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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1908
Page
4
The notice lists daily and weekly subscription prices with six months and annual options available in advance. It notes La Grande post office mailing status and reserves the right to publish unsigned pieces while accepting signed submissions at editors' discretion. Readers are urged to sign articles to avoid disappointment.
Rates listed for reading notices, first insertion firet 6 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Condolence resolutions priced at 5 cents a line, cards of thanks at 6 cents a line.
The text urges members of both dominant parties to read advance reports from party chairs and national committees to reassure supporters. It suggests Democrats must win Ohio and Pennsylvania and Republicans Texas and Missouri to balance figures, noting no party should be unduly disturbed.
Quiet summer efforts to spark a Chautauqua movement in the region gain attention as La Grande reportedly moves in that direction. Proponents say such assemblies bring health and benefit, per Walla Walla Union.
The speaker argues that Oregon voters, not the federal government, should decide on guaranteeing bank deposits. If enacted, deposit guarantees would reflect the preferences of the state legislature and electorate rather than national policy debates.
In La Grande the public anticipates a long standing high school football clash with Baker City as the two teams prepare for a key afternoon matchup.
Last night the La Grande crowd showed strong school spirit dispelling any doubts about support for the team and events.
Officials implement a new train crew method for the railroad, placing 21 permanent freight engine crews on the board with regular engineers and firemen. Extra staff fill vacancies during lay-offs, replacing the old engine pool. The system, praised by officials, is expected to become permanent.
Taft labels William Jennings Bryan as impractical and untrustworthy, citing twelve years of unfulfilled promises and risky reforms. He argues Bryan’s proposals favor theory over practice, harming business and banking, and warns of a Democratic defeat in favor of Republican policies. The piece also notes Taft’s push for rural delivery, canals, and Roosevelt-era continuity.
Portland report states the Martin-Wolf murder jury has been out over 24 hours without a verdict. Rumors of a possible compromise verdict circulate, but nothing solid supports them. Martin, a college graduate, remains calm and confident of acquittal as he faces the charge for killing Wolf during a pawn shop robbery.
A fragmentary report notes the aeronauts possibly rescued by a boat. The last message from the balloon indicated their altitude at two thousand one hundred meters.
Frank Reichardt killed himself in Los Angeles after learning his former sweetheart in Germany would wed another man. He had bought a cottage on installment and, when ready for the wedding, received a letter stating the ceremony would take place on October 16. At the wedding hour he hanged himself with a chalk line around the bed post.
Arnold Luetgert brother of the sausage maker who destroyed his wife’s body in a Chicago factory with strong chemicals died by his own hand in prison. He was serving a 10 year term when he shot himself yesterday during a merrymaking gathering in a grove, and was identified today.
In Philadelphia on October 17 the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters opened a major display at the Academy of Fine Arts. The exhibit features exclusively original miniature paintings never before shown publicly in the city.
In Yarmouth England on October 17 authorities say the deaths of Lieutenant Foertch and Aeronaut Hummell of the missing German balloon Hergezell are virtually certain after a Norwegian steamship arrived with the deflated airship. The balloon war had observers watching the seas as the craft drifted.
Norfolk Junction Neb Oct 17. Several hundred landseekers risk losing homestead chances as a messenger, carrying late Rosebud lottery applications, boarded a train away from Dallas 8 D. He will return after explaining the error to the engineer. if he does not reach Dallas by 4 30 this afternoon, submissions are not accepted.
A health notice reports diphtheria cases detected in the community with attention to vaccination status and public health precautions. Authorities urge prompt vaccination and school nurse screening to prevent spread.
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