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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1910
Page
4
Bruce Dennis editor announces subscription rates for daily edition in La Grande. Includes Daily single copy and weekly monthly terms with service details.
The notice states articles hiding under a nom de plume will not publish and signed pieces will be revised at the editor’s discretion. It urges authors to sign their work and warns against disappointment.
The article debates Senator Bourne Jr stance on Bowerman for governor and urges a clear reply. It argues his people deciding motto clashes with backing the Democratic ticket and notes many Republicans accept policy differences but not disloyalty to party nominees.
OH, YOU-UNION, Oh, yes, they all came today. Noth ing to it, but success. Union is here today five hundred strong, and may be more. We counted five hundred loyal soulh from that city and then we missed Billy Vogel, Bob Withy combe, Editor Selbird and a few more of the wheel horses whom we know are sticking around some place help ing to swell the crowd. And ic makes La Grande's old soul feel proud of Union. Today Mac Wood, John Collier, Will Church, Fred Gelbel and Fred Curry, along with many other La Grande men are car rying the smile that will not wear off. They remember along last Spring
Residents recall the city’s closure of businesses to welcome Union’s full participation in the stock show and fair. The cordial reception and assurance of Union’s broad presence were remembered as Union has made good.
Comic exchanges mock social niceties and a vaudeville style tenor performs a humorous ballad about gum. The piece includes snippets about a yacht captain, a girl with dimples, and a car bonnet, framed by newspaper voice notes and playful banter.
In a cited line from Young's Magazine a big woman who called herself his wife enters the room as a kiss is described. The dialogue hints at psychological tension and marital entanglement in a literary vignette.
A cheeky exchange features a crow and scarecrow with pithy legal verse about man and straw. The conversation shifts to playful twin jokes involving Bobby and Tommy with wry questions about likeness and sides.
Aaar paddled a nook spotting mistletoe in a scene with faint exclamations. The crew fishes out items with a hook as chatter turns to curious quotes about origins and host bills.
A brief note in the New York American promises to demonstrate a method to make a trout fly, inviting readers to witness a demonstration of flying fishlike tricks. The teaser underscores curiosity about flight and fishing in a playful, promotional tone.
The piece highlights Elizabeth Crecroft aged 78 who has never lived in a house, Matle Wheek sister in law of composer Robert Lehmann, Dorothea Jones the youngest to earn a Master of Arts at seventeen from the University of Michigan, Ellen Spencer Mussey founder of the Washington College of Law advancing married women earnings rights, and Catharine Belknap oldest pioneer woman who celebrated her 90th birthday in Spokane with eighty three years of good health.
The Kansas City Star notes Kansas City's new union station dig is massive. The Chicago Tribune admires New York as a great metropolis. The Galveston Texan claims St Louis would reach 610000 if annexation happened, yet not carried out.
The Washington Herald notes a hero returning home received overwhelming entertainment, causing him to spend two days away from his residence. The Chicago News adds a cautionary view about players who falter at critical moments due to cold feet.
A Cornell Widow quote features a man asking about fate and a girl replying that what will happen will happen, capturing a fatalistic mood in a brief dialogue snippet.
Banish catarrh and stuffed head in two minutes with HY-O-MEI breath inhaler. Cures a cold in one day and relieves snuffles hawking and offensive breath within a week. Made mainly from eucalyptus. complete outfit $1 at Newlin Drug Co. Extra bottle 60 cents. free samples from Booth's Hyomel Co. Buffalo N Y. Oct 7 17 28.
Sealed bids are invited at the City Recorder’s office to construct 530 linear feet of 12 foot cement sidewalk with curb and gutter on the south side of Jefferson avenue from Fir street east line to Greenwood street west curb. Bids due by 4 pm October 12 with 5 percent certified check. Council may reject bids. Public hearing on estimated cost of 330 dollars and assessment levy to occur October 12 at 8 pm in La Grande Oregon with D B Cox, Recorder.
Notice of street improvement in La Grande Oregon for Improvement District No 26 Cedar Street from the south curb of C Avenue to the south curb of A Avenue. The Common Council adopted resolutions September 21 1910 declaring intent to lay a board sidewalk and proceed after ten days service to affected property owners.
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