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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1910
Page
5
Old papers in bundles offered at 25 cents and hotel rule and trespassing cards printed in red and black. For sale cheap at The Observer office. Clean cotton rags sought at The Ob Vacuum carpet cleaning. L. F. Billinger and Mrs. 8. D. Vandecar in the city ready to take orders.
The notice lists furniture displays by C E Suydam and Kellog’s Toasted Corn Flakes from J and Sheppard of Seattle. A Ladies Aid rummage sale is scheduled for October 21 and 22 next Friday and Saturday near Bohnenkamp’s on Adams Avenue. Also mentions beets from Wallowa county, cattle from Murray Idaho to Portland, and furnished rental at 1806 4th Street.
The Observer lists visitors and residents in La Grande including Foley guests Pail and editor Foley Bruce Dennis. Elmer and Alvin Services returning from the coast to attend timber claims. A P Brown and wife from Kansas City at the Savoy. H Slough of Elgin visiting. H C Grady and daughter Ellen Grady departing for Portland. Fred Sheets, Baker City Herald foreman, in La Grande. Mrs J A O'Donnell and husband settling in La Grande. Dan Hynes Helps Co traveling rep from Pittsburg at the Foley. Robert Campbell of Perry Gilman of Union E D Jasper of Athel and W L Kirby of Durkee at the Foley. Mrs Hattie McCrary and Lucile returning from Spokane Pendleton. William Averill and sons Frank White George Pose from Merrill Wis en route to Joseph. J C Black real estate man returning from L D S conference in Salt Lake and Orden office branch setup.
I W Irwin of Tacoma and RE A Spines of Enterprise are staying at the Sommer today. Rev W H Gideon arrived home from Wallowa county. Tom Duncan of Portland is at the Sommer today. John Hedginge returns from total business trip to Jos eph. J A Throngon came from Imbler to tend business. C J Olsen of St Louis? is a clothing man listed.
Dr Mendelsohn, optical specialist at 1105 Adams Avenue in the Foley Hotel Building, offers eye examinations with no extra charge. He cites years of experience in fitting glasses and promises lower prices for materials and service, endorsed by leading oculists of the Pacific Coast and local physicians. Office hours are 9:00 to 12:00, 1:00 to 6:00, and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Harvey Heath Arthur Burke D P Riley and Monte Romig arrived from Moscow to oversee cement work for the new high school building. The crew foreman Romig leads the team on site this morning.
Invitations issued for a Halloween party to be held at 408 Main Street hosted by Misses Mary Penington Gladys Ocaterling and Phyllis Moore on Halloween night.
C. M. Jensen of Seattle, representative for the Oliver typewriter, is visiting the Foley on his first trip through the area. He reports being highly pleased with what he has seen so far.
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Eagen of East Portland travel through the city this morning en route to Chicago. Mr. Eagen serves as the Southern Pacific general agent for Oregon with headquarters in East Portland.
A. Achtert of Portland, head chemist for Warren Construction, is in the city to supervise the chemical features of the material referred to as "Hot stuff" being laid on the street and will remain at Foley for several days.
John Henderson departed last night for Starbuck to take up work as an Oregon, Railroad and Navigation Company engineer. He had been visiting his sister Mrs. H. C. Grady and his mother Mrs. Ellen Henderson in Starbuck, who left this morning to visit friends in Pennsylvania.
John L. Gaffney of Utica New York, longtime time keeper for Warren Construction in this city, will leave immediately to join Superintendent White in Twin Falls. D M Tailing, formerly with Lewiston work, will fill the vacancy created by Gaffney’s transfer.
J. D. Bach and his wife traveled from Boise to attend the state fair. Bach reports the fair was very good this year and attendance was large.
The passage notes Mr. Bach, manager of Summerville Lumber, and W. Houghton, manager of Warren Construction, arrived in the city from Lewiston. Houghton will confer with La Grande project heads several days before returning to Portland.
A Pathe feature tells Theodore a private at Hallows Eve that Sadie may be his bride. He postpones, faces temptation with a regiment funds plot, and resolved to seek Sadie’s pardon after a year apart and a promotion.
Fragment mentions pay per word and a health claim about liver digestion and bowel regulation but lacks coherent context or identifiable entities. No verifiable events or persons are present.
In 1768 Corsica’s Nonza tower withstood a siege as French forces seized the northern cape. The garrison agreed to surrender with honors of war after fierce resistance. Old Captain Cascella, bearing muskets, declared the garrison itself remained.
Hydrofluoric acid can be produced by adding sulfuric acid to cryolite in lead or platinum equipment. It is a colorless liquid with highly toxic vapors and causes severe skin burns. It dissolves glass to form hydrofluosilicic acid, used for etching glass.
In a brief exchange from a Chicago News feature Mrs Oldley questions a parlor chair without rockers while The Young Wife explains rockers arrive next month. The chair is on an installment plan with rockers unpaid.
In the Louisville Courier Journal a dialogue from Fashion's Whirl features a couple discussing a visit to Jupiter Junction. The exchange suggests a brief stay and a curated wardrobe of two gowns for the outing.
The text notes winter killed porpoises yield the most oil, with large individuals reaching seven feet long and about 800 pounds. Such porpoises produce six to seven gallons of oil. blubber weighs around 100 pounds. Oil from blubber makes good lighthouse light, drips into cans, and has no offensive odor.
Little Howard, bumped by a series of falls, tells his sympathetic aunt he kept getting up each time the sheep knocked him down. The incident highlights his continual effort as he stays busy despite the bumps.
The Oregon Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage denounces repeated attempts to grant votes to women, citing historic defeats from 1900 to 1908 and urging voters to reject the current ballot measure amid a misleading title and alleged fraud. Mrs. Francis J. Bailey, president, signs the paid advertisement.
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