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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1911
Page
8
La Grande residents fill trains and cars to Pendleton for the annual Roundup with high praise. Tickets sold at the station and many travelers cross the mountains, boosting three day turnout and leaving attendees thoroughly satisfied with the event.
The north side of the city is rapidly developing with new houses under construction cement sidewalks being laid and widespread water and electric services. John R. Cope purchased two lots north of the public school through Geo H Currey Real Estate and has begun framing a new residence.
A delightful autumn afternoon at Mrs. C. W. Nibley’s residence featured nimble fingers and busy minds. Guests enjoyed gold and white decor, a luncheon, and two contests with prizes for Mrs. F. S. Ivanhoe and Mrs. W. Y. Stoddard of Perry receiving a book and a brass vase respectively.
The Isis will host a song program featuring Miss Garrick singing Night and Day and Mr. Ferrin performing Hear Ye O Israel. Patrons can expect delightful renditions from two well known performers.
London Spectator notes Dean Swift as the first to mention Ascot in August 1711. Swift avoided the event after tiring from riding a long distance and failing to secure a coach seat, leaving readers with only his imagined description of the historic race.
In Stuttgart three centuries ago a peddler Gobel is accused of murder after being found with the victim’s money. Ventnor bribes the town clock keeper to let him reset the tower clock, causing a 24 hour gain over days. A magistrate seeks a legal fix but the crowd debates if a day is lost before Gobel’s fate is decided.
The eel is nearly scaleless yet minute embedded scales form calcium carbonate crystals. Size ranges from one twentieth of an inch with age, and growth lines mark each year. Scales do not overlap and form a herringbone brickwork pattern. conger eels lack scales.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer tale a pair of men plot a burglary as one resists, noting a latch key left in a door and a dangerous wire trap. The other urges action while a wary watcher stays across the street, but nothing ultimately occurs.
The Alpine museum in Berne shows curves of variation for 26 Swiss glaciers. They rose and fell through the nineteenth century with slow initial recession, brief mid century advances, and a later stronger retreat, yet no clear link to climate changes emerges.
A quotation from a Washington Star item features a physics professor claiming that nothing is ever totally lost, followed by a skeptical person asking why umbrellas vanish while no one finds them. The exchange frames a humorous look at losses and discovery.
A niece notes the water is very hard where they are, causing a lamp chimney to sputter and break into pieces the other night. The moment highlights the stubborn moisture leading to fragile glass events.
A reflective line notes that true kindness requires surpassing ordinary generosity. The aphorism hints at moral restraint and the paradox of excessive gentleness in human conduct.
Notice that La Grande in Union County Oregon will receive sealed bids for improvement bonds totaling 39476.04 dollars in 500 dollar denominations at up to 4 oclock p m on Saturday September Ford 1941. Bids must be accompanied by a certified check equal to six percent of the total bid and payment for bonds is due within ten days after notice of readiness. City recorder C M Humphrys signs the notice dated September 16 1911.
The Dead Sea shoreline could become a popular bathing and health resort. Zion Herald notes the salty water contains medicinal magnesia and high buoyancy, allowing swimming if eyes are kept clear, with salt content far exceeding other seas.
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