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Newspaper

La Grande Evening Observer

Location

La Grande, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1911

Page

5

Cherry Blossoms at Thessis Theatre Captivates Audiences

Vitagraph presents one of the brightest stories with cherry blossoms and love. The program includes The Trapper's Fatal Shot an Indian tale with a white captive girl and a trapper’s kill. Essanay offers The Dark Romance of a Tobacco Can and Never Be Level In Signs with two raunchy comedies. Illustrated Song The Silent Violin features Miss Garrick. Matinee and evening shows listed with Mr. Ferrin and Billie.

Vitagraph West Point Japan Bacco Essanay Company Tome Janeh Vane

Local Health and Jewelry Advertisements with Eyewear

H T Love, jeweler at 121244 Adams Ave, offers eye fittings and glasses with eye care by Povey specialist for eye, ear and throat. hours 9 to 11:80 and 1:30 to 7 p m. Prof F J Freenor advertises magnetic healing and hypnotism with claimed permanent results from the first treatment.

F. J. Freenor

Bradley & Co Heating and Plumbing Services

Local ad notes Bradley & Co offers a crew of first class plumbers steam and hot water fitters ready to handle heating and plumbing remodels. Visit on Elm Street or call Black 71 to unload your troubles and get satisfactory service.

Bradley & Co Elm Street

Local notices from La Grande area weddings and ads

Mike Riddle and Mary Jane Hager wed October 14 in La Grande Oregon at the bride’s home with Justice Williams presiding. Frank H LaBranche and Maude Lortie married October 14 in La Grande with Justice Williams officiating and planning to reside in Rondown. Ladies Aid tea at the Presbyterian manse Wednesday 3 to 5 with a silver offering. Also listed are notices of authorized collections for Hewitt jewelry accounts, bath services, a Carnef visit, a boy for hire at a cigar factory, and various small ads.

Mike Riddle Mary Jane Hager Maple Street la Grande Oregon Arthur C. Williams la Grands Frank H. LaBranche Maude Lortie Union County Ife Rondown Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church

Particular Speech and Reflections From Baltimore American

A quoted dialogue on love contrasts lingering affection with distance. The Baltimore American remarks on history as a register of mankind’s crimes follies and misfortunes attributed to Gibbon.

Son Baltimore American Mankind Gibbon

Notable Local Visitors At Foley And Town Events

Frank E Forbes of Union visited the city and stayed at the Foley hotel. H T Booth a life insurance agent is in town on business. T H Beverley of Portland and F Wilson an Athena attorney were in La Grande for business. L R Eccles of Ogden met officials of the sugar factory and stayed at the Foley. Mrs R E Reynolds returned from a visit with President Kerr and Mrs Kerr at Corvallis. Ben Grandy Jr left for Idaho after visiting relatives and for a business trip to Walla Walla. Local visitors included H B Russell of Wallowa C Moore of North Powder R J Kitchen Union attorney and editor Mrs H W Hough Enterprise and J C Weatherford Dayton Wa. J W Simmons deputy head consul for the Modern Woodmen will attend the lodge meeting this evening and a large crowd is urged. Miss Trixie Friganza and company arrived from Baker to Pendleton and perform at the Steward this evening.

Ben Grandy, Jr Idaho B. W. Grandy, Jr Walla Walls H. B. Russell Wallowa J. W. Simmons

Double Wedding at Methodist Church In North Powder

Yesterday a double wedding united Charles Brant with Carl Denning and Vida Brant with Dor Denning. All participants were from North Powder. Witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. Chandler and Mrs. Will Sherwood.

Charles Brant Carl Denning Vida Brant Denning Dor Brant North Powder Chandler Will Sherwood

Infallibles Clash Over Conflicting Expert Testimony

A debate in Dr. Ainsworth Mitchells Science and the Criminal shows two infallible handwriting experts, Nethercliffe and his son, giving opposing verdicts under cross examination by Lord Brampton. The wily advocate asks how two infallibles could be on opposite sides, exposing the paradox.

Vrosa Ainsworth Mitchell Inspection Bureau of Scotland Yard Nethercliffe Lord Brampton Hawkins Nothercliffe

Old Turkish drinks and a lengthy family tale

The excerpt notes Booza a heated fermented liquor from barley and its non prohibition for Moslems for strength but warns excess leads to gout and dropsy. It also highlights Hle Misa Bellacour claiming lineage to an old family with six sisters and a thirty five year old youngest.

Evlin Effendi Misa Bellacour

Radium Rays Reach Highest Known Speed of Matter

The article compares cosmic speeds with the rapid motion of radium rays, noting alpha rays at about 12,000 miles per second and beta rays even faster. It describes earth's orbit, star motions, and the etheric vibration of light traveling at 186,044 miles a second, then recounts how the London Times earned the nickname The Thunderer from a misreported horseman's identity.

Areturis Ett Luie Pour Mieh London Indies Kew Times Duke of Cumberland

Proposals and Cold Feet in Jokes Across Papers

A collage of punchy quips from London Telegraph Detroit Free Press and exchanges. A man’s proposal is preempted by a woman while a business wife clocks his comings and goings and a party’s glacier climb is scuttled by cold feet.

Detroit I’resa Switzerland

Belief in fir sparks solitude Averbach quote

Averbach notes that faith in fir can feel like isolation even when one stands alone. The remark frames belief as a personal stance shaping perception of companionship and certainty amid doubt.

Notable Statue in Buenos Aires Honors Falacho Soldier

A Buenos Aires statue commemorates Falacho, a black soldier who refused to haul down the Argentine flag under Spanish command during the Gret Argentine revolution and was shot by Spanish troops. The piece is described as possibly the only statue worldwide erected by white men to a negro.

Buenos Aires Falacho

The First Word in the Dictionary

A student asks for the first word in the dictionary and a humorous reply from Mr. Growcher leads to a quip about the last word. The Washington Star attributes the exchange to a light moment in language.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Thessis Theatre Trapper Miss Garrick Matinees Mr. Ferrin Billie H. T. Love Adams Avenue t—_o Angus Stewart Hewitt Mr. Stewart Peare Jewelry C. C. Combs State Depuy la Grande Carnef J. A. Oliver Geddes Grocery Heinze Heinz Wright Wright Drug Company Toggery Andrews Frank E. Forbes Union The Foley H. T. Booth T. H. Beverley Portland 8. F. Wilson Athena L. R. Eeccles Ogden R. E. Reynolds Kerr Corvallis Trixie Friganza Baker Pendleton Gardinier Dalton’ Cach George Vivian London Telegraph William Stradford Toney & Scranton Crown Andy Stevenson’s Dental Office Kryptok W. AL Titlls’ College of Opthamology Chicago Northern J. H. Peare U. 8 Land Office Newlin Drug CO LA Grande, Ore
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