Reunion Draws From Portland
Former Planters of La Grande, Mr. and Mrs. F Newhart, arrived from Portland and spend a day visiting before traveling to Elgin for the pioneer reunion. They moved to Portland years ago after living in the valley, and return yearly to Union County for reunions that may be held. Last year they missed La Grande due to misdating. this year they arrived early to ensure attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Newhart
Portland
Elgin
la Grande
Take Two To Them Tonight In One To Ten Years
Sheriff Childers plans to leave for Salem with W. J. Hunter and Roy Lund two Union men who confessed to cattle rustling and were sentenced to an indeterminate six to ten years Judge Knowles read the sentences yesterday Both men are well known in the county Hunter lately resided at Union formerly at Summerville They stole cattle at Union and sold them to the La Grande Meat company the same day this was discovered
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Childers
Salem
W. J. Hunter
Roy Lund
Union
Knowles
Hunter
Summerville
la Grande Meat Company
Madagascar Two Climates and Racial Observations
The piece notes Madagascar has two climates: tropical coastal areas and a cooler interior highland. It contrasts darker coast natives with lighter interior inhabitants and claims the interior natives are more intelligent and rule the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madagascar
France
Gallantry Dialogue Fragment From Silent Correspondence
A brief exchange of lines between speakers Blatter and Johnsen touches on romance and debt as a civil, almost theatrical aside. The fragment hints at earlier meetings and mutual restraint while delivering a gentle, period voice.
Crowned Himself Coronation Drama At Sturdys
The king William IV Crown and prorogation episode followed the second reading of the first Reform Bill in 1830. He ordered the crown placed himself in the robing room, declared the coronation over, and warned no one else would set it on his head. The crown fit poorly, as described in Greville's memoirs and London Chronicle reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William IV
Earl Grey
House of Lords
Greville
Lord Hastings
Lord Grey
London Chronicle
Soup served in cup preferred for flavor and hygiene
London Lancet notes the advantage of serving soup in a low broad teacup to cool it to a mouth friendly temperature, arguing deep vessels ruin delicate flavors and expose nutrients to air. The habit, seen as utilitarian, may explain broad shallow shapes.
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London
Stage Scenery Debate by Walter Prichard Eaton
Walter Prichard Eaton, dramatic critic, argues in The American Magazine that modern dramas rely too much on elaborate scenery. He urges abolishing scenery for ten years to restore faith in imagination and force drama to stand on bare stages.
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Walter Prichard Eaton
Clever Dwarfs of the Seventeenth Century
The text describes two remarkable dwarfs who stood combined seven feet, noted as miniature artists. Gibson served as drawing master to the daughters of James II, and at their wedding arranged by Henrietta Maria, Charles I gifted the bride a diamond ring as Edmund Waller wrote a poem for the occasion. Gibson died at seventy four. his widow lived to eighty nine.
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Gibson
James II
Henrietta Maria
Charlies
Sway
Edmund Waller
Third Street Improvement District No 2 La Grande Oregon
Notice from La Grande city council announces street improvement on Third Street from Jefferson to Main by cement sidewalks. Affects east half of blocks 7 8 and west half of blocks 1 2 4 in Grandy’s addition. Estimated cost 1019.60 and a public hearing on August 2, 1911.
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Common Council
la Grande
Oregon
Third Street
Jefferson Avenue
Main Avenue
Grandy
Council Chamber
Oclock
P. m
Zimmerman Osteopath Offers Summer Ride and Rooms
GEO. W. ZIMMERMAN osteopath introduces summer ride services and rooms 7 8 29 and 10 with contact numbers Home i2 Pacific Main 63 and Black 951. He succeeds Dr. F. E. Moore and operates with G T DARLAND chiropractor in room 20 at La Grande National Bank Blog offering free consultations not drugs or surgery.
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Geo. W. Zimmerman
Pacific
F. E. Moore
G. T. Darland
la Grande National Bank
Local Attorneys and Offices Listed in Oregon Cities
T. H. Crawford attorney at law with practice in state and federal courts based in La Grande. Law offices of Green & Small located over Silverthorne's Drug Store in La Grande. Jos. Green and Chas. A. Small also listed. D. W. C. Nelson mining engineer based in Baker City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Crawford
State
United States
la Grande National Bank
la Grande
Oregon
Green & Small
Silverthorne's Drug Store
KR. Jos. Green and Chas. A. Small
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Dyer
Cement Contractor & Builder
Wallowa Lake
Hot Lake
Huntington
Imbler
Kamera
Meacham
Milton North Powder Palmer Junction
Pendleton
Pleasant Valley
Telecaset
Wallowa ,Weston Walla Walla, Wash
Wallowa Lake Park
Wallowa. Lake
Oseph
Bee
Mrs. Newhart
LUND
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Record- Herald
Johnsen
C. M. Humpreys
City of
Professional Directory
Physicians and Surgeons
N. Molitor
Adams Ave
Depot St
A. L. Richardson
M. D
J. W. Loughlin
Dra. Richardson
Lourghile
C. H_ UPTON
H. L. Underwood
Malin
Ind
J.C. Price
D. M. D.—Dentral
Black
P. A Charlton
Hill
Attorneys AT Law
Cochran & Cochran
Chas, E. Cochran
Go. T. Cochran
la Grands
D. W. C. Nelson
Baker City
LA Grande Investment Co
Bell Phone Main
Foley Hotel
LaGrande
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