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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1911
Page
2
For sale dry chain wood at Perry yards Grande Ronde Lumber company Perry Ore one fifty per cord. Between bb and 24 years old to join the Boys Savers club. Call at the laundry and I will tell you all about it. A B Cheery manager Cherry's New Laundry.
Pipe for sale terra cotta pipe millable for well curbs and drains 18 to 30 inches. Also a separate notice: School district No. One Union county Oregon offers a fifty dollar reward for arrest and conviction of anyone breaking schoolhouse windows. Arthur C Williams Clerk. Jul 13-6¢
Mr and Mrs George Stoddard of this city are returning home from a European tour after attending a coronation at Rendon on June 1. They left New York last week and are speeding homeward, expected to reach La Grande tomorrow or Thursday.
Two women from Jo seph County are jailed in Enterprise serving 25 days each for violating statutes. They were held by a justice of the peace and face a small fine. The pair are described locally as representatives of the free and easy class and reportedly have money.
A fragment describes Crow etiquette restricting conversation with a wife's mother and limiting who a man may joke with based on paternal ties. The text also mentions a diplomatically skilled person who plays well to entertain an influential friend without defeating him, citing a New York Telegram quote.
The clipped text weaves a comic exchange about recovering a child and social status. A Boston Transcript snippet contrasts a beggar’s garb with a mother’s concern and a spoof conversation where affection and misdirection settle a romantic twist. Rabelais quotes frame the dialogue.
A long analysis notes a five day heat wave causing over 460 deaths and near 1,000 prostrations. It discusses municipal cooling as a future economy, Gov Hughes returning as investigator, postal and railway pay disputes, a men’s cooking school, and cultural notes on Davy Johnson, banana harvests in Central Park, and a Central Park sheep sale with public interest from over 100,000 residents.
Fragmentary text hints at medical remedies and care, mentioning sprains and easing soreness. It references a treatment or product unnamed, with unclear attribution and dates or places. The readable words suggest a purchase or recommendation context, but specifics are obscured.
The term lettres de cachet described king sealed warrants exiling or imprisoning subjects. Beginning about 1670 it became a feared tool under Louis XIV with around 9000 issued in his reign. These royal warrants were sold secretly for revenue and often signed in drink, allowing abuses by any grudge holder. The assembly later abolished the privilege.
In a Bits illustration a mother awaits Mabel's aunt with a telegram saying the aunt will start at the same time tomorrow. Mabel reads it and comments that if she starts then she will miss the train again, noting the silly plan.
A London Telegraph snippet depicts a comic exchange where a bootmaker with a den appeals to a customer about fitting. The Old Gentleman refuses to alter his feet to fit the boots, leading to a humorous back and forth over a pair of boots.
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