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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1910
Page
6
New York consumes peanuts and Boston bans loose milk sales. St Paul boasts large butter output and claims to be a major buttermaking city, while Omaha surpasses it. Formosa’s capital is described as a modern Japanese city with vast buildings and advanced implements.
The article describes the Swedish king as a tireless worker who relaxes with tennis. Queen Mary of England is portrayed as a skilled needlewoman and expert lacemaker. It notes the ruler of Toro Africa plans annual coronations, his father monthly ones, and mentions Toro's monarch wearing a fake beard made from white monkey hair.
A testimonial touts Doan’s Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble across ages from children to adults. Mrs J Gilman of North Union Oregon reports her daughter’s kidney issues improved after taking Doan’s, calling it a permanent cure. Sold by dealers nationwide at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY as U. S. agents. Remember the name Doan’s.
Only a few veteran players spent their entire careers with a single team. Stan Chance and Frank Chance and Joe Evers stayed Cubs while Lee Tannehill played his whole career with the White Sox and Eddie Plank began with the Philadelphia Athletics.
Sealed bids for 530 lineal feet of 12 foot sidewalk with curb and gutter to be built of cement on the south side of Jefferson avenue from the east line of Fir street to the west curb line of Greenwood street. Bids due by 4 pm October 12 with a 5 percent certified check. Council may reject all bids. October 5, 1910.
The Union County Board of Equalization will meet at the La Grande courthouse on Monday October 18 1910 to publicly examine the 1910 assessment rolls and correct errors in land and property valuations. Interested parties must appear and file affidavits of grounds for complaint during the first week of the meeting. T A Rinehart Assessor for Union County Oregon Daily Sept 30 Oct 17
A four candidate traveling party led by publisher Ralph A. Watson will tour Union and Wallowa counties by auto to deliver speeches. Participants: Woodson Slater for supreme judge Oswald West for governor Hugh McLain for railroad commissioner Turner Oliver for secretary of state. Stops include Summerville Elgin Wallowa Enterprise Joseph Cove Union and La Grande with return by tomorrow night.
Kidney and bladder ailments are serious and can be fatal if untreated. Foley's Kidney Pills are claimed to be free of harmful drugs and have withstood a long, thorough test. Hill's Drug Store.
The Chesapeake eastern shore oystermen still use dugouts made from three pine logs bound together with wooden pins. The nonsinkable canoes, with bow and stern alike, carry two sails and sometimes four, used to haul oysters with tongs. After season end, boats are repainted and aquatic races are held.
A meditation on memory and enduring values. Henry Drummond reflects that true life is shaped by small acts of un noticed kindness done in a spirit of love, beyond fleeting pleasures and events.
A humorous exchange notes poverty and turkeys, with a quip about Job and a twist that turkeys did not exist in Job's era, implying the owner cannot find the birds to feed them.
The piece highlights Archer at first base for the Cubs and Melean with the White Sox as a promising new talent. Jack Knight of the Americans draws praise for fielding and hitting, while Knight’s talk overshadows players like Purtell, Gandil, and Blackburn. A humorous surname parade closes the note with up and coming players from the minors.
An advertisement extols Berlain's Colle Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as successfully used in nine dysentery epidemics and never known to fail. It is pitched as suitable for both children and adults and advised to mix with water and sweeten for easier consumption.
A Philadelphia Ledger quote features a tense exchange about insanity and acquittal. The dialogue hints at legal questions from a jury ruling and the emotional response of those involved.
Yonkers Statesman notes a Maine Agricultural College plan to stage country pastor lectures. Dialogue references Mrs Pick and Mr Pick asking about whether parsons there are married, reflecting lighthearted chatter on campus lectures and clergy.
A terse verse hints at a man known for deeds in many frays whose lover spurns him when another arrives with a deed for a house and Chicago News. The fragment evokes a tale of property, city life, and shifting affections.
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