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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1910
Page
8
The beet sugar factory reports superior quality sugar due to ample sunshine and a revised method. The new process yields finer, whiter sugar than prior years. Field Manager Bramwell hopes favorable weather allows all beets to be harvested and delivered to the factory.
Jack Johnson will race heavyweight contender Oldfield at Sheepshead Bay race track in New York amid disputes with the American Automobile Association. Oldfield faces possible permanent disqualification if he continues racing with Johnson, while Johnson vows to pursue legal action to defend his racing rights.
Galaxy of telephone officials from San Francisco Portland and Walla Walla visited La Grande on a multiple city inspection tour. They traveled in Dr Bieenera who drove them from Baker City to Pendleton with stops along the way.
The account covers a baseball game with Baker, Davis, Pfeister, Hofman, Sheckard, Steinfeldt and others delivering multiple innings of action. Key moments include Davis scoring on a muffed grounder, runs off a wild throw, and doubles by Davis and Hofman. The sequence details outs, hits, and stolen bases across innings, ending with Needham batting in the ninth.
County Clerk Ed Wright issued a marriage license today to George L. Golay and Edith Davis, both well known Cove residents.
Sealed bids will be received at the City Recorder of La Grande Oregon for 900 feet of standard five foot board walk on the west side of North Ash Street between Jackson and Benton Aves. Bids due by 8 pm Wednesday October 26 1910 with a 5 percent certified check. Council may reject any or all bids. By order of the Council October 19 1910 D B Cox Recorder. Oct 20 to 26
Union hosts a lively gathering of business leaders with talks on boosting towns, civic improvement, and local agriculture. Speakers including H J Lucas C W Wright and G S Levy urged proactive efforts to attract homeseekers, support stock shows, save crops, and unite the community for future growth.
Advocates of a gulf intercostal canal gather in Beaumont for the Texas and Louisiana Inland Waterways Association session. The first meeting since Sabine-Neches canal completion will discuss practical plans for advancing the intercostal canal along the Texas Louisiana gulf coast, with continuation through tomorrow and Chamber of Commerce hospitality.
President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton University, Democratic candidate for New Jersey governor, today offered his resignation to the board of trustees. The board, in session in Princeton, is doubtful they will accept immediately and may hold the resignation in abeyance until after the November 8 election. Prospective successors include Prof. Andrew F. West, former Mayor Michael McClellan, Dean Henry Burchard Fine, John Finley, and Harry Garfield of Williams College.
The passage considers President Wilson as a remedy to last year’s disputes over graduate school policies. It notes that as New Jersey governor he would still serve ex officio as Princeton board president, retaining substantial influence over the university’s direction.
T P O'Connor Irish leader of parliament arrives in Victoria as guest of Premier McBride. He delivers a speech before the Canadian club this afternoon and Sunday attends a Portland press club event in Portland, Oregon.
An error appears on another page of this issue regarding a surveyors story set in the Blue Mountains lacking proper credit. The revised makeup is published on the editorial page.
A baby girl was born October 16 near Summerville to Mr and Mrs William Eckstein.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature on each box. 25c.
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