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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1911
Page
5
Dr A C Posey offers eye care and glasses while Valle Creamery promotes buttermilk ice cream and new ice cream maker. Prof Freenor returns to La Grande for chronic disease treatment. Local residents and visitors listed with hotel stays and travels, including J Hod gins and J Tucker.
Delegations from cities and towns across the state arrive for the annual Wisconsin Skat league tournament to be held tomorrow in Turnhall. Players compete for cash prizes totaling $1,150.
Lorimer associate Lawrence Stringer testifies before the committee in favor of Lorimer for senator in Illinois noting Democratic deadlock and Lorimer’s broad network. In Nashville Rt. Rev. Bishop Byrne celebrates his 70th birthday with congratulations. born in Hamilton Ohio, linked to Cincinnati diocese since 1865, named Nashville bishop in 1894.
Forest Hanger Bisvens proposes fencing thousands of government acres in the Wallowa for an elk preserve behind Mt Pannoll to back a national game preserve. Wyoming stock could ship elk by 1919 when season opens, creating a park with abundant feed to aid game survival amid westward scarcity.
The Harris baby who died yesterday from swallowing a cherry pit will have a funeral Sunday afternoon at the L D Tabernacle. The casket will not be opened at the church and friends may view the remains at the home before 2 o clock.
Washington reports that general arbitration treaties between the United States Great Britain and the United States and France will be signed in Washington next week according to an official announcement made today.
Fragmentary text discusses punishment and discipline for children, references Mrs. M and Notre Dame, Indiana, and mentions sending “fier te any mother bet sucreneful” with home treatment instructions. Includes stray lines about trouble, aging people, and daily difficulties without clear context or complete sentences.
In a spoof from the Crici Herald, a husband recounts his wife’s dominance in daily life. She leads him behind the bed, spends his pocketbook on skirts and theater, drags him to church for a hat cake, and keeps him marching to her broom and hatpin. The piece ends with comic reverence for domestic control.
A humorous quip from the Bostop Herald traces aCrewsman’s growing Crestfallen confusion as they explain ship lingo. The landlubber sighs that he believed the port side was the side nearest port.
The article notes dancers endure grueling schedules with six to eight hours daily and long rehearsals for major performances. It highlights the demanding lifestyle of popular ballerinas during charity events and homes, and describes the meticulous dress, scenery, and vast staffs required for period pieces.
The essay argues that a fourth dimension exists alongside our senses, with delirium tremens revealing visual shapes tied to the pineal gland. It claims sober thinkers like Jevons and Babbage acknowledge unseen phenomena, and that events are photographically recorded in private spaces. It cites the Adyar Theosophical Society and names figures such as Herbert Spencer and Gladstone as examples.
A New York Globe cartoon caption shows a couple discussing smoking habits before marriage. The girl frets that her mother would be sick if Dick smokes, and he promises to quit whenever her mother is present, pleasing the fiancée.
The Iron Cross order of knight hood was created by Frederick William II of Prussia in March 1813 to honor patriotic bravery in the war against France. It was revived by Emperor William I during the Franco Prussian War and awarded to his son for victory at Wissembourg on August 4, 1870. About 40 000 people were decorated between 1870 and 1872.
In a prison cell two inmates discuss opportunity. One studies market reports and penciled margins while the other, nicknamed the mathematician Bill, is urged to steal hogs in town for thirty four a night. The dialogue hints at a planned crime as described in a magazine fragment.
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