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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1910
Page
7
The notice extols wiring a home with electricity at about 92.00 per room and low costs for lamps fixtures and other electrical appliances. It urges readers to ask a neighbor about electric light and to visit the office for a representative to explain the benefits of wiring and using electricity.
The May Century previews a 1015 era airliner resembling a flying fish or submarine. It estimates 125 to 150 passengers with a 42 crew, an 800 foot underbody, and a central passageway from bow to stern. Electric cooking and compact hull design dominate the layout with officers and crew quarters lined along a central deck.
Rebekahs Crystal Lodge No 50 meets Tuesdays at I C C F hall with Mrs Cora Fitzgerald as N G and Susan McIlroy as Sec Knights of Pythias Red Cross Lodge No 27 meets Mondays at Castle hall old Elk's hall with Ed Wright C C and R L Lincoln M of R and 8 C E 8 Hope Chapter No 13 C B S holds second and fourth Wednesdays with Mary Warnick Sec and Pauline Lederlee W M visiting members invited.
Market prices cover SUGAR vegetables fruits meats butter and poultry with figures for each item. Sugar is at 56.75 with beet sugar 6.26. vegetables list onions parsnips spinach peas asparagus celery lettuce radishes green onions tomatoes and potatoes with multiple price points. fruits include oranges lemons bananas strawberries cherries gooseberries. meats show hogs cows veal mutton and chickens. butter and butter fat noted for Portland. poultry mixed fowl hens turkeys and dressed chickens. grains and millstuffs include barley wheat and flour with various price ranges.
A detailed description outlines an airship with a hold for saloon service and pantries, water floatability, chained gasoline tanks, eight 200 hp motors, and multiple gas tight compartments. It cites ventilation, wireless antennas, two small scout planes, and a speed expectance of 75 mph commonly and 120 mph aloft within five years.
Daddy tells Evelyn and Jack a bedtime tale explaining why the tiny wren becomes king of the birds. The eagle soars highest yet is outwitted when the wren, unseen on his back, rises to reach ground first. The story ends with a lesson on using brains to choose the highest flyer.
Classified items include five room house on Washington Avenue for sale by Chas. Disqua City Meat Market and seven room modern house with orchard offered by Earl Zandel at La Grande National Bank. A lost engraved locket is to be returned to the Observer office. A varnished room for gentlemen only and a vacancy for a boy to sell observers are also listed.
T H Crawford, attorney at law, maintains office in the La Grande National Bank Building, La Grande, Oregon, and is available for legal matters in state and federal courts.
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