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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1910
Page
7
A satirical piece on self righteousness and idle chatter. The author jokes that a person who brags about harmony with others often lacks substance and that busy tongues prevent deeds. It questions blame shifting and the folly of seeking others’ approval.
Mrs Grover Cleveland and sons returned from Europe after a year abroad largely in Lapland and Switzerland where the children attended school. Mrs Catherine Van Voorbis of Rochester reportedly made the largest flag that ever floated over the Capitol. Mrs Virginia Bannersley Field received permission to visit and counsel condemned prisoners at Sing Sing, where she has run a Bible class for twenty years. The world’s smallest grandmother is 75 year old Mrs Minnie Myers of Fort Myers who is 27.5 inches tall and weighs 32 pounds.
The article highlights Queen Mary as a cultured figure fluent in French and German. Crown Prince Ferdinand of Romania is portrayed as a popular, keen soldier. The prince’s wife is noted for beauty. Yusuf Isreddin Effendi, heir to the Ottoman Empire, became minister of war at eighteen, born in 1857, and later regained much of his fortune after Abdul Hamid’s displeasure.
The Missouri penitentiary has appointed an official dentist to work with inmates. The old forms of torture are deemed inadequate. The note appears in the Paul Dispatch and Chicago Post.
Prompt careful attention to all work. All work guaranteed to pass underwriters examination. Best electric iron and electric fans available. One door south of Observer Office.
Sugar cash price four seventy five, beet sugar six fifty five. Vegetables list onions peas rhubarb lettuce radishes green onions tomatoes potatoes cabbage corn with varied prices. Fruits cover oranges lemons bananas cherries raspberries blackberries melons peaches plums. Meats note hogs cows veal mutton chickens with per hundredweight or per unit quotes. Portland prices include butter eggs poultry barley wheat mill stuf flour and related items with various bid prices and delivery notes.
La Grande Camp 7703 meets Mondays at the I O O F Hall. Women of Woodcraft Grande Ronde No 47 meets first and third Thursdays at the I O O F Hall. La Grande Lodge No 41 AF and AM meets first and third Saturdays at 7 30 PM. Crystal Lodge No 60 meets Tuesdays at the I O O F hall. Knights of Pythias Red Cross Lodge No 27 meets Mondays at Castle hall. Visiting members welcome.
Get at Pennington's to clean and press summer salt. Apply in person at the Oregon Engineering and Construction Company in Joseph Oregon.
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