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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1906
Page
2
A jumble of ad notices and opinion snippets from an Oregon page. Mentions include post office classification, ad rates on application, readers asked to sign articles, and assorted quotes about judges, heroes, and ambition. The text pieces lack a single coherent event or story.
The piece notes English suffragists shape debate among classes, with protests, jailings, and tax resistance as tactics. It contrasts British tactics with American restraint, highlighting parades before government homes to gain attention and sympathy for votes rights.
A sermon in verse by Rev. B. F. Meredith ends with a poem urging immediate action and faith to brighten others’ lives, warn against delay, and encourage personal resolve. It contrasts messages of hope with calls to earnest obedience and daily disciplines. A second note in the issue mentions a proposed electric New York to Chicago railroad line with 78 mph car speed. The piece also cites an Amherst professor warning that future men depend on more manual labor to build strength.
A poetic stanza extols generosity to the poor while pledging to give the rest to the Rocky Mountain Tea and Newzin Drua Company in a rhythmic, old fashioned voice.
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