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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1909
Page
4
La Grande Evening Observer announces editors and policies including signed articles only, post office filing as second class matter, and advertising rate notes. It lists subscription prices, privacy on nom de plume articles, and public notice formatting guidelines for notices and condolences.
Today celebrates the fifty first anniversary of Col Theodore Roosevelt's birth. Also born is Hon Whitlaw Reid, longtime New York Tribune editor and ambassador to the court of St James since 1905. Rumors say Reid will stay another year to introduce Roosevelt to English society on his return from Africa.
The piece notes likely bread riots in London this winter with hungry crowds and placards crying out against charity. It also mentions President Fallieres and Lipton in sports and hints at evolving city water issues and new cooking trends in a growing nation.
Two steamers from Alaska arrived with about half a million dollars in gold, boosting the county’s circulating medium. The guide camp adds to gold supply, beaver creek will link to the city improving water, and residents anticipate pure mountain water. Next month several states vote locally, and California’s anti-betting law is upheld by the state’s court of appeals as Salem boosters visit the Albany apple show with around 300 supporters.
Portland begins a campaign to raise 100000 dollars for the Rose Carnival planned for June next year. Organizers seek donations from local businesses and residents to support entertainment, safety, and parade costs.
At the Model restaurant local lawyers invited Robert M. La Follette to a reception where about twenty attendees from Iowa County listened to an informal talk. La Follette recalled twenty years of political battles in a lively, personal recounting.
Students from the Hol wchoots prepare to attend the Whitman O A. event in Wall walla Priday. The pageant is set to feature very fast play with keen anticipation of the outcome.
Pendleton Academy, a leading club in this section, prepares to face the Indian Town squad as the week ends. The team is rapidly recovering from last Saturday’s game and aims to be ready for the upcoming contest near La Grande.
M K Hall sues Daniel Kelly in Union County Oregon to answer a complaint by Oct 15 1909 with six weeks publication. Judgment sought for 76.20 plus interest and costs, plus an order for sale of attached property in La Grande including Lot 1 2 3 in Block 154 Chaplins Addition and 512 acres, description of land and section lines.
Attorney firm Cochran & Cochran operates in La Grande Oregon with Charles Cochran and Ghas Cochran listed among principals. The entry notes practice in state and federal courts and mentions an office in the Le Grande National Bank Building.
Directory of doctors with offices in the New Bank and La Grande National Bank buildings. J H Hubbard A L Richardson M Molitor Bacon and Hall C B H Upton list offices and home phone numbers for patient contact.
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