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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1906
Page
8
A playful verse chronicles Bonnie Our Bryan crossing the ocean and mixing with money and kings. The refrain notes Bryan at pink tea gatherings and a future turn to bold language amid tyrants and sceptres, with a hint of aristocratic leisure.
Mrs James Ireland hosted a 5th birthday party for her daughter Mariam at home. Guests enjoyed decorations with red and white sweet peas and ice cream cake and lemonade. Seventeen guests rode the merry go round as the event concluded. Names include Lillian Volp Gertrude Volp Viola Benham Ruth Jones MacHine Jones Laura Bunn Alice Hill Olive Masago Greta Shell Edna Burke Pearle Dean Winifred Hough Matte Hampson Plumma Holman Mattie Schofield Catherine Ireland.
A farmer reports widespread crop damage from heat in founding country. He drove thirty miles to assess fields and found wheat yields down about one third from two weeks ago. Large fields will be scarce for harvesting and farming prospects are disappointing.
Numerous notes report visitors and business visits in La Grande including H H Knox Elgin and F E Corpa Cove visiting on business. Dr F E Moore and wife head east for Osteopathic convention and tours. Local lodgings and social events fill the week with meetings, outings, and a lawn social at the Poles residence.
The Treasury Department will appeal Judge Morrow's California ruling that classifies Japanese sake as penemulated manufactured article and dutiable at twelve cents a gallon. The government contends sake wines should be dutiable at fifty cents a gallon, involving over one million dollars.
A boy was born today to Mrs. Stella Brenna who is serving a life sentence at the State prison for the murder of her three small children last fall. The infant will be sent to Michigan where the prisoner's mother resides.
Help wanted ad from George Palmer Lumber Co offering steady work with good wages at the mill site. Inquiries requested at the mill location.
M Fierce, president of Hot Lake Sanitarium, injures his left knee in a buggy accident causing ten days of bed rest and weeks on crutches. The institution is investing about $100,000 in extensions and improvements with foundations already started.
N A Henson an employee of the ABC laundry suffered a broken ankle and facial injuries after slipping on machinery and being thrown onto a heavy belt. Dr. A L Richardson treated him for the broken bones and facial wounds.
A Scripps News Association report from Vienna dated July 26 notes that one hundred eight Jewish individuals, whose parents were killed at Bialystok, passed through Lwówek on their way to the United States.
The Baptist women will host an ice cream social at Mrs. Wires home located at the corner of U Street and Depot Street this evening.
A description of a refined restaurant presents attractively arranged meals and a welcoming atmosphere for guests. It emphasizes comfort for young ladies and gentlemen to eat freely without feeling self conscious about their surroundings.
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