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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1911
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows a newspaper notice likely about mailing or publication status in La Grande with garbled pricing lines. Readable names or dates are absent, leaving only general publication information and unspecified rates.
A carload of Oklahoma residents plans to travel to Grande Ronde valley and Wallowa county in mid March. They aim to settle, start businesses, and become Oregon citizens, urged by the state’s rapid growth and welcoming prospects.
Press dispatches indicate it is not unlikely the house membership will increase and Oregon will not be called upon to furnish a new congressman. This will disappoint many ages.
In Eastern Oregon a dark lantern procession forms as residents prepare to draw up support for a congressional candidate. Organizers promise ample time to choose a representative, urging patience in the process.
The insur gents in Congress who criticized for not lowering the tariff during the campaign fail to support Taft tariff reform measure. The piece questions what the people can expect of such leaders and suggests President Taft may pressure them to vote for the people’s interests.
Such plays as The Gentleman from Mississippi produced last evening at the Steward elevate mankind. It is held as the best ever seen on this circuit with a high grade company and splendid acting throughout the evening.
Mrs. Effie Skaggs sells the Flora Journal to R. J. Ghormley and A. M. Bolden two energetic Wallowa County boys. They plan to increase equipment and make the Journal a leading news paper in Eastern Oregon. Best of luck to the boys.
The Baker papers apologize for the county officers' attempts to capture Ed McCullough's murderers. They suggest it would be better to actually apprehend the killers and then commend the officers for their work.
The House elder statesman Rusk is still present while other legislators have gone home. The prevailing note is that Jerry is not lost and likely busy, with the surmise he continues presiding.
The reference to footprints as clues in crime investigations is noted, but in the Haines tragedy such marks did not aid capture or resolution.
The chief justice assigns cases and informs justices which opinions they may write. Conferences occur Monday mornings in a locked room with the chief justice presiding. Each justice uses a lock book to log case details, conference votes, and final disposition.
Describes the process of drafting majority and dissenting opinions in the U.S. Supreme Court from initial study of records to printing. Notes secrecy in final lines, multiple revisions, and eventual public reading. Mentions legislators and a list of Democratic congressmen with brief reputations and anecdotes.
The Duchess of Maine at Sceaux, ill and indignantly asking why she must endure 80 things in seclusion, balks as the Doctor notes she keeps forty to fifty people at the chateau, dismissing true isolation as impractical.
A Chicago Tribune quip recounts a man bragging about buttoning his wife’s dress for five years and sewing a sixty five button shirt. His attempt to button it failed, he slipped, and his wife advised him to only button the top button while others slide unseen when a coat is worn.
The anecdote from Mr Monypenny's biography recalls Mehemet Ali in Egypt declaring he would create parliaments and even more than England, then showing two lists of women labeled parliaments and stating he would personally elect them to avoid inconvenience.
Fragmentary OCR lists figures such as Wm. W. Cocks and Herbert Parsons among lawmakers connected to the Payne tariff bill and reform debates. The text references Quaker neighbors, play ground advocates, and other political actors like Hamilton Fish and Cyrus Durey in a backstage condemnation of partisan figures.
Fragmented notices show a City Recorder reference, a $500 loan wanted secured by property, and rental ads for furnished rooms with light housekeeping. An observer address and a Mrs. E C Moore listing at 1617 Fourth Street appear among the fragmented items.
WANTED A good woman to do general housework in family of two at Telecast. Good wages. For particulars write to Alice Dupes Pleasant Valley Ore Henry Henson. WANTED Girl for general house work Inquire at U S National bank. LOST Gold watch Masonic key stone job Elgin make initials H D B on back. Finder return to this office and receive reward.
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