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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1910
Page
8
LOCALS announce a thermometer stock sale at Newlin Drug Co with quotes for 25¢ to 2.50 and a note on prescription service. St Peters Guild to hold a fancy goods and cooked foods sale December 10 with details to follow. Other notices promote dry wood by McLeod and Palmer, furniture services, and a Red 411 listing for a dining room set.
Advertisement from a wood and furniture business offering dry wood at affordable prices. The ad mentions upholstery, carpet work, and general carpentry services with contact or location hints. It cites McLeod and Pa mer as suppliers and references a price point and a street-like address line.
A church social is planned for tomorrow evening at the Christian church under Class No. Little folks will recite while adults perform. Refreshments will follow. Admission is twenty five cents for nonparticipants and ten cents for those who give recitations.
A partial change goes into effect at the Orpheum this evening. The mid géta have departed and Nixon and Moran replace them for their third week in this country. Their line is strong and dancing. The other numbers remain through the week. The pictures change this evening.
Roquelaure, the deformed jester of Louis XIV, seeks a pardon for striking a helmet worn by a sentinel. Louis grants limited clemency, only to reveal that the helmet concealed the soldier’s head which toppled to the ground with the helmet.
Lord Townshend stood beside a drummer boy whose brains were blown out by a cannon ball. An old officer asks why he is surprised and the lord replies that a boy with so much brains should be there at all, noting the horrors of war.
In Harper's Weekly dialogue, Tompy asks Miss Dobleigh if she will be engaged Thursday evening. She replies she is unsure but hints that mutual effort could yield a favorable prospect. Tompy vows to contribute and improve his chances.
A Columbia Jester quip questions where appendicitis pain occurs asking for sides. The punchline answers the pain is on the inside. The item records a humorous exchange reflecting medical curiosity in a campus humor page.
A Baltimore American quirk column questions a woman's makeup with a witty remark about oud and bolseless powder. The snippet reflects cultural norms and snappy editorial style of the era.
Wires into Poland were prostrated for hours by a southern Oregon and northern California snow storm. Two inches fell in Medford with nearly a foot in the hills, snow white valley, misty rain by noon signaling melt and the storm covering a large area.
A shepherd dog leapt 200 feet from the Columbia river bridge at Wenatchee into the river and back to its owner despite swift currents. The dog followed its master as he delivered gasoline to a stranded auto on the Douglas county side. After two hours the soaked terrier reentered the home, unharmed aside from being drenched, wagging at its master.
Mrs Cora Harding arrived home today from British Columbia where she had been visiting friends for several months.
November 24. Betting favors the University of Washington as the Northwest football championship is decided this afternoon at Denny Field with Washington and Oregon State college team meeting.
A Madrid box scene prompts a duchess to explain why Spanish women wear the mantilla. A street observer notes that all classes use the veil to frame hair and eyes, deeming hair and eyes the chief charms, with elaborate hair cared for by many.
Fragmentary notes discuss windmills and water mills origins in Europe. It claims Knights of St John observed mills among Saracens in the Crusades and notes an early Bohemian water mill in the rear 71s with prior windmill use atop tilts. The text is incomplete and garbled.
The article traces early windmill ideas from tethered mills in ponds to movable domes with sail axles by 1500 in Holland. It notes rope tethering, a turntable pole, and the shift from brick or stone to wooden mills as technology advanced.
The article explains that spilling salt is a lingering superstition traced to ancient Romans who used salt in sacrifices and kept it sacred to the Penates. To avert divine displeasure after a spill, Romans tossed salt over the left shoulder to draw the wrath away from others onto themselves.
Pearson's Weekly notes elephants’ taste for elaborate trappings. Indian princes seek state elephants and pay lavish sums for animals meeting their ornate standards, using silk cloths richly embroidered with gold that two men can barely lift.
An urgent case prompts talk of intervention by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals as concerns about a man’s path to ruin surface. The dialogue hints at neglect or mistreatment and the need for formal steps.
A fragmentary poem mocks a clever rascal who thrives on easy gains and public admiration. It depicts his bold self assurance, willingness to dodge consequences, and eventual defiance when exposed. The verse hints at fraud and a tainted reputation around earned wealth.
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