Bankers Gather in South Los Angeles for Big Convention
Financial institutions with capitalization beyond description gather in Los Angeles for the American Bankers Association meeting. Delegates register, secretaries organize, committees meet, and an executive council banquet is hosted at the Hotel Alexandria. Sessions run daily through Friday.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John D. Rockefeller
City of Angels
American Bankers’ Association
Executive Council
Alexandria
Clearing House
EATS MAN IS IN TOWN Chalmers cars gain local following
Hi L Keates Auto Co. sales manager C H King visits Foley to discuss Chalmers Hudson and Pope Hartford ownership in the area. G M Richey postmaster owns a Chalmers 40. Judge H H Russell and A P Davis also own Chalmers. La Grande is pictured as an emerging auto town as King predicts rapid growth.
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C. H. King
Hi. L. Keates Auto Co
Portland
Foley
Chalmers Hudson
Pope Hartford
Chalmers
la Grande
Mr. King
Lowney Confectionery Offers Variety Chocolates and Bon Bons
For years the LOWNEY name stood for pure confections and remains trusted today. We stock small quantities to ensure steady supply and carry popular Variety Chocolates Bon Bons and small packages.
Committee Forms New Republican Central Committee
Chairman J. H. Peare and secretary Matot called the new committee together by letter. The group meets at 3 p.m. to elect officers and outline a plan of action before the November election. Peare aims to get the committee in working order to handle duties usually done by precinct committeemen.
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New Republican Central Committee
J. H. Peare
Matot
Peare
Elgin Improves Streets and Local Happenings
Elgin undertakes grading and graveling of main streets with several hundred dollars planned. Notables arrive and depart, including Mr and Mrs Harris Wilson from Spokane and Mayor Weatherspoon heading east. Local business changes include E O Wilson purchasing Hallgarths barber shop interest. An active week features farm exhibits and travel among residents A Exelt from Seattle and George Lingreen from La Grande visit.
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Elgin
Harris Wilson
Spokane
E. O. Wilson
Hallgarth
Niles & Hallgarth
George Lingreen
la Grande
di Vue Gily
Isso Weer
A. Exelt
Seattle
Ezell
Dave Procter
Henry Procter
1911 Franklin torpedo-phaeton delivered in Pendleton
Dr Biggers owns a 38 horsepower 1911 Franklin torpedo-phaeton bought through W M McCormick agency in Pendleton. The dealer delivers the car, with another similar unit arriving later this month. The four passenger auto includes a jump seat for extra seating.
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Doctor Biggers
Union County
W. M. McCormick
Pendleton
McCormick
Higin's potato crop shorter than last year at Elgin
The Elgin Recorder notes Higin's potato crop is well below last season with most local growers short. Prices remain good and expected to rise, yielding higher returns per acre. Despite the smaller crop, a vast acreage around Elgin will still ship many carloads.
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Higin
Elgin
Elgin Recorder
Local couple wed in ceremony by Rev Ford Ellis
Last Saturday evening Fred Kleese head moulder of the foundry and Martha Preston a South La Grande resident were married by Rev Ford Ellis. They plan to reside in the city and are both well known locally.
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South la Grande
Fred Kleese
Ford Ellis
Kleese
Miss Preston
South
Ture
New Drum Arrives for Local Band Drummer
Charles Cross bass drummer of the local band shows off a new high priced drum. He will debut the instrument during fair week. The drum is a high class make fulfilling a much needed demand for the band.
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Cross
Charles Cross
Telephone installed for stock exhibitors at the fair
The Home Independent Telephone company has installed a temporary phone for stockmen with exhibits at the fair. It is placed for convenient access and is expected to be well used and appreciated by exhibitors.
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Home Independent
Stock Department of Fair
The
Home Independent Telephone Company
Cubs to Host World Series With Athletics in Chicago
The national baseball commission met in Cincinnati to set the world championship series between the Chicago Nationals and Philadelphia Americans. The league ruled the series would begin at Chicago.
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Cubs
Athletics
Cincinnati
National Baseball Commission
Chicago Nationals
Philadelphia Americans
Chicago
Connerdale Chosen for La Grande Addition Name
After hours of deliberation the committee selected Connerdale as the name for the La Grande addition donated by Dr George O Connors. The two girls Miss Ethel Wright and Miss Ethel Reith independently suggested the same name, though the judges did not know who submitted each.
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la Grande
George O'Connor
Ramsey
W. B. Sargeant
al. Roberts
Ethel Wright
Ethel Reith
Connerdale
Budget Exhibit Opens To Show City Spending In 1911
The display in New York opened October 3 under municipal auspices to educate taxpayers on how 200 million dollars will be spent by the metropolis in the coming year. It outlines city activities and allocations for 1911.
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New York
Greater
New Jersey State Fair Opens in Newark Rival to Trenton
In Newark on October 3 under a newly formed association the New Jersey State Fair opened with plans to hold an annual event. Today featured military day as trotting and running races were set for daily competition.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Trenton
Sires and Sons and Notable Biographical Fragments
The fragment mentions A. Edison as a patentee of numerous inventions. Midshipman H. O. Roesch is tied to the Dreadnought Delaware and described as a top life shot in the Asiwrian forces. Vardiant Gibbons from Baltimore nears seventy seven years, a career spanning twenty five years. Herr H. Bernhard Stern is reelected mayor of Bieezaca Galicia Austria on his thirty eighth year in office. George EB. Kessler is noted as a landscape ar
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A. Edison
H. O. Roesch
Delaware
Asiwrian Army
Vardiant Gibbons
Wrom
Baltimore
Herr H. Bernhard Stern
Bieezaca
Galicia
Austria
Portraits of British Nobility and Public Figures
The text profiles the Earl of Euston a tall aristocrat heir to the Duke of Grafton and describes his family. It notes the Duke as a Crimean War veteran aged ninety. It also mentions Richard Burdon Haldane, secretary of state for war, still active in healthful long walks and vigorous exercise despite advancing age and weight.
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Chitect
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Pensacola
Memphis
Earl of Euston
Duke of Grafton
Lord Euston
Richard Burdon Haldane
Indian Towns Aim For Indigenous-Only Settlements
Short stories note Indians in Oklahoma envision towns reserved for Indigenous people. A geyser contrast describes Yellowstone’s hot water and a new ice cold eruption. The Panama Canal target year moves to 1915 with indications of completion by then. U.S. public school spending rises from 70 million to 371 million dollars between 1878 and 1908.
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Oklahoma
Yellowstone Park
Panama Canal
United States
Paris Writers Portraits and Ambitions Drawn
The article profiles M. Francois Eduard Joachim Coppee famed for poverty poetry and Mrs. Humphry Ward, noted for philanthropy and relief efforts. Adrienne Heineker, a Dutch poet, shocks Parisians with love verses and a new play, expressing a drive to achieve greater world impact.
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M. Francois Eduard Joachim Coppee
Paris
Railways, Power, and Mixed Signals Across Regions
Cheap electric power spurs car lines in northern Italy. A retired Dutch naval officer invents an audible fog signal for railroads that explodes a cartridge behind a megaphone when trains enter a shared block. Nova Scotia plans the Halifax and Eastern line at 216 miles, to be finished in three years or lose $6,400 per mile subsidy.
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Italy
Nova Scotia
Halifax and Eastern
The Parchment Way: From Papyrus to Parchment
A brief note on ancient writing materials recounts Egyptian jealousy over papyrus supply and the Pergamon king introducing sheepskin parchment called pergamena. It explains vellum from calfskin used in the Middle Ages and how monks transcribed many books by hand, often over years to finish a single copy.
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Pergamos
Asia Minor
Pergamona
Zeppelin North Pole Flight Sparked by Aerial Plans
The Kansas City Star notes Zeppelin’s north pole dash may be years away while predicting no immediate change to warfare doctrine. It contrasts air power with balloons and mentions Walter Wellman’s Atlantic crossing as a timing reference.
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Zeppelin
North Pole
Walter Wellman
Atlantic Ocean
Kansas City
Money Matters and Global Gold Reserves
The world’s international credit rests on about 4 billion dollars in gold held by European and American banks and treasuries. The Bank of England ignores direct profit sharing with government while taxes and franchises amount to about 1.2 million dollars annually. Scotland’s eight banks act as a single unit with managers in Edinburgh or Glasgow meeting to set loan discount rates and deposit interest.
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Europe
America
Bank of England
Scotland
Edinburgh
Glasgow
I'm after the gas bill
A terse exchange quotes a woman pursuing a gas bill as her husband vanishes after saying he forgot to leave the payment. The Cleveland Leader frames a domestic note of urgency and disappearance in a brief dialogue.
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Cleveland
Notch on Her Heart Reflected in Louisville Note
A Louisville Ledger fragment quotes a line about temporary place in a woman's heart. The dialogue questions enduring claim of permanence and affection, marking a terse exchange as a literary highlight.
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Louisville Quarter Journal
Notable Women in Public Life and Society Figures
Mrs. J Elien Foster leads investigations into child labor for the government. Lilla Larshbough wins a 10000 prize for a decoration for the Dreadnought North Dakota. Harriet Chalmers Adams completes a three year South American circumnavigation. Johanna Seerup inherits 70000 from her mother plus 20000 from her father. Georgette Maeterlinck Maeterlinck distinguishes herself as singer, writer and lecturer beyond her husband’s fame.
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J. Elien Foster
Lilla Larshbough
Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Harriet Chalmers Adams
South American
Johanna Seerup
New York
Mme
Georgette Leblanc Maeterlinck
Mme. Maeterlinck
Wood
Brown
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Martha Preston
Sires and Sons
George EB. Kessler
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Rod Ork
Cherry
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