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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1910
Page
3
Engineer Gibson of the mountain helper service naively chased three runaway coal cars hurtling toward eastbound passenger No 6 near Gibbon. He sped the helper engine to overtake and halt the cars, saving the train by a narrow margin and preventing likely disaster with loss of life.
Conductor Fergus plans to move his family to Pendleton to oversee the Pendleton-Huntington main line passenger service. Conductor Jack Heughan now holds the Wallowa branch line. No. 31 jumped the track near Fir street and blocked yard work briefly. Cement platform work proceeds and will finish in days. About 40 000 dollars were paid today to local employers as monthly wages. Circus day brings busier rails with extra trains and higher pay.
In Chicago on June 15 Senator Lorimer is expected to testify for the defense in Browne’s bribery case linked to Lorimer’s election. Browne claims a vast conspiracy targeted him, while White, who confessed taking a bribe, denied selling his confession to the Chicago Tribune due to hostility toward Lorimer.
Property owners must remove all wooden awnings porches and signs hanging over sidewalls within ten days in La Grande Oregon. Electric signs properly suspended may stay. J A Matott street superintendent notes. A Meaford galt gag in the Mall Tribune is mentioned as commentary.
The text outlines engagements and marriages involving figures tied to Arden estate art and horsemanship, notes on Senator Lorimer amid voter bribery allegations, and details of Adeline Genee's retirement from dance. It ends with a maritime fog anecdote and a captain’s glimpse of a Maine coast house.
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