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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1910
Page
4
The readable text is fragmentary showing postal service heading and classification as second class matter. No clear event, person, organization, date, or place is discernible to form a full news item or summary.
A newspaper warns that articles under nom de plume will not publish and signed pieces may be revised at the editor’s discretion. The note requests contributors sign their submissions and mentions Haappointmen.
Continent wide compliments for La Grande as communities pledge attendance and offer attractions for the Grande Ronde Chautauqua. The piece notes the assembly aims to relax, hear lectures and music, and foster congenial fellowship while acknowledging room for yearly improvements. It also reflects on a Portland joyride tragedy and the moral ledger of life.
The piece argues a two county commercial organization should form to share costs of wide publicity. It asserts no single community in Grande Ronde valley or Wallowa county can bear the load alone, and each community contributing a reasonable amount could accumulate enough funds to achieve results.
The piece argues that both counties benefit from similar interests and that investing in Grande Ronde valley land for fruit trees yields notable returns. It invites readers to hear from multiple growers about the money and time invested and the surprising gains reported.
Citizens express tepid relief as the meat boycott ends and packing houses resume operations. Local officials caution that concerns remain about prices and supply while workers return to plants.
In Washington on June 14 133 years ago Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag. The American Flags Day association notes broader observance in the capital. The article recounts the 1777 resolution for thirteen stripes and blue field with thirteen stars and the 1818 change adding a star for each new state, bringing the total to forty six.
In New York Broadway, Chauncey Olcott pursued by a stranger after two bets on his identity fail. Olcott corrects the man, who then admits the bets were lost, citing a quote about justice and anger from Beecher.
A report highlights Bertillon and fingerprint detection advancing crime identification in Paris with an apparatus to measure burglary effort. It also notes a submarine rifle tested in London, and a Vienna street cleaning machine promising labor savings.
The machine uses a revolving brush to sweep dust but the material is not left on the street. It is carried by a large funnel into a ventilator and deposited in two removable boxes in the wagon. The boxes are emptied easily by dimple contrivances.
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