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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1911
Page
2
Colorado Springs hosts the International Dry-Farming congress October 16 with many world famous agriculturists on the program. The event attracts experts from major farming nations to discuss arid-land agriculture and crop methods.
The movement promotes dry farming as a core practice and counts 15,000 paid members, the largest agricultural society worldwide. It lists prominent figures including W. M. Hays M A Carleton Dr A C True W R Motherwell Duncan Marshall JS Ed Caron and several agricultural college presidents from across North America.
A Spokane report notes a claim of 100000 carloads of apples from the Pacific Northwest in coming years, backed by Howard Elliott of the Northern Pacific. He sponsors a National Apple Show event in November and calls for increased storage, transport, and publicity to boost market prices alongside wider distribution.
Professor F. F. Neitzel, arrested in Spokane months ago on fortune telling charges, found guilty of vagrancy by a Spokane county jury. Attorney George Crandall, linked to the National Astrological Society, plans an appeal to the state supreme court. Washington law does not recognize astrology as science or religion.
Spokane reports placer miners at the Florence camp in northern Idaho recover gold coins of two dollars and higher denomination, plus old silver pieces and lead bullets from sluice box cleanups. Engineer W A Patterson and claims owner F P Lint say ground returns up to ten dollars in gold dust per cubic yard as virgin gold reappears, traced to past saloon dust and floor sifts.
W Francis Gates recounts how Haydn's minuet earned the title Ox Minuet after a butcher, wedding guest, decorated ox presented to the composer. Haydn heard the tune played by a ring of musicians beneath his window. The anecdote illustrates quirky origins behind music titles.
Franklin developed from an ill mannered early man to a respected statesman by applying thirteen daily etiquette principles. He practiced one principle each week for three months, then reviewed them yearly, sustaining the habit for many years. Emerson notes the change earned him esteem abroad and gratitude at home.
A Chinese custom honors popular magistrates by hanging a pair of old boots in the archway of the main west gate. The boots symbolize a successor to follow in the magistrate’s footsteps. Subjects request the gesture, believing in its guiding efficacy.
Wil lam Winter lauds Othello in The Century, calling it Shakespeare’s best play and the best in English. He hails its simple yet elemental tragedy, vivid invention, continuous action, rich character drawing, intense passion, and superb poetic style.
A comic exchange recalls a wife adding a pinch of nutmeg to custard, causing her husband to nearly choke with laughter. The dialogue is presented as a light, domestic quip reported by the Boston Transcript.
The term aristocrat derives from Greek aristos meaning best and archo meaning to rule. It denotes the ruling class or the best man within a society historically.
A fragmentary line attributes a pale tormentor to guilt and misery, citing Bryant. The brief text evokes intense moral distress, though the broader context and authorial intent remain unclear from the fragment.
Sealed bids for about 40 lineal feet of five foot cement sidewalk on Monroe avenue must be filed with the city recorder before 6 p.m. September 15, 1911. Council may reject any bid. 5 percent certified check required with all bids. By order of the city council.
Implicit confidence in Chamberlain's Cell Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy rests on user experience and its effects on colic diarrhoea and dysentery. For sale by all dealers. eod & wkiy.
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