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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1911
Page
3
Local readers can learn how appendicitis begins and how to prevent it with a free book offered at A. T. Hills drug store. The outreach emphasizes simple preventative steps for residents.
Civil war veterans from St Louis and nearby areas gathered to observe the 50th anniversary of Camp Jackson’s fall. The program included statues of Grant Sigel Blair and other Union leaders decorated and speeches by Congressmen Bartholdt Major Leo Passieur and ex G A B commander with other notable figures. Narratives recall Lyon leading Union troops to seize Camp Jackson on May 10 1861 a turning blow that kept Missouri in the Union and disrupted Confederate plans.
The second division of the Atlantic fleet leaves New York for a notable foreign cruise visiting ports in Denmark Sweden Russia and Germany. Captain Charles J. Badger commands the squadron led by the Louisiana flagship with the New Hampshire Kansas and South Carolina sailing aboard.
A paid promotional notice from YORK & YORK CHINESE REMEDIES CO claims world known doctors provide remedies for chronic diseases and blood disorders. It offers a free book and symptom bilan and invites readers to describe their case for diagnosis and results.
Porter Wmerson Browne presents The Spendthrift a sensational domestic drama about an extravagant wife whose wasteful spending ruins her husband. The play, still running in New York to crowded houses, has won broad public support and praise from critics clergy and audiences for its timely, well acted production.
English mine blast at St. Margaret's near White Haven traps forty miners. Rescue apparatus rushed from across the district as officials fear a high death toll.
Commander in Chief John B. Gilman of the Grand Army of the Republics attends a two day Tennessee session in Knoxville. The Woman's Relief Corps and other auxiliaries hold their state conventions as veterans are honored with decorated buildings.
The battleship Idaho arrived in River Cities to begin its Mississippi voyage. After leaving New Orleans on Monday, the ship will stop at Donaldsonville Plaquemine Baton Rouge Bayou Sara and Natchez. It will then visit Vicksburg for three days and proceed to Pensacola to rejoin the third division.
In Oregon Union county the plaintiff Arthur A. DeFord sues Luella DeFord. She must answer by May 12, 1911, or the court will grant a divorce decree. Publication ordered by Judge J. W. Knowles in the La Grande Evening Observer for six weeks beginning March 30, 1911.
Local readers warned of chronic appendicitis with common stomach troubles. Adler-i-ka promoted as a single dose remedy by A. T. Hill, claiming quick relief and surprise at its effectiveness for La Grande residents.
The piece extols rewards of visiting Portland during the Rose Festival and San Francisco for the National Educational Association meeting. It highlights scenic beauty along the Columbia River and recreational life at ocean and riverfront hotels, urging study and competitive work through contests.
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