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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1910
Page
4
The piece urges Pendleton to resist quiet town complacency after trade shifts from Wallowa wagon traffic. It cites La Grande’s adaptation, calls for new enterprises, and promotes a proactive front to attract commerce rather than accept decline. It highlights Blakeley’s reform advocacy as emblematic of civic effort.
La Grande's streets are repeatedly torn up causing traffic issues. The article praises ongoing city paving and the planned laying of street car tracks and gas mains as essential steps in driving the town from a lively community toward a bustling city.
A brief dialogue captures a tug between virtue and vice as one person says it is easy to be good, another questions the motive, replying they would rather stir trouble than choose virtue. The exchange frames a moral contest over personal preference and societal expectations.
A fragmentary dialogue mentions a General Barnes and asks about his war service and title. The text hints at a joke or misstatement about how he earned his title by "tipping walters in southern bo" with incomplete context.
A fragmented 1930s style alert urges readers to buy Christmas presents early, urging practicality and urgency. It mentions searching for the north pole in a playful, dialogue-like aside, emphasizing common sense over novelty. The text combines a civic warning with odd, humorous exchanges.
Pittsburg’s William A. Blakeley, long a self made district attorney, began a career noted for diligent work that suggested future high state political honors. The narrative traces how his early achievements foreshadowed sustained advancement.
A large 100 million dollar combination is forming to control sanitary enameled goods including bathtubs. Sixteen companies are involved and have already ordered price increases from 20 to 30 percent. If enforced the rise would amount to about 25 million dollars annually, forcing households and renters to bear the cost of modern health standards.
India's new viceroy is Sir Charles Hardinge aged fifty two and Cambridge graduate. He began in the diplomatic service in 1881 and served in Constantinople Berlin Washington Teheran and St. Petersburg. He became ambassador to Russia in 1894 and two years later permanent undersecretary for foreign affairs. He joined King Edward on continental tours. Lady Hardinge is Hon. Winifred Stuart sister of Lord Arlington.
La Grande city council announces plan to build a 12 foot cement sidewalk on Jefferson Avenue from Depot east boundary to Lot 5, Block 118, and to levy a special assessment of about 600 dollars. A hearing on the proposed cost and levy is set at the council chamber. June 22 1910. City Council of La Grande Oregon. By D. E. Cox City Clerk. June 28-July 9.
A string of brisk witticisms unfolds with quick exchanges about failure success and marriage. The humor rests on wordplay such as affinitycastle forecastle and a suggestive line about finding one’s own path in love and life.
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