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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
4
The item notes Uncle Joe Cannon’s absence from the front page and talks of his possible re election and a new fight for the speakership. It also highlights Ohio temperance trends with 33 of 88 counties already voting dry and implications for November elections and the senatorial race speculation.
La Grande Oregon October 23 The Commercial Club invites residents to submit names and addresses of eastern personal friends who might relocate to the Grande Ronde Valley. Each person may provide three names, preferably farmers or home builders, to receive booklets and personal letters about the locality.
On the Panama Canal project, Secretary of War William H. Taft is praised for hands on leadership, approving expenditures, and annual visits to the Isthmus. The text credits sanitation efforts, clean water, and reduced yellow fever to his careful management and the work of the departments of sanitation municipal engineering and building.
The Abe ladies of St Peter's Guild announce a fall rummage sale to be held Friday and Saturday this week at their parish site. Proceeds will support church activities and community services.
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