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La Grande Evening Observer in La Grande, Oregon
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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
8
La Grande council tightens street work and water posts
The La Grande council held a special session voting to appoint a water superintendent after accepting the resignation of L M Hoyt. It advanced or referred macadam highway plans on Fourth Street and Sixth Street petitions and set bids for Washington and Elm bitulithic paving. An ordinance bans indiscriminate patent medicines, while electric sign rules pass and motorcycles face a 12 mile per hour limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Street
L. M. Hoyt
Richardson
Hoyt
Sixth Street
K Street
C Street
Washington
Elm Strets
Warren
la Grande
Wyoming Battleship Project Details and Specs
The article outlines the Wyoming battleship design with armor and battery details. It lists dimensions: 554 feet load water line, 562 feet overall, 93 foot beam, 28 feet 6 inches draft, 26,000 tons displacement, and 20.5 knots speed. Armor includes eight foot belt, ten inch layers, casement protection for secondary guns, and heavy barbettes. It notes 85 officers and 1,030 men as crew and a planned commissioning by year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Gilmore Stag Over Day Delights City With The Bachelor
Special arrangements bring Paul Gilmore's company to the Steward for an evening performance of Clyde Fitch's The Bachelor at special prices. Tickets range from 25 to 1.00 dollars. Gilmore plays a bachelor disliking marriage while a stenographer falls in love with him, with a Swedish housemaid providing comic moments and mock heroics from the kid brother. The show is touted as high class and a companion piece to the hit Girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gilmore
D. H. Steward
The
Clyde Fitch
Gilmore
Paul Gilmore Debuts With The Mummy and the Humming Bird
Paul Gilmore premiered to a small La Grande audience last evening in The Mummy and the Humming Bird. The show, staged with a strong cast, mixed melodrama and clean humor while presenting a modern social theme. Gilmore announced a return engagement, with Katheryn Hutchinson and Paul Tehune supporting as Lady Lumly and the organ grinder Guisseppa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gilmore
la Grande
Steward
Humming Bird
Mr. Gilmore
Villian
Katheryn Hutchinson
Lady Lumly
Paul Tehune
Guisseppa
Gilmora
Reseeding Beets Under Frosts Hits Wallowa County
Light frosts across Wallowa County, especially near Enterprise, have damaged tender sugar beets. General Manager F. B. Bramwell ordered re seeding today after heavy rains and successive frosts. A light snow was reported in the county yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallowa County
Enterprise
Bramwell
Union Man Recovers Eye Use After Wire Fence Staple Incident
Frank Webb of Union survived a serious injury when a staple from a wire fence struck him. Doctors initially feared loss of vision in one eye, but Dr. Underwood announced both eyes should be fully cured. Webb is improving and in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Webb
Union
Webb
Underwood
West Point Uses Electricity for Kitchen Tasks
A French patent describes a process to bleach and dry seaweeds for packing purposes. Electricity now performs nearly all kitchen work at the United States Military Academy in West Point New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Military Academy
West Point New York
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