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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1910
Page
19
Publication note indicates daily except Sunday edition with editor and owner Bruce Dennis. Postoffice entry at La Grande as second class matter. Subscription rates listed in misread text.
The paper states signed pieces will be revised at the editor's discretion. Authors are urged to align submissions and save time for appointment when necessary.
La Grande women drive civic improvements by promoting aesthetics and horticulture. Their campaign to grow asters turned into a citywide display with contests and a grand show at the Elks auditorium. Their untiring efforts aim to keep lawns well kept and parking clearly defined, forecasting continued success.
Mr. Lafferty, candidate for congressional nomination against Jodie Ellis, speaks in this state's region. The young Missouri hopeful presents a speech bristling with insurgency and outlines his own policies.
The Observer in La Grande rebukes a lecturer named Fanning who attacked the paper and urged moving to a wetter county. The piece defends staying in Union County and promoting practical, home-based education over agitation. It criticizes sensationalism and emphasizes steady, everyday values amid political unrest.
W. H. F. Darby and his wife spent a few days in Salem on their way to Mexico. A long-time Waldo Hills resident since 1864 he owns about one thousand acres and is noted as one of the valley’s wealthy men. They were held up by train delays and planned to depart that evening.
Bank balance sheet from Cove Oregon shows loans discounts overdrafts securities and other assets totaling 64448 61 with cash on hand due from banks and reserves. Capital stock surplus undivided profits dividends unpaid and deposits including demand and time certificates. G A Stock cashier attests the figures sworn Sept 6 1910 before notary Samuel G White with directors M J Duffy and Jasper G Stevens.
A local optician proclaims expertise and abundant equipment, promising to fit customers only if eyes are defective. He pledges no charge if not satisfied, guarantees low prices, and asserts he grinds all glasses with a motto of satisfied customers. He invites patrons to visit and see demonstrations of his capabilities.
William Barnes Jr, Albany political veteran and Republican machine man, faces Theodore Roosevelt as the Saratoga state convention on September 27 intensifies the rivalry. Barnes, famed for luck and relentless work, leads the Old Guard and now challenges Roosevelt, with a heated race looming and Barnes’ political leverage at its peak.
A collection of 1910 political notices from Athena La Grande and Joseph Oregon announcing candidacies for joint senator and joint representative. F. Wilson C A Barrett Dr C T Bacon Clyde T Hockett appear with primary election statements and pledges to uphold direct primaries and voters’ rights. An open letter from John P Rusk challenges Hockett to public discussion of assembly proposals.
Under the Motor Contest Association banner a reliability tour to the Catskills will begin tomorrow with 160 cars in line. The event ends with a hill climb and other tests offering suitable prizes.
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