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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1911
Page
4
The Observer Bruce Dennis entry indicates placement as second class matter at the La Grande post office, with unclear trailing text suggesting OCR artifacts.
Ex-Mayor F L Meyers defends council action on the Second Street main claiming proper supervision by Water Superintendent Gilman and Water Committee chair Sheak. He notes a Newport Engineering report approved $4 000 paid of a 4 500 contract and argues final relaying costs may be about 1 500.
Biograph presents The Spanish Gypsy described as a strong love story amid gypsy camps. Lubin offers Dobbs the Dauber a fast slapstick about tumbling into police hands. A vocal solo, If He Comes In I'm Going Out, closes the program with Mr. Cowan in the spotlight.
A Riverside park lake incident shows two youths swimming to shore after a capsize. The piece urges swimming education for all, noting its life saving value, especially for women, and calls schools to teach swimming with the same vigor as reading.
The Bastor Globe notes royal costs climb with the George V coronation likely costing at least a third more than Edward VI's. Edward’s 1930s figure was about 725,000 dollars in American money, while current estimates approach 900,000 and could reach the million mark as prices have risen across the decade. Royal expenses rise as British tradesmen begin to feel the weight.
An Agricultural Southwest note warns that premium club canvassing houses push cheap goods via cash or premium incentives, often with inferior products and little regulation. It cites merchant wives as buyers, cases of large annual volumes, and the difficulty of curbing these schemes through courts or agencies.
The piece estimates England will spend around ten million dollars on the forthcoming historic event. It notes geats viewing the parade cost twenty six dollars, while dress makers florists caterers souvenir makers all foresee large profits and widespread financial impact. The tone mocks royal enthusiasm and all who will be touched by the frenzy.
The narrative recalls a princess born in America near Bordentown tied to exile in the United States. It notes a father Prince Napoleon Lucien Charles, a long exile, and mentions a marriage to Count de Sorvilliers and a Carolina Georgina Fraser of Scotch origin.
A man recalls his wife gifting a three times magnifying shaving glass that reveals every flaw. He is shocked by the magnified ugliness and vows to avoid ever seeing himself so clearly again after dropping the glass down an air shaft. The notice proceeds with April 26 1911 city bid instructions from La Grande Oregon.
A New York Journal line recounts Dobkins reacting to an addition to his family. The exchange contrasts the speaker's gloom with a defense of welcoming a newborn, calling it a cherub and a shard of grace from Providence.
Sealed bids will be received at the recorder office in La Grande Oregon for furnishing and laying about forty thousand linear feet of eight inch sewer in city streets and alleys. Work to follow plans and specifications on file and under city supervision.
P O E La Grande Lodge No 433 meets each Thursday at 8 o clock in Elk's club corner of Depot street and Washington avenue. Visiting brothers invited. H J Ritter Ey Rut H E Coolidge Rec Sec Knights of Pythias Red Cross Lodge No 27 meets every Monday night in Castle hall old Hik's hall A Pythian welcome to all visiting knights.
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