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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1911
Page
4
The notice indicates the Observer is muted at the La Grande post office as second class matter and lists subscription rates, though the text is garbled and incomplete.
Charles W. Lund, father of Roy Lund, calls a Washington court witness a good boy ruined by bad company in Union county. He condemns a news report in the Observer as biased and claims the paper lacks knowledge of the trial in circuit court.
The article notes no stake in the Lands case and asserts the Observer reports trials as they occur, while denying any false testimony or bias. It defends not influencing juries and emphasizes readers receive only actual news from ongoing court proceedings.
The benefit ball on the night of the 17th raised 341 dollars amid labor action in La Grande with public sympathy for workers. Reports note improved conditions for strikebreakers and occasional refreshments as part of the social event. Labor issues extend to Oregon and Washington with train safety concerns and scab reactions across towns.
A flood of delay reports from Portland yards shows widespread disruption as scabs strike causing cars and engines to fail. No car inspectors operate in Albina Brooklyn or East Portland yards while trains run late and engines leak or shut down.
Bob Brackett, a bachelor, visits the Woman's Exchange for decorative items. A note from a Woman's Exchange seller leads him to consider marriage, as he and Laurie Harwood wed and move into his room. They clash over pillow shams, then reach a compromise on the controversial decor.
An odd edible stage in New Zealand features a hairless caterpillar several inches long that buries itself to die. A green shoot grows from the head of the dead larva, with roots filling the body and the head and eyes still visible.
The Brooklyn Life piece recalls a comic scene where a four year old declares in a nursery staged with jest that parental ties must improve. The dialogue parodies courtship and family formality as adults negotiate manners and duty amid humorous faux wisdom.
In My First Summer in the Sierras John Muir recounts a curious telepathic moment in 1809 near Yosemite. He felt a friend, Professor J D Butler, below in the valley and rushed to meet him, only to learn Butler had arrived a day earlier miles away, a marvel the author calls supernatural.
An amusing exchange in bankruptcy court features a witness claiming his income is net rather than gross, insisting he is a “uishier man” and refusing to admit any gross income. The remark highlights courtroom humor over financial jargon.
A village man nicknamed Mandy tells his wife he will tailor a suit for a pig owned by Sam Billings. His daughter responds with childlike confusion as the quirky anecdote unfolds in New York Times style.
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