Miscellaneous newspaper articles about Union County Oregon
September 12, 1876
Oakland Daily Evening Tribune, Oakland California
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT
Washington, September 12-The President has appointed Henry W.D. Dwight, Register
of the Land Office at La Grande, Oregon.
December 9, 1882
Idaho Tri Weekly, Boise City, Idaho
Miss Mollie Mallory, of La Grande, Oregon, is visiting her friend, Miss Jennie Fisher, on Fifth street.
October 9, 1889
Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville Illinois
Mrs. Dr. G. Ruts and children, accompanied by Ed. Leibeugut, left for La Grande, Oregon, last week to make their future home.
October 15, 1892
Weekly Nevada State Journal, Reno Nevada
Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Wright of La Grande, Oregon, are in Reno. Mrs. Wright is the daughter of Mrs. J.H. Werely of the Occidental hotel.
December 5, 1893
Daily Advocate, Newark Ohio
WHOSE CHILD IS IT?
Miller Thinks She Is His While The Gypsy Disputes It.
Telegrams from Oregon Lead to the Arrest of the Woman Having the Little Girl
Thought to Have Been Stolen.
A few days ago the city papers printed an articles referring
to the work done by Detective J.F. Meredith of this city, in tracing a child
stolen from I.W. Miller of La Grande, Oregon, more than a year ago. After the
loss of the child Mr. Miller sent circulars all over the United States giving a
description of her and offering a reward for her return. Mr. Meredith started to
work on the case and recently located some gypsies near Lancaster who had with
them a child answering the printed description. A visit to the camp and a talk
with the little girl aged nine, convinced him that she was Miller's daughter. He
succeeded in getting her away from the band of gypsies, had a photograph of her
taken and sent to Oregon. On the 28th ult., Mr. Miller sent the following
telegram to Mr. Meredith "Myself, family, neighbors, decided my girl. Arrest
them at once. Will pay necessary charges."
Day before yesterday another message by wire was received
which read:
"Am satisfied my child. Will come as soon as can arrange.
Hold child."
Yesterday Sheriff Ford and Detective Meredith went to
Lancaster, arrested the woman who calls herself the child's mother, and brought
her, together with the little one, to the Newark jail last evening.
An ADVOCATE man visited the bastile this morning and was
treated very courteously by the woman. She seemed pleased that he wanted to
learn her side of the story and told her tale with an earnestness that could not
help but make on think that after all it may be a case of mistaken identity.
"Yes, this is my mammy," said the child, "I ain't never seen
my father and I don't want to see him neither. This is all the mammy I got and
they'll have to kill me to get me away from her."
While the child made the foregoing remarks a happy look stole
over the woman's face as she said. "It ain't justice for 'em to take my baby.
She was born in a tent nine year ago down near Washington city, but her father
left us when she was only three months old. Ever since then we have lived in a
tent winter and summer. You known she's my baby, don't ye?"
Here she took the child in her arms, caressed it and showed
many signs of maternal affection. When the reporter explained to her that the
authorities would by no means take the child from her if it rightfully belonged
to her; as he said that she was being held simply until Mr. Miller would arrive
from Oregon to see the little girl, she seemed relieved, and with showers of
blessings and good wishes and expressions of pleasure at his call bade him good
morning.
The matter will be settled in a short time as it
is thought Mr. Miller is already on his way to Ohio to try to identify his long
lost child.
December 24, 1893
Daily Advocate, Newark Ohio
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Monday-Dec. 18, 1893 I.W. Miller begins habeas corpus proceedings against the
gypsy woman who, he claims, stole his child.
Tuesday-Dec. 19, 1893...I.W. Miller decides the gypsy child is not his.
February 23, 1895
Hamilton Daily Republican, Hamilton Ohio
IOOF-Word comes to us from Hamilton, this state that G.B. Hopkinson, claiming membership in LaGrande lodge, No. 16, of La Grande, Oregon has been imposing upon members of the order in that city.
October 31, 1900
Oakland Tribune, Oakland California
Alvarado, Oct. 31-Guy Dyer of La Grande, Oregon, visited several days of last week with his relatives, E.H. Dyer and family.
July 21, 1906
Evening Times, Cumberland Maryland
Mrse.[sic] J.A. McWhirter, of La Grade, Oregon, is visiting her sister, Miss A. W. Rice, No. Independence street.
July 25, 1907
Centralia Chronicle, Centralia Washington
C.W. Nessley, of Prosser, and A.A. Gust, of La Grande, Oregon, are in the city this week in the interest of their coal properties in this vicinity.
August 3, 1912
The Marion Weekly Star, Marion Ohio
MARION PEOPLE FEAST ON CHERRIES
Sent to Them by Malcolm Dickerson From Oregon Ranch
Postmaster Milton B. Dickerson, the employees of the
postoffice and them employees of the Marion County Bank Company are enjoying a
feast of delicious cherries, three boxes of the luscious fruit having been
expressed here by Malcolm G. Dickerson from La Grande, Oregon, where he is
employed as a book keeper in the La Grande National bank and runs a small apple
ranch, two miles from La Grande, upon which he lives.
The cherries are of two varieties, the "Lambert" and "Binge,"
resembling in shape native blackhearts, but much larger and with firmer meat,
which tastese something like the meat of a fine plum.
Shortly after young Dickerson went to the Northwest, he
purchased a five-acre apple orchard, or ranch, as it is called out there, on
which grew some smaller fruits. The orchard has made him handsome returns, so he
writes, giving eighty gallons of cherries as the output of one tree.
Milton H. Dickerson, a younger brother, went to Oregon at the
request of Malcolm G., and is running the ranch for him.
June 17, 1914
Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point Wisconsin
Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Van Valkenburg of La Grande, Oregon, are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G.C. Stockley, on Clark street. Mr. Van Valkenburg was formerly division superintendent of the Soo line.
June 18, 1914
Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point Wisconsin
Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Van Valkenburg, who had been spending a few days with friends in the city, left this morning for Appleton and will also visit points in Michigan before returning to their home in La Grande, Oregon.
July 10, 1914
Bedford Gazette, Bedford Pennsylvania
Mrs. J.M. Burely and son Stephen of La Grande, Ore., are visiting the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Robinson.
August 20, 1914
Soda Springs Chieftain, Soda Springs, Idaho
Mrs. Elva Bess, of Kemmerer, Wyoming, and Mrs. Robert Barnhill, from La Grande, Oregon, are enjoying a very pleasant visit with relative in our delightful little city.
August 4, 1926
The Chillicothe Constitution, Chillicothe Missouri
Mrs. J.B. Sm[i]th and daughter, Freda came Tuesday from La Grande, Oregon to visit her sister in law, Mrs.. E.W. Atk[i]ns. This is Mrs. Smith's first visit with Mrs. Atkins for seventeen years.
November 8, 1936
Lima News, Lima Ohio
Mrs. P.A. McDonald of la Grande, Oregon and Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Steiner left for a two weeks trip, stopping at Wooster visiting Mr. Steiner's mother, then on to Sunberry, Penn. visiting friends and then on to West Orange, New Jersey to visit the laters daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Headington.
©S. Williams