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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1908
Page
8
Local reports detail uneven apple production with east of the Rockies and Ohio suffering a near total failure while northern Michigan and New York show normal yields. Fruit inspectors will rigorously enforce bans on infected fruit, destroying any found regardless of holder, with no half measures.
A Paris signed agreement binds Weiller to pay Wilbur Wright 100000 dollars if two flights are accomplished within a week. The contract, likely for the French war department, requires 56 kilometer flights at 14 miles per hour with possible French competition. Orville or Wilbur Wright, Dayton brothers, are the tested inventors.
Pendleton Blast Oregonian notes Miss Lorene Lorens a longtime reporter for leading Northwest dailies will marry Frank Weeks of the Streeter Bryan theater company. She plans to depart from Cove for California where nuptials will occur after preparations with relatives.
A Benton County fair item notes one family will showcase 260 articles in the exhibition. This highlights the large family display plan and the fair’s emphasis on local talent.
The text commands all parties having claims against me to present them immediately and those owing me to settle within four days. It states the person can be found at the former place of business and is dated August 28, 1908.
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