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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1911
Page
6
A Descriptive look at seacoast fortifications, cavern like batteries, magazines, and service rooms carved in stone. It notes the planning of gun positions, ventilation, and human comfort for crews, alongside moisture problems that plague US batteries built after the Spanish American War.
An advertising note from Stevenson’s Dental Office urges readers to consider high efficiency service for a permanent dental investment. Emphasizing quality over quick fixes, the ad claims one season of wear for a bat and a lifetime of dental benefits with careful treatment.
A novel experiment claims to show a perpetual motion effect by heating a glass beaker containing white and 2.5 to 3 ounces of aniline to 170 to 175 degrees Fahrenheit. The description notes the aniline will rise to the surface after heating.
An experiment shows a water drop forming beneath a mass at 170 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. The drop detaches, sinks to the beaker bottom, then rises to the surface and rejoins the mass. The cycle repeats indefinitely under sustained heat, as reported by the Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Mary of Modena and Queen Caroline are recalled in witty anecdotes about royal adornment. The lines describe Mary’s jeweled crown and Caroline’s crowning dress, worn with borrowed Indies pearls and diamonds from jewelers, portraying royal pageantry and wit.
William Dean Howells notes that original literature faces early condemnation as new and strange. He cites Shelley Coleridge Wordsworth and Crane, then adds that only fruitful trees invite stones. The remark underscores risk of innovation in art.
Farmers union members in Joseph Oregon have formed a warehouse venture by purchasing controlling interest in the Joseph Warehouse Company. Officers elected include O T Prout president and P R Rudger vice president. Storage rates fixed at 10 cents per month with year end and possible expansion planned.
Ladd Canyon reports the fall and winter term did not open due to teacher Perryman awaiting transfer from the mountains above La Grande. He finished his mountain term Friday and will start teaching here next Monday the 18th. Nearby farming activity centers on threshing and grain shipments to La Grande while Miss Lulu Counsell departs for Long Prairie to teach a rural school for three months.
Public notice states that the La Grande Oregon common council created Improvement District No 17 on February 2009 appointing Jefferson Avenue for cement sidewalk work. After ten days from service to affected property owners the district boundaries will be expanded to described area on the south side of Jefferson Avenue in the district.
In pursuance of a August 30 1911 council resolution La Grande Oregon creates Improvement District No 16 to lay bitulithic pavement on Sixth Street from K Avenue to Washington Avenue The area includes specified blocks in Chaplin's addition and owners will face a ten day service period before the council orders the improvement and levies a special assessment.
A humorous attack on popular beliefs about fish by zoologist Professor Harold Upsell. The text argues fish are deaf and color blind and powerless without certain stones, detailing experiments on eels and a conger eel reacting to cheese and various substances.
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