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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1910
Page
5
A standing reward of 25 dollars is posted for the conviction of anyone breaking or molesting sewer work. Also notices for cleaning services and orders for switches, with contact details and city listings appearing in The Observer.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M EB church will run a rummage sale in the store building next to Bohnenkamp's on Adams Avenue on October 21 and 22. A free demonstration of Mme. Root beauty preparations and a sale of switches are noted at West's store this week.
Editor Bruce Dennis returns from a business trip while Charles Mizuguchi and F.8 Bramwell visit Baker City on business. Notables include Hon W H Philbrick American Falls Idaho and Rev H S Hamilton of Alice spent the day in town. Mrs F C Bramwell improves after illness and J W White shows signs of recovery from pneumonia.
City Recorder D B E Cox is back at his office after several days absent with an acute attack of La Grippe. He reports full recovery and resume duties.
A. M. Russell of Joseph Wm Reed of Enterprise J Dudley and wife of Elgin Frank McLeod of Baker J Kelley and J Mitchell of Weston are at the Foley today. Miss Loretta Bramwell, daughter of Mr and Mrs F S Bramwell, is in Salt Lake City to take a music course under J J McClellan, a noted La Grande musician.
Engineer Pete Thiesen is improving rapidly from internal injuries after an operation in Portland days ago following an East end accident near La Grande. A vandal is repeatedly breaking the sewer pipe work by contractor B. S. Davis who offers a reward for the arrest of the culprit.
A P Bradbury yesterday marked twenty one years of travel in Eastern Oregon. He stopped at the Savoy in La Grande and recalled seeing the town grow from a small settlement to its current size. He notes the rapid development and reflects on changes over the years.
Dr Roy McDaniels, ex Core man and former Baker City resident, rode today to Baker City with his wife’s remains who died yesterday. J T Roesch of Joseph returned from Portland with the remains of traveling man Cleveland who died at the Joseph hotel. cremation followed in Portland.
A wry quote from Red Hen mocks legal action as a cure for romantic interest, suggesting the absurdity of turning a crush into a court case. The line frames law as a comic workaround for romance in a period-appropriate tone.
A Detroit Free Press quip questions the singer's greatness noting the clarity of articulation as a defining trait. The remark underscores the singer's diction over vocal prowess.
Henry, famed writer, outsmarts a slow paying editor in a cash dispute over a three part story. He receives 500 advance, 500 second installment, and faces a withheld third as the editor proposes a guessing contest with a $500 prize. Henry vows to finish only if he wins the prize.
A traveler to Japan and India fulfilled only one of nineteen relatives requests. He kept Cousin Max’s commission because Max’s sheet was weighed with the gold coin used to pay for the carving. The wind blew away the others, leaving Max’s order intact.
Pierre, a French Canadian mill hand, tries on bright yellow Shoes for Sunday in a large shoe factory. He tests them, finds they do not fit his need for talk, and leaves with the clerk noting shoes should talk all the way to church.
Advertisements list FOR RENT three unfurnished rooms, FOR SALE a 7 room modern house at 1108 Penn Ave, FOR SALE OR TRADE ten acre apple orchard near Fruitdale, and a thirty thirty Savage rifle. Also a found silver watch at the fair grounds. A bookkeeper seeks position with bank references. The Yosemite Valley tale features Col Westley, his daughter, Sergeant Rob Adams, and a ride to Nevada Falls in the eighties.
Classified notice lists two furnished front rooms on ground floor for rent with gentlemen preferred and a contact phone Red 3762 plus a second listing for a furnished front room with conveniences at 1806 4th Street. Also an ad seeking four or five flowers and mangle gifts for A B C Laundry.
Sealed bids for furnishing furniture and supplies to School District No 1 Union County Oregon must be received by five o clock p m Friday October 28 1910 Terms and details available from the School Clerk The Board may reject any or all bids or any part of a bid By order of School Board Arthur C Williams School Clerk
E weakley of Kokomo reports kidney and bladder trouble for over three years with severe headaches and back pain. After using Foley's Kidney Pills, his back ache eased, kidneys strengthened, and he claims lasting relief. Hills Drug Store promotes the product.
The piece argues that women face taxation without representation, citing colonial dictum on taxation tyranny. It notes suffrage advocates frame taxation without representation as a fundamental violation and links it to current conditions where women are taxed but lack votes.
A paid advertisement by the Oregon State Association Opposed to the Extension of the Suffrage to Women argues taxation is separate from voting rights. It asserts citizens support government through taxes in exchange for protection and civic benefits, noting District of Columbia residents and minors are taxed without voting power.
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