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Newspaper

La Grande Evening Observer

Location

La Grande, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1911

Page

3

High Point Winners and Crime Scan

Olive Massee and Louise Roesch head the high point winners list with scores 117 and 101 while Helen McDonald and Mary Newlin post scores 0 and 30 in a related event. The Portland crime case dominates as officials hunt a man matching Mrs Rasnell description. several arrests made and released as identification proceeds. Sheriff Collier aims to seize the perpetrator tied to a shocking attic crime in Oregon.

Olive Massee Louise Roesch Helen McDonald Mary Newlin Mary Newtin Hoya' Evente Kenneth Carpy Homer Leffel Thompson BE. Moore Hardy Portland

Local Girls and Boys Excel in City Meet Events

In a Saturday city meet directed by Mildred Tracy, Olive Massee and Louise Roesch led girls events with wins in distance jumps sprints and relays. Boys results featured Kenneth Carpy Homer Leffel and Linville Moore shining in dash and long jump events.

Mildred Tracy Chau Huqu Weum Olive Massee Louise Roesch Bessie Stoddara Olive Bessie Leona Newlin

Officials doubt Baker arrest tied to Holzman murder

Sheriff Charles Collier of Grant county contends Elmer Hardy, held for insanity in Salem, may be linked to the Portland rooming house killing of Barbara Holzman on March 14. Portland investigators recall Hardy was in the city then and described by women who rented the room. He has repeatedly spoken of the crime since his mental decline worsened.

Baker Holzman Portland Coble Baker Paper Charles Collier Grant County Elmer Hardy Baker Democrat Salem Little Barbara Holzman Taft Sheriff Collier Wis Hardy Haying Russell Salim Baye Collier

The House of Commons in Pitt’s Day Anecdotes

The article recalls Pitt era quirks and phrases in the House of Commons. It notes relaxed manners, a poem line about a speaker, and stories of Disraeli and Gladstone with witty replies and political jibes from that period.

An Hour of Thrills on Hodau River Rapids

A Kyoto area river adventure described by Wide World Magazine. Tourists ride a crude boat down raging rapids guided by four boatmen. The journey lasts about an hour with the river’s roar, rocks, and high banks passing in a sequence of dangerous yet controlled descents.

Hodau River Japan Kyoto Wide World Magazine

Rathum Safes Protect Radium in London Safe Complex

The London design features a lead lined safe with a dead air space and a surrounding silver skin, built to protect the rare substance from emanations. A door and adjustable openings allow placement for mercury tubes to capture and prevent any interior emanations, with mercury absorbing rays to prevent loss.

Hiroaki London Los Angeles ‘Times

Hasty marriage reveals hidden family life of Cromwell

A brief item notes Oliver Cromwell’s influence extending into private life while detailing a hasty marriage where the bride differed from the intended partner. The piece hints at Cromwell’s prominence as a defining English figure and mentions his three daughters, focusing on the youngest.

Oliver Cromwell

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