Notice to Contractors on Monroe Avenue Sidewalk Project
City of La Grande Oregon invites sealed bids for about 3750 feet of cement sidewalk on Monroe Avenue from Fir Street to Spruce Street. Bids due by 6 oclock p.m. May 24 1911 with 5 percent certified check. Council may reject all bids. La Grande May 19 1911. Co M Humphreys Recorder.
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City
la Grande
Oregon
Monroe Avenue
Fir Street
Spruce Street
Ore
Co. M. Humphreys
Albany Chautauqua Plans Advance Amphitheatre
Albany Oregon prepares a 3000 seat natural amphitheatre in Bryant's park for a summer chautauqua with well funded plans. A building committee led by J B Van Winkle L Hamilton and A C Schmitt to start work at once. Prominent Northwestern speakers and educators expected to fill afternoon and evening programs.
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Albany
Oregon
la Grande
Bryant’s Park
Van
Wool Clip 13 Very Good at Cove Oregon
The shearing plant near Cove Oregon is active with a large band of McKennon Chandler sheep arriving. Yearling fleeces average about nine pounds each and the wool shows excellent quality as lambing season ends in the area.
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Cove
Ore
McKennon & Chandler
New $5,000 Home Goes Up on Alder Slope
May 23 report from Enterprise Oregon states work began yesterday on the new home of Q. J. Rowe on Alder Slope. I. H. Robinson of Joseph holds the contract and will employ a large crew to complete the house promptly, aiming for a standout residence in Wallowa County.
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Alder Slope
Enterprise
Ore
Q. J. Rowe
Wallowa County
I. H. Robinson
Joseph
Hutchins Insanity Petition Heard in Washington Court
Mrs Rose Hutchins asked the district supreme court to adjudge her husband Stilson Hutchins insane. She alleges paralytic strokes left him mentally deranged. Hutchins, an elderly millionaire, formerly published a western newspaper.
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Hutchins
Washington
Rose K. Hutchins
Stilson Hutchins
District Supreme Court
Hosiery and Underwear Makers Meet in Philadelphia
The National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers holds its annual Philadelphia meeting this week with curtailing production as the main topic of discussion.
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Philadelphia
National Association of Hosiery and Underwear
Boilermakers at Omaha May 22
Boilermakers at Omaha, Nebraska on May 22. Between two teams a game or meet was noted with details incomplete in the surviving text. The fragment indicates a scheduled event involving the Boilermakers in Omaha.
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Omaha, Omaha, Neb
Fraternal Lodge Meetings and Visitors Welcome
G P C E La Grande Lodge 433 meets Thursdays at 8 pm at Elk's club corner Depot St and Washington Ave. Visiting brothers invited. Ebeakah Crystal Lodge 2 meets Tuesdays at I O O B ball. visiting men invited. Woodmen of the World La Grande Lodge 169 meets second and fourth Saturdays at K P hall. visiting teachers welcome. Knights of Pythias Red Crown Lodge 27 meets Mondays at Castle Hall old Elk's hall. Knights welcomed. Be S Hope Chapter 13 C B C holds meetings second and fourth Wednesdays. visiting members invited.
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A. F
A. M—La Grande Lodge No
A.M
L. M. Hoyt
W. M
C. Williams
la Grande Lodge No
Elk’s Club
Depot Street
Washington Avenue
H. J. Ritter
H. E. Coolidge
Woodmen OF the World
K. P. Hall
D. Fitzgerald
H. Keendy
Knights OF Pythias
Red Crom Lodge No
Castle Hall
Old Elk's Hall
Hope
C. B C
Carric
Hunter
Mary A. Warwick
Delegates Convene in Omaha for International Boilermakers’ Meet
About three hundred delegates from across the United States and Canada gathered in Omaha for the annual convention of the International Boilermakers Association. The article notes horses sleep only three to four hours out of every day.
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United States
Canada
Omaha
International Boilermakers’ Association
M W A La Grande Camp meets weekly at L O O F hall
M W A La Grande Camp No. 7703 meets every Monday in the month at the L O O F hall. Visiting neighbors are cordially invited to attend. E BE, DANIELS, ED HATH, Clerk.
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Ebekahs
Trystal Lodge No
Tore
Xatie Arbuckle
N. G
Anna Alexander
Bec
M. W. A.-La Grande Camp No. 7703
L. O. O. F. Hall
Women of Woodcraft meeting reports at Ronde Circle No 47
The fragment notes Ronde Circle No 47 of Women of Woodcraft meets on the first and fourth Thursday evening in the month. Carrie Robbs is listed as G M with visiting members mentioned.
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Women OF Woodcraft
Ronde
Wbets
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Savoy Hotel
Id. C. Brichoux
H. C. Oats
Kellogg’s
E. C
Royal Grocery
H. Pattison
Bandeau
Y Chamberlain
Rae Sea
In Desbunns
Koom ., Corpe Building
Pos Office
Messenger Service
H. Kesler
Hack and
Uptown
E. L. Bussey
Perry Pneumatic Water Systems
Samson Wind
Richardson & Boynton
Zweifel
MT. Emily
Grande Ronde Meat CO
la Grande, Oregon
The
George Palmer Lumber Company
Tire Line of
the People's Store
the Fraternal Orders
Jess Paul
C, R. L. Lincoln
Phone Main
E. Be, Daniels
Carrie Robbs, G. M
W. H. Bohnenkamp & CG
John Melville
Adams Ave
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