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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1910
Page
5
An assortment of faded classified items lists services and notices including house listings, contact numbers, rule and trespass cards, a gale cheap ad for a local office, a bookkeeper and steno job inquiry in La Grande, Haradon’s Tru-Fruit Chocolates, a doctor’s evening office hours, and a dressmaker at 2005 Greenwood.
C W Fisher of Elgin and W H Greaves of Enterprise are in the city, Judge Shehan of Enterprise on legal business, A W McKenzie from Sacramento visiting, and William H Spence of Wallowa staying at local lodging.
A stream of visitors arrive in La Grande from Pal mer Junction, Joseph, Huntington, Lostine, Hilleboro, Walla Walla, and other towns. Guests stay at the Summer, Savoy, and Poley hotels while business and travel routes are noted for Hot Lake John Day country and Idaho trips.
Fragmentary dialogue notes describe a scene in a shop with lines about going home and a woman described as never growing up. The exchange includes a Bert character, questions about credulity, and references to lacking money with a pushy promoter.
Fragmentary dialogue contrasts an honest man seeking meaning with a man who avoids frivolity. He is described as chasing the unattainable and driven by personal satisfaction rather than pleasing his wife, with references to work and time.
Fragmentary OCR snippet questions whether salate in summer is proper, showing a garbled discussion on seasonal behavior. No identifiable persons, places, or organizations are readable.
Henry B. Stacey and Stella L. Horn were married yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o clock in the Bimcey home in North La Grande. Rev. Frank B. Gray officiated. Both spouses are residents of the city.
The Methodist Sunday School held its annual election of officers. Fu Green becomes superintendent, replacing Geo H Currey who declined re election after long service. H C Vinacke is secretary and librarian, BE Kammeren stays treasurer, Pauline Newton remains organist, most teachers retained.
Irish leaders from Britain and Ireland arrive in Buffalo for a United Irish League of America session. John Dillon chair, T P O Connor Joseph Devlin and Daniel Boyle among speakers. Following meetings planned across the United States and Canada with Ireland’s ambassadors addressing events. Reception and executive committee meeting held today.
The eighteenth National Irrigation congress formally opened in Pueblo Colorado with delegates from Mexico Canada central and eastern states and all western states. Experts from government bureaus state commissions and farming forestry groups will discuss reclamation under the Carey act and related topics. An irrigation methods exhibition accompanies the convention and more than a dozen cities bid to host the 1911 congress.
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