La Grande social crowd dominates popular lake resort
La Grande visitors outpace Portland and Walla Walla guests at Head of the Lake. Parties, fashion card games, river trips, and nightly launches define a week of high society leisure with resident families and elites from Oregon and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Granders
Joseph
Gri
Oregon
Portland
Walla Walla
Pendleton
Baker
la Grande
la Grande Folke
Anerold Lake
East Fall
West Falls
Tenan Warville
Sheen Creek
T.N. Murphy
Joseph Lake
Washington
la Grand
la Grandera
F. L. Meyers
T. N. Murphy
Irene Murphy
Etta Foley
4. E. Foley
Charles Conkey
J. ¢. Blackburn
L. J. French
Robinson
John Gardner
George H. Goone
Rachel Turner
Donnelly
Jack Heughan
Bill More
Wan
Switched Their Votes in Corwin’s First Congressional Victory
A Washington box recounts Tom Corwin winning his first congressional race by a farmer’s tale. An opponent was mocked after wearing a nightshirt to bed, swaying the farmer’s family to vote for Corwin, who then rode the anecdote to victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Corwin
Treasury
Corwin
Lebanon
Congress
Dix
Washington Boxt
Fragmentary overheard dialogue about weather and writing
A garbled overnight exchange mentions rain and music, with stray phrases about writing windows and a bemused narrator. The text appears as broken dialogue with mis-typed words and missing context.
Core of the Earth Core and crust debated by geologists
The New York World reports at The Hague Professor Weichert argues Earth has a central iron or steel core about 3 180 miles diameter, ringed by a rocky shell 830 miles thick and a liquid layer beneath 20 miles below the surface. He contends deep metallic deposits are unlikely, with underground waters forming most ore bodies, and mining profitability declining beyond 3 000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Weichert
Webbert
New York World
Simple hiccough cures from the New York Medical Journal
The New York Medical Journal notes easy hiccough remedies such as sucking or salt and vinegar, pressing the tongue forward, and hanging by the arms to lift the body. It advises breath holding and explains sneezing as a counter to hiccough in certain cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Medical Journal
Cloth in the Making and the Looms of Modern Textile
Rupert Bawer writes in Garyper's Weekly about the intricate craft of cloth production. The article details thread interlacing, loom operation, and finishing stages from spinning to shearing that yield the fabric’s gloss and uniform nap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert Bawer
Garyper
Bobbin Bk
Fuller
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Milton
State University
H. S. Shangle
Financial Secy
Savoy Hotel
D.C. Brichoux
Pron
Gale
Robert Pattison
Black
C. T. Darley
George Palmer Lumber Co
Eastern Gregor Light & Power Co
CORE
O'Connell
Cigar Store
Observer
Jefferson St
Cdtaan
Perry Yards
Grande Ronde Lumber Camping
Perry
Wanda
Boys’ Savers’ Club
Mgr
Cherry
L. J. Peterson
Elgin
Boring Street
C. J. Scriber
Waters
Stanchfield
Jefferson
Observer Office
Grande Ronde Meat CO
Bradley & CO
City Hall
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