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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1910
Page
3
The Fuegians are depicted as grotesque and physically stunted yet with large bodies. Men average five feet two inches, women four feet eight, while features include broad flat noses, large nostrils, protruding lips, and copper bronze skin dulled by smoke. Women use a porpoise jaw as comb. facial hair minimal for men.
A Canadian writer notes halibut dominates menus across hotels and restaurants, appearing on Christmas and midsummer days. The article recalls Ernest McGaffey witnessing Indigenous fishers haul 21 000 pounds in Clayoquot Sound in a single day, with halibuts weighing up to 300 pounds each.
The article explains color harmony as relation through side by side spectrum colors. It notes red relates to orange and yellow, and yellow relates to green due to admixtures. It also visits Moscow street Miasnitskaya Ulitza filled with machinery shops whose windows display wares and demonstrate mechanisms.
In a Chicago News story the man Mr. Ruralea says tramps on a busy turnpike bother his home little because a "magical sign" on the front gate reads Employment Agency, implying protection or misdirection.
In a brief exchange from the Hal timore American, an employee defends a heavy workload with the remark I am turning out an awful lot of work just now. The employer responds with the same term overwork, highlighting ongoing labor strain.
A collage of global trivia notes spans health, trade, travel, and invention. From population shifts and insurance growth in Japan to Bilbon 1912 plans, from whale of beans in Santa Ana to wireless telegraph in Chile, it sketches early 20th century curiosities and curiosities of daily life.
July 18 Kamela special report notes huckleberries scarce as heat drives visitors to the Kamela summit for fresh air and water. C A Norden, Portland-bound foreman, has property interests there. Rumor says a portable sawmill may arrive soon. Wood ships out rapidly and district supply worries persist for winter. Several sheep grazing nearby.
Portland Oregon roars to life as hundreds of Irish visitors arrive for the week long national convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians with festive streets and celebratory mood in the city.
Dr Davidson Buchanan, a noted Chautauqua speaker, will deliver a psychology lecture tomorrow evening at 8 in the parlors of Mrs E Moore at 1817 Fourth Street. All interested in this developing science are welcome.
Advertisement style note extols Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as dependable and capable of curing diarrhoea and bowel complaints. Mentions its value for both adults and children, touting universal usefulness.
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