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Newspaper

La Grande Evening Observer

Location

La Grande, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1911

Page

4

Observer Editor Bruce Dennis Held in La Grande Post

The newspaper notes Bruce Dennis serves as editor and owner with post office entry at La Grande as second class matter.

Bruce Dennis la Grande

Mission of the visitors sparks Northwest publicity drive

A Le Grainte Coussaseinglin club delegation toured Wallowa and Union counties this morning proposing a countywide publicity campaign. Business leaders from the city aim to keep pace with the Northwest’s onward march and will discuss the project with neighbors to enlist broad local support.

le Grainte Coussaseinglin Club Wallowa Union Slep Pes Moun

Valley cooperation urged to boost two counties

The article argues that Viaipowa and Grande Ronde valleys can sustain large populations and emphasizes the commercial club's mission to coordinate a plan where each community contributes while uniting to push the two counties to the foreground.

Viaipowa Grande Ronde Commércial Club

The Fatalities of Flight in Public Perception

A Popu lar Mechanics analysis by Victor Lougheed argues that aviation fatalities are viewed sensationally rather than statistically. He notes more pilots die as aviation expands, yet overall risk drops to about one death per 60,000 miles flown, making air travel far safer than two years ago.

Main Street Popular Mechanics Victor Loughheed Lougheed

Decorating for the Fourth in La Grande

Citizens display strong desire to decorate homes and businesses for the Fourth of July. A committee visited yesterday and received assurance of extra effort to install attractive bunting in red white and blue as visitors enter the city.

la Grande

La Grande’s Decorators Draw Large Crowd to Window Display

Readers praise the display as La Grande plans a grand decoration effort to please a large crowd. The effort emphasizes attractive windows and color choices, aiming for heightened appreciation of craftsmanship.

la Grande

Abusing the City Park Urges Respect for Grounds

A note from La Grande ladies appeals to park users to keep the grounds clean and in good condition. It urges not to leave trash or destroy trees and to show civic spirit for the benefit of the community and future generations.

la Grande

Grande Ronde Chautauqua Opens With Continental Congress

The chautauqua is praised as healthful and educational with the Continental congress as its opening feature. Attendees will gain deeper insight into revolutionary days through speeches and exact costume recreations, creating a vivid historical experience.

Nation’s best talent gathered for Riverside ten day session

The program highlights a ten day session at Riverside Park inviting top national talent and featuring a strong lineup across the event. The assembly is described as a memorable occasion with excellent numbers.

Riverside Park

Birthday Note on Composer Jean Nougues

Jean Nougues born June 28, 1876, French composer of Que Vadis. He showed early talent and wrote an opera before 16, studied in Paris, began serious lyric composing at age 12. His works include Thamyris at Bordeaux 1902 and La Mort de Tintagiles.

Jean Nougues Paris Bordeaux Thamyris Victorien Sardoum Maurice Maeterlinck Opera Comique

This Date in History June 28 Highlights

June 28 milestones include James Robertson founder of Nashville born in Virginia in 1742 and dying in Tennessee in 1814, the 1776 Fort Moultrie defense, Mme Thible first female aeronaut in Paris, 1809 first steamboat on Lake Champlain, James Madison death in 1836, and Queen Victoria’s coronation in 1838.

James Robertson Nashville Tenn Virginia Tennessee Fort Moultrie D. C Mme. Thible Paris Lake Champlain James Madison United States Montpelier Port Conway Queen Victoria

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