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Fragmentary OCR text from Independence Oregon shows garbled place and event names, no clear date or action. Likely a damaged notice or listing with unreadable titles and details.
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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text from Independence Oregon shows garbled place and event names, no clear date or action. Likely a damaged notice or listing with unreadable titles and details.
Public notice outlines subscription prices and rates for six months and single copies. Advertising rates are available on request.
The social column highlights Messner's Christmas toy and gift line, Wagoner's popular Christmas headquarters, and plans for a Christmas dance at the Auditorium. It notes visits by Rev Hunsaker and wife to Corvallis, and various fraternal group officer elections including Independence BR A M and the Degree of Honor. Also mentions local travel sales, health news from M. L. Dorris, and a note on the light plant dispute and local residents moving to Independence Oregon.
A frightened horse rages through streets, injuring riders as accidents occur daily. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is promoted as a reliable remedy for burns, cuts, sores, and eczema with soothing effect. Available at Locke's Drug for five cents.
J Bagley and wife visited Independence last Tuesday. Rev Allen of Monmouth spoke in Lewisville Monday night. Ethel McCloud plans holidays in Eastern Oregon. The MFE church South holds its quarterly meeting here this week.
In Valley View residents enjoy holidays with visits to Corvallis and nearby towns. Church events include a Christmas service at Fairview where Rev. J S Lindsay received a silver purse for $21.50. Local preparations for Christmas feature basket socials, old fashioned trees, and family gatherings across the community.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. remedy is internal and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is claimed to be prescribed by physicians and not quack medicine. Also an ad seeks trustworthy person to manage county territory with salary and expenses paid weekly.
Mr Steele of Independence visited J Withrow's Sunday. Eric Collins of Dallas visited his son Will Collins Monday. The Valley View School will close on the 18th. Mr and Mrs McCann spent Saturday evening at J W Withrow's. Daisy Steele visited her brother D Steele Monday and Tuesday. Suver will host preaching on the third Sunday of this month with services moved to 8:00 PM. Otis Wolverton of Monmouth was a business caller at A Tothers on Wednesday where he butchered four porkers and took them home.
Readers consider Wagoners finest leather bound author books for a Christmas gift as a fitting seasonal choice.
An old advertisement extols Ayer's Pills as a gentle laxative cure for biliousness and constipation. It presents the product as a liver medicine that eases digestion.
In Salem on Saturday December 12 1908 Mrs A A Jeeaup and her daughter Miss Jessup were featured in a local tour. Miss Jessup is identified as the daughter of Thomas Fennell with connections noted in community notices.
An odd ad describes electric mittens that dim and heat, promising satisfaction guaranteed by A. S. Locke Droggret. It also features a Bizarre travel job offer to canvass merchants in a territory with $200 weekly pay plus expenses, paid in cash.
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