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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1909
Page
4
La Grande Evening Observer lists editor George H. Currey and policy on signed articles. It includes subscription rates for daily and weekly editions, pricing for advance payments, and advertising rates. It states work will not publish unsigned submissions and reserves editorial revision rights.
The German government approves a nine pound wheel mounted in a quicksilver holder that turns at 21 000 revolutions per minute by an electric motor. After two hours it points toward the mathematical Nievidian direction, remaining unaffected by nearby iron steel or ship motion. A compass card shows the direction as usual.
Miss Eaton of Durham England provides 100000 dollars to establish a trust fund offering 20 annuities for respectable destituted spinisters in Durham and Northumberland counties. The fund marks a first in recognizing the long term needs of elderly women facing poverty sickness and unemployment.
Editorial note on Peary promoting a Cook book with press-agent tactics and dispute over pole records. La Grande district fair runs Oct 4 for six days with O R N special train from Joseph on Wallowa county day. Yale public school opens with Prof Serley as principal and twelve grades planned for the year.
Citizens discuss continuing paving from Jackson street to Deer Creek bridge and to the high school, with others advocating Main street to the high school and west to the Umpqua bridge. Douglas eastward to the hill and Rose and Mill streets also attract strong backing as the city weighs the project. The paving company claims completion by October first.
Miss Anna Held arrived from Europe with a dress of diamonds that proved partly silk and beads. She noted plans to perform again in Miss Innocence and commented on provocative stage choices for young performers while touring in Europe.
A brief note celebrates hair as a valued feature, encouraging care and attention as a personal pride and long term benefit. It frames hair as an asset to cultivate through routine grooming and healthy habits.
Burlington Vermont sept 15 a two day session began today as the Vermont Electrical Association convened to discuss industry matters and set policy guidelines for future projects.
Seattle reports the Pacific Coast Amateur Wrestling and boxing championships start Wednesday at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Entries come from states along the Pacific coast plus Chicago and St. Louis. Exhibitors stage prizes from fifty cents to fifty dollars with a scavenger style prize search. International Tug of War and a Saturday program feature Oakland Alameda Berkeley events and a California State building reception.
City council to consider bidding for macadamizing the east end of Adams avenue and start steps toward paving the west end from Fourth Street to the hospital. The plan includes a central pavement later, promising a long stretch of improved street once completed.
Laughy Joe Ning, a wealthy Chinese ranch owner known locally as the tallest Chinaman seen in La Grande, was spotted today en route to China to visit his aged mother. He previously lived near the Rynearson home on a track ranch about ten years ago and later owned a splendid Wolser ranch.
Erla Carlock teaches piano and is a pupil of Pierre Doullet of the San to Conservatory. She offers the Burrows music study course and a musical kindergarten program. Studio located in the Mahaffey building.
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