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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1910
Page
6
Notice states no hunting allowed on the property of Blocks and Brow. It references dysentery remedies and mentions Kerlain's Colic, Cholera and nine epidemics of dy pacent with a claim of cure. It promotes a medicinal preparation described as valuable for children and adults when reduced with water and sweetened.
The City Council of La Grande Oregon adopts Improvement District No 10 for Greenwood Street. It outlines parcel boundaries from Jefferson Avenue north curb line to Monroe Avenue south curb line and a $296.10 estimated cost. A public hearing on November 2 1910 at 8 PM will allow aggrieved parties to contest the assessment.
A large delegation and many prominent speakers are secured for the tenth annual Eastern division State Teachers association convention in La Grande November 21 to 23. About one thousand visitors are expected as Baker Umatilla Wallowa and Union counties hold their institute concurrently. The program lists John W. Cook H A Adrian P L Campbell J H Ackerman and others with varied sessions in primary grammar and high school, music, and lectures.
The list assigns classroom times and subjects including paper cutting folding reading phonics spelling arithmetic literature and play ground problems. Instructors include Catherine Montgomery H A Adrian John W Cook and others with sessions noted for high school work and round table talks led by Ackerman and Campbell.
A vivid account of the pony express era detailing riders, routes, and the perilous mission to deliver letters from St. Joseph to San Francisco. It notes the 1850 establishment, the mochila system, and the dangers faced across vast unsettled western terrain.
A Louisville Times report recalls a crude oil trading prank where a foreman used a coded telegram to indicate a gusher. The message, meant to warn of high flow, triggered laughter and a sudden oil price plunge of about $2 a barrel as traders misinterpreted the telegram.
Sugar and vegetables prices listed with types and per unit costs including sugar at 6.40 and 6.20 for beet sugar, onions three for 10 cents, tomatoes 10 cents per pound, cabbage 4 cents, and oranges 50 cents per dozen. Also noted are fruits, meats, grains, flour, butter, eggs, poultry, and hay with varying quotes and farm-producer prices across barley, wheat, and mill stuffs.
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