co. and affiliates. It lists Chas. K. Henry as president, Edw. Cookingham as vice-president and manager of Ladd & Tilton Bank, W. P. Laurelhurst of Seattle, and others such as James B. Meikle, Paul Meres, L. A. Lewis, and George J. Dekum with roles in banking, insurance, real estate, and wholesale groceries.
Judge Wolverton holds that goods shipped from another state into Oregon and reshipped within the state in the original package fall under state tariffs. The decision fixes three shipments to Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co with judgment against the carrier.
The Chronicle reports a fireproof hotel project for Klamath Falls is now ensured, signaling new lodging capacity for the city and potential economic impact.
A tract of 2200 acres including stock grain and alfalfa land near Mitchell sold for 90 dollars an acre, transferring ownership and signaling a market price for mixed-use agricultural property.
In Lip viscount’s dialogue Aunt Martha and Uncle Josh discuss astonishment at high payments for appearances. They recall a celebrated tenor paid a thousand dollars for a Chicago concert and a prizefighter offered ten thousand to meet another fighter in his own town.
A southern judge recalls a Reconstruction era case in which a white man faced a colored justice of the peace for killing a man and stealing a mule. Rivalry between Arkansas and Texas laws is playfully depicted as the justice weighs two legal traditions. The prisoner shifts to Texas law, and the verdict reflects both jurist and flagging impartiality.
In a frontier tale a tenderfoot visits a mining camp saloon and receives a small whisk broom with his whisky. He hesitates, watches another patron, then uses the broom to scrub a seven by three foot area on the floor and collapses in a fit. The odd sequence highlights peculiar saloon behavior of the era.
A reflective piece describes a luminous soul seen through daylight and joy, briefly obscured by earthly radiance. Darkness returns, revealing the soul brightening amid sorrow, shining despite worldly toys and mirth, like a star reappearing in a dim sky.
A Cambridge mayor challenges Charles Spurgeon on heaven and angels pockets. The preacher admits a misstatement and rewrites the tale claiming if a thief among angels would steal feathers from wings unless his nature changes.
A manager met an actor wearing a mourning band and learned he had just attended his father’s funeral. He spoke of arranging everything as his father would have liked, and when asked about attendance he proudly said they turned them away due to the crowd.
In a Scottish village a boy disrupts a parish church service by whispering to his mother about a sheep's head cooking. The mother signals him to stay, but he insists aloud that she must return home because the sheep's head is buttin dumplings from the bull pat.
An Irish policeman and sportsman was stationed on a road near Dublin to catch speeding cars. The first car passed at twenty mph with no sign. a second at forty mph prompted a hopeful glance. a third at a mile a minute drew a triumphant exclamation, revealing his enthusiasm for the chase.
During Lafayette's Virginia visit hosted by President Monroe at Oak Hill, John Quincy Adams delivered a toast praising surviving Revolutionary patriots as few in number yet precious. A guest asked what inspired it, and Adams said the Sibyls picture in the Oak Hill hall sparked the idea.
A note recalls years ago when the Chicago Record assigned its foreign correspondents and mentions writer George Ade in connection with those dispatches.
Victor F. Lawson sent Ade abroad to recruit the best men. In Servia Ade found all newspaper men jailed for political offenses. He faced a dilemma and cabled Lawson who ordered make press censor correspondent, and Ade complied.
In an eastern city three rival clothing stores compete for customers. The middle shop owner spreads sensational notices of a great fire sale and a receiver’s sale from his rivals. He then pulls a fast one by placing a large Main Entrance sheet above the door, drawing a crowd to the middle store.
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