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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1911
Page
5
A fragmentary program review lists Kalem’s In Old Florida as a Spanish era depiction with beauty and life in the 18th century, At the Old Mill as a love story, Making Bamboo Hats in Java as an educational reel, When Women Strike as suffrage satire, and a return engagement of Giorg Birnie for a song.
The La Grande band will hold another dance next Tuesday evening with the full band providing the music.
For sale a first class tining and plumbing business in Joseph Oregon. Owner cites failing health and has listed a complete set of tools and equipment for sale. Sale notice appears as a local classified item dated June 17, 1912.
A new public library is now open at the Wright Drug Company site. Officials say the move expands access to reading materials and community programs, with hours and services announced for residents.
A cheap plate glass show counter with walnut frame is offered at Silverthorne's family drug store. The town notes a dancing party fund proceeds for new books and that future dances will be by invitation. Elm Street grading is done and Washington Avenue work proceeds. Several closed-sign business houses, barber shops, and hardware stores set early closing. Missionary society to meet at Mrs. G L Biggers home Wednesday at 2.
Baker city figures J G Jennings from Baker and Chas Hawthorne of Portland stay at the Sommer while on business. B C Wilson and A F Hitt of Weiser and Baker residents visit. L Rayburn former police chief now in Washington visits. Willie Peare plans to join the AAU and represent Blue Mountain at Astoria meet. Mrs C Ralston and Mrs Wissler head east for six weeks. Edna and La Vura accompany them in La Grande.
Mrs George Hansen of Telecaset visits the city. Mrs J D Stout returns from Cove William Kooser refereed the Elgin game yesterday. Agnew of Portland joins Savoy guests. Mrs K Smith of Baker stays at the Savoy. W T Tuttle from Elgin visits the Savoy. Miss Anna DeLong of Hot Lake is here on business. A E Tunnicliffe and family travel to La Grande in their new Marion car. State Superintendent Alderman spends days in Union after La Grande lecture. Prof Ferdinand Neubaur to Eugene for summer school then possibly Portland after leaving La Grande.
William teron notes Dr William Peterson born May 2 1856 in Edinburgh Scotland. Peterson leads McGill University since 1896 after professor roles at Bonn and other universities and holds honorary degrees from St Andrews Aberdeen Queen's Toronto Princeton Yale Johns Hopkins Penn. He chairs the Carnegie Foundation board. Also for sale household goods at 1712 Main Avenue Mrs D C Mahoney Black 812.
In a Civil War reminiscence a wounded trooper with a bullet in his left leg and a second wound in his right arm tells the surgeon the Johnnies came near hitting him. A second wounded man jokes that the enemy nearly missed him after a nasal wound.
Keeler led Lick Observatory and died there. His ashes were returned to Allegheny for burial. Brashear sealed them in a hollow in the supporting pillar of the thirty inch re jector, Keeler’s memorial.
A brief Baltimore American quip about a young man chasing a newspaper career. The pun hints the path to success was a close race, won by a nose, illustrating the idea of a sharp eye for news driving achievement.
A prisoner pleads for time to think over his case. The magistrate grants a six month extension, quoted by the Philadelphia Record.
The steward explains steerage passengers bolt their food to keep it down. The exchange appears in the Chicago News.
The Iowa organization of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union met in Clinton with Archbishop Keane of Dubuque serving as honorary president. The gathering focused on local temperance efforts and union activities.
The annual state convention featured addresses by leading temperance figures. Attendees included Rev. W. J. McNamee of Joliet head of the Illinois society Rev. P. J. O Callaghan of Chicago head of the national society and Very Rev EB Dougherty of Mason City.
On May 29 events include Tarleton defeating Bu ford at Waxhaws in 1780 and Sackett’s Harbor battle in 1813. Empress Josephine died in 1814, John Brooks became Massachusetts governor in 1816, Wisconsin statehood in 1848, Confederate evacuation of Corinth in 1862, Gen. Winfield Scott died in 1866, a 1786 birth near Petersburg, 1880 Canadian cruiser Vigilant capturing Mattie Winship, and Glenn Curtiss flying Albany to New York City in 1910.
New seven room home built in northern Riverside Addition sits on almost two acres across 16 full lots and three fractional lots. It includes a barn, chicken house, well with pump, 85 fruit trees, and a compact farmstead just beyond city limits.
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