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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1911
Page
4
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A collection of quotes from multiple papers remarks on Wickersham, education funding, taxation, and notable figures. The chatter touches on Maine voters, New York spending, consumer costs, health funding, Taft, Carnegie, Rockefeller, and the Tribune tariff defense.
A report from Baker County praises swift action after a brutal assault on an elderly woman. A Black suspect was captured immediately, jailed, and tried promptly by Judge Smith with Sheriff Rand transporting the convict to the penitentiary. The piece lauds rapid court work as a deterrent to crime amid Governor Wests prison reform.
The piece argues that public schools should abolish sports if boys fail to play cleanly. It condemns riots and profanity at games and urges faculty intervention to end school sports if conduct becomes polluted or unfair, while praising La Grande’s youth for their proper conduct.
A compact, period style snapshot compiling brief editorial lines and market notes. It references safety concerns in autumn, a remark about steel fatigue from persistent hammering, and a reminder that business must comply with legal rules, reflecting WSJ tone.
Palmer Lumber of La Grande places a large order for 20 carloads of flour from Lostine Milling, about 20 000 sacks, one of the county’s largest mill orders. The mill, famed for quality gold medal flour, now runs on flour after recent wheat arrivals and steady production.
In Union county Oregon Hellen M Aikine sues Elizabeth Taylor J L Taylor and J T Scott Winnie Scott to foreclose a mortgage dated February 26 1906 for 350 with 10 interest securing note due February 26 1908 on Lots 6 7 8 Block 4 Original La Grande. Publication ordered by Judge J W Koowlea in La Grande Observer for six weeks starting October 1911.
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