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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1910
Page
2
La Grande faces a tree health campaign as County Fruit Inspector Stillwill surveys shade and park trees. Several diseased trees are condemned or ordered sprayed and to be cut if incurable to prevent spread, preserving the city’s hardy shade stock.
Eternal spirits of the chuless mind are praised in a fragment from Lord Byron's The Prisoner of Chillon. The verse laments fetters and gloom while affirming freedom's fame that travels on the wind.
In Cork a grand opera star named Signor Fell John McCormack sang from a stage balcony. The balcony was deemed unstable and two assistants were sent beneath to support it. Half through a song a joke arose about dropping him because he was an Italian, with a correcting cry from the singer about his Irish identity and a plea to hold him up.
The article warns damp moldy houses threaten health and life and notes links to diphtheria from mold growths. It advises destroying moldy cloths such as shoes and emphasizes bleach as a disinfectant.
Fragmentary notes describe relief variations among women for stomach and liver issues. Terms like guttering spation and bilious add to unclear health symptoms with references to headaches and skin conditions.
A guest at Cyprus Hall McCormick, inventor of the reaper, dines with the family. A colonel’s mishap with cornmeal mush and milk turns into a comic duel of refills as the host teases him about finishing both at once.
A short pondering on trust, deceit, and unwavering belief in a virtuous heart. The speaker argues that better to be cheated than to doubt the trusted, preserving hope and blessed truth despite a world full of mockery.
A 19th century anecdote recounts a Methodist circuit rider father of Senator Dolliver in northern West Virginia. He halts his horse to ask a boy with a mattock his destination. The boy seeks a groundhog while the minister says he seeks lost sheep of Israel, prompting the boy to suggest a buck at Uncle Billy’s.
A fifteen year old student in a New England grammar school wrote that Henry W. Longfellow was born in Portland Maine while his parents were traveling in Europe. She also noted his close friends Phoebe and Alice Carey as among his fastest friends.
Old Joh, a lawyer’s confidential clerk, habitually visited a neighboring saloon at 11 each morning to take a small dram of whisky and a clove afterward. One morning the bar ran out of cloves and Joli considered the situation.
A Chicago News excerpt describes towering wigs worn by elite women in eighteenth century France. Marie Antoinette influenced styles, with coiffures four feet high requiring hours to assemble and wings eight inches wide. The frigate style featured a wave pile topped by a ship, causing theater disturbances until bans limited audiences with such hair.
A fragment from a rail tale notes a man’s good intentions as a train begins to depart, hinting at a pivotal moment as passengers react to the stopped scene. The snippet suggests a quiet travelogue tone and a potential incident on or near the platform.
In Jefferson Market court a waiter and his wife quarrel over their baby’s name. The father proposes Ludwig and the mother Adolph, until the magistrate suggests Adolph Ludwig. The punchline rests on initials A L C, signaling “à la carte,” ending the dispute with a joke about restaurant service.
A timid young man plucks courage to ask a wealthy father for his daughter's hand. The father scoffs that with the suitor's salary he could barely keep her in gloves. The suitor reforms the request simply to asking for her hand.
A businessman tipped a young woman at lunch with ten dollars and left with change in an envelope. He later found eight rents dropped from the note and never learned what the dessert cost. The odd tale from Philadelphia hints at a costly miscalculation.
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