City sports notes and local business updates in La Grande
Two paint carriedalls are being painted for Red Front Livery by Hendricks and Hall. Blue Mountain Creamery plant ready to run next Monday. Mike Halley returns from Portland with Idaho cattle carload. N K West home from Portland acting as witness in Bomber case. Frank Lilly led La Grande at Eastern Oregon Blue Rock shoot at Imbler. tied in aiiver cup with Lee Tuttle and Carl Halgarth. Lincoln grand stand security vows firm stance this season. Fence to separate press from public. Elgin to La Grande tomorrow with excursion train for game. Fred Reid wins all sprints in Wallowa meet, currently coaching absent. Athletic park becomes city crying pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Halley
Portland
Idaho
N. K. West
Frank Lilly
Oregon Blue Rock Association
Imbler
Lee Tuttle
Carl Halgarth
Lincoln Grand Stand
Elgin
la Grande
Fred Reid
Lostine
Wallowa County
Jacobs-Stine Rep in City to Meet Purchasers
Jacobs-Stine field manager BE Hayes visits the city for a few days to meet potential buyers. He carries strong recommendations from Montclair and Wellington, two Jacobs-Stine subdivisions, and will be at the Savoy hotel or reachable by Main 715.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob-Stine
BE. J. Hayes
Jacobs-Stine Company
Montclair
Wellington
Jacobs-Stine Co
Savoy
Instruction in water color offered for summer months
Those seeking watercolor instruction for the summer should call 5712 or see Miss Blanch Clark for details and enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanch Clark
Chautauqua Tickets On Sale At Bohnenkamp’s Store
Bohnenkamp’s store offers Chautauqua tickets on sale. Those who have already engaged tickets must call to secure them, says W. R. Jones, treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohnenkamp
W. R. Jones
Treas
Delicious Drinks at Silverthorne’s Ice Creams and Eggs
Silverthorne’s offers four to five ice creams and sherbets for hot days. Take home pints quarts or gallons. Try the egg drink prepared by expert soda water mixer R. W. Varnum at Silverthorne’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silverthorne’s
R. W. Varnum
Judge Denies Naturalization Amid Quoted Passages
A humorous Kansas City Journal item recounts a naturalization hearing where a man cites patriotic lines from the Star Spangled Banner and the Constitution, refuses a quote, and ends up seeking a bailiff position instead. The exchange highlights tense rhetoric and legal formalities during naturalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Journal
Unkind The Kind Lady You Clear Off Or Dog
A fragment recalls a harsh demand to leave and a tramp bragging of shelter in a barn. The tramp accuses the woman of deceit and cold treatment after nights of lodging, food, and drink, and now seeks further mercy or punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Riddle of the Sphinx Haunts Washington Star Wit
A Washington Star line jokes about the sphinx and a facial expression hinting at a lack of humor. The quip riffs on the riddle theme with dry newspaper-style humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sphinx
Washington Star
Ancient Habit of Drinking Hot Water Across Civilizations
Historical notes trace hot water drinking from ancient Egypt and Roman and Greek periods to medieval Europe. Champler’s 1560 account describes hot water consumption spreading in France with varied rituals for social classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Athens
Champler
France
Roosevelt gold ticket fight rumor and track results
The page lists athletic events with athletes Heidenrich Meyers Carpy and others, plus a note that Theodore Roosevelt will receive the first solid gold ticket to the Jeffries Johnson July 4 fight in New York. Also mentions a Belgian inventor’s danger signaling device for submarines and a Russian air fleet bid for strategic reconnaissance ships. There is a New York fund drive for a memorial to Hiram Cronk, last War of 1812 survivor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Jim Jeffries
Jack Johnson
San Francisco
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Jack Gleason
Denver
Pacific Coast
Hiram Cronk
C. Marehanes
Weat Thirtieth Street
Ava
N. Y
Cypress Hills Cemetery
Brooklyn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Messrs
Hendricks and Hall
Blue Mountain
Wil
Pattison
Victoria Chocolates
Law
Harl Jellies
Duck
Jenny
Empire
Opera
C. C. Penington
Carpy and
Meyers
Peare and Heidenrich
Heidenrich and
Hammer—Heidenrich, Lottes Ingle
Heidenrich
Millering
Carpy
Millening
C. Bolton
Virgil Bolton Or
Peare
Joseph Bertrand
Russia
Ministry of Finance
Ean Bakers Cocoa
Ter
Baker’s Chocolate
JeanJelly
Eeee
Dalton
Dalton’s Supply House
Adams Avenue
First Street
Oregon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!