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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1909
Page
4
United Press Telegraph Service outlines subscription terms for weekly six months and yearly in advance with a one cent per line rate for subsequent insertions. It notes post office second class mailing at La Grande and requires signed articles for editor approval. Condolence resolutions and unsigned items are addressed.
Readers are urged to see the championship as a national event uniting Piit burg and Detroit in a grand display of baseball prowess. The piece notes special trains from New York Philadelphia Cincinnati Toledo and other towns and rail concessions such as a five dollar round trip for 318 miles.
The Inland Empire area readies a major cultural push with a La Grande chautauqua as the Union county exposition secures annual prominence. Nearby Ashland in Southern Oregon also signals growing demand for large, inviting venues as populations rise and regional events attract wider crowds.
The text notes La Grande hosted a larger chautauqua with higher attendance and links city business leaders’ lagging adoption to missed opportunities. It also cites Acting Secretary of State Lovell’s 1909 report showing higher state revenues after insurance fees and more automobile certificates issued than the prior year, signaling rapid statewide progress.
German day was observed by nearly all German societies in America to mark the 1638 landing in Pennsylvania. The article notes German immigration grew from that small start to attract hundreds of thousands yearly, aiding the nation as a vigorous addition to Puritan stock and contributing to progress in literature and art.
Poultrymen launch a movement toward community enterprise tying poultry, dairy, and hog industries into local economic growth. Harvest festival preparations proceed as favorable weather aids apple color and interest in baseball series remains nationwide. Lost milk cow with broken horn branded square on hip near Mahoffen P14 by Elk's Club. contact M. H. Kirtley.
Directory of local professionals including architects lawyers and surveyors with offices in La Grande Oregon. Notable names include C R Thornton Robert Miller H H Lloyd William Ramsey and firms Cochran Cochran and Cochran and George Cochran.
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