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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1911
Page
8
The Wenaha Lumber company displays a large painted sign on its Greenwood street warehouse proclaiming La Grande as having the second highest payroll in Oregon. The ad, visible to every train passing through, emphasizes local prosperity and the company's progressive spirit.
La Grande defeats Baker 2 to 0 in a 12 inning thriller as McDonald delivers a two bagger to win with bases loaded. Childers homered for La Grande and Owens Socomore lead with two base hits. Exhilarating fielding and base running accompany a record crowd witnessing the long game.
La Grande's Elks defeat Baker in a seven inning game witnessed by many from both towns. Two home runs by Francis and Irwin plus a showcase of Mr. Bilyou's twisting, the standout moments. Baker managed only one errorless inning as La Grande pulled away early and held on.
Oscar Jackson, a clerk at Snodgrass grocery, suffered a severe cut to his left arm just below the elbow when his arm touched the moving blade of a meat cutting machine while he was setting the gauge this morning.
The baggage room was enlarged by removing the partition separating it from the express office following American Express entering a new building. The change facilitates baggage handling and improves operations.
Equal suffrage advocates from many countries attend a congress in Stockholm with a strong showing by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt of New York presides at several sessions, with Rev Anna Howard Shaw and others among the prominent American delegation.
For summer diarrhoea in children always give Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil, and a Meey cue is certain. For sale by all
The Old Homestead, now in its twenty-fifth year, draws broad church and lay audiences. Clergy from Protestant and Catholic congregations attend and praise its wholesome, truthful New England idyl. The touring company features all community classes from bankers to farmers, pleasing young and old alike. Performances begin June 17 at Steward Theater.
A woman stockholder used a limit order to sell bank stock at 250, the highest price seen, but the market later rose to 300. The broker pressed for delivery. she refused, claiming the price should be 300 and she would sell directly. The case went to court where the broker ultimately obtained the stock.
The New York Tribune explains that true polish comes from ultra fine scratches filled by emery and powder. Scratches must be smaller than a quarter the light wavelength, about less than one two hundred thousandth of an inch, to avoid breaking light waves and preserve the original reflection.
Retail ad touts Rexall Orderlies as a gentle safe bowel regulator and tonic. It claims immediate relief with a money back promise if not satisfied and notes two sizes priced at 10 cents for 12 tablets and 25 cents for 36 tablets.
The jeweler explains a scenario to General Craft of Terre Haute about fixing a watch for Mr. Smith, charging six dollars upon pickup after a week, and asking what the appropriate payment would be for the repair costs plus the service, seeking legal guidance.
The congress of the International Suffrage Alliance of the World gathers in Stockholm this week for its sessions, drawing notable attention to the movement and related activities.
A dialogue recalls that calculation machines show the law governing progressions changes at certain points. The general explains that, in this case, the law would switch long before reaching a dollar and would slip from percentage to larceny.
A London Graphic account describes a northern collier wives ritual when a pit accident occurs. Upon learning an incident at the pit, the wife opens the house door and keeps a candle burning in the window day and night until her husband is brought home, alive or dead.
Ancient belief holds the marrow of the backbone could transform into a serpent. Pliny cites Natural History claiming the marrow will breed to a snake. Early texts note a method to burn the backbone to destroy serpents.
A brief literary reflection notes Dickens has been dead long, imagining how he might redefine virtues for today. It lauds a steadfast heart temper and gentle touch, joking that if alive he would adapt to modern ailments with resilient humor.
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