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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1911
Page
6
The Japanese government has adopted laws modeled on the United States to ban child labor in factories and improve safety and sanitation. Provisions limit employment of under 13s, cap work hours for under 15s and women, require holidays and breaks, and regulate handling of poisons and dangerous machinery with shift and rest rules.
Fourders day celebrated in Providence marking 275 years since the city was founded. Civic exercises occurred at the First Baptist Meeting house with speakers Governor Pothier Mayor Fletcher and Dean Alexander Meiklejohn of Brown University.
Testimony before the Senate Finance Committee warned that lifting pork to free list would let China control the US pork market. Consul General Griffiths in Liverpool cited Hankow shipments of 16,000 carcases and 72,000 cases of frozen goods, oxen, bacon, and lard, illustrating rapid export growth.
Chicago records reveal municipal debts totaling 400 million dollars and assets at 442 million, as stated by Harry A. Wheeler. The claim positions Chicago as the most solvent major city in the United States according to Wheeler's figures.
Miss Minnie Siever, a trained nurse confined to a wheelchair after an unsuccessful operation, has no funds or relatives. Hot Lake institution and local nurses have cared for her for a year, and La Grande residents plan a subscription drive to help her reach St Vincent’s Hospital in Portland.
A summary of the Wallowa county gathering as guests traveled from the lakehead to La Grande. Over 800 attendees were fed on the seventh with food for 200 more. Speakers at the pavilion provided engaging talks with clear local benefit and fond reflections on the annual meeting proposal.
Washington June 9 Arrangements are made for Panama Canal testing a pneumatic spraying machine to coat deteriorating rock in Culebra Cut with concrete mortar. The 30 day trial will determine if the device will be purchased by the commission.
Mrs Julia Watson of Fredericksburg Virginia reports Parisian Sage cleans dandruff and promotes hair growth while Ethel L Schuyler of Belmont New York says it leaves the scalp clean and stops itching. The ad promises money back if it stops falling hair.
Our new directory for the combined systems will be issued soon. Parties seeking new telephone installations or changes in service should call at our office in the Foley building before June 10. Home Independent Tel. Co.
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