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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
7
F. S. Wilson's Star Grocery announces a complete line of the best Maple Syrup Sugar Syrups and New Orleans Molasses. The store is located first corner north of Independence National Bank and presents new seasonable gourds this week.
Al Coffee urges lovers of good coffee to use Chase & Sanborn's Seal Brand, claiming rising sales prove it right and offering a full refund at the Star if customers are unsatisfied with any purchase. He touts the beans as the pick of the world's choicest berries and invites customers to try and become his customers.
Kings Valley resident T. P. Bevens visits. Normal building work progresses. W. P. Fisher’s family buys a new organ. Mrs. Marthe Eddie-man of Portland visits. Oregon City and Winlock residents are in town. Treat from Michigan moves into Milne house. Lectures and church events noted. Debates, rhetoric, and Genesis lessons form campus life. basketball gains popularity with two Friday games.
Polk County Bank Incorporated lists Pain Capital and 620,000 as resources. Directors include J. H. Hawley J. Campbell J. M. Rimpcon Butler John B. Stamp J TL Withrow F. Powell. The draft is sold through the United States and is described as general banking and exchange business.
Weekly column announces reader points once printed. Corrections process invites reports within the week. The text shows a chaotic mix of place names and stray fragments including Monmouth, Rickreall, Little Luckiamute, and Valley View suggesting a local Oregon community context.
The Training School plans a December 24 Christmas program in the chapel with literary selections calisthenic drills and music. Seniors host the first clan reception December 19 with mistletoe decorations and multiple musical numbers. An Independence basket social follows December 19 with invites to attend.
An old advertisement warns that mistakes can be costly and life threatening. It touts Dr King’s New Life Pills for dyspepsia dizziness liver and bowel troubles as gentle yet thorough with a 25 cent price at A.8. Locke’s Drug Store.
Don’t fail to call at the Candy Kitchen and see Mrs. H. Moore for all kinds of fresh candies. Turkish Nuggets Nut Loaf Log cabin Cream Caramels and Cut Cream and many other kinds too numerous to mention. Mrs H Moore Monmouth Ore.
Paul Hillibrand listed as sick. K C Scrafford conducted business in Independence. Claude Boone attended a Fair View literary event. A shooting match at Airlie drew many attendees. Mrs Jessie Wilson invited her parents. Fair View Literary Society showcases home talent. Rev J Lindsey to preach December 20 at Fair View. J W Hillibrand plans a neat goat shed and a future machine shed. S B Tedrow and wife visited Ire land parents. Hughes selling eighteen dollar books locally. Scrafford butchered ten hogs. Hillibrand sold two tons of prunes to E B Paddock, who will ship a carload east.
A Chicago dealer offers duplicates from old plates at greatly reduced prices for the next sixty days. The offer ends before the Christmas rush, encouraging customers to act promptly to obtain copies for calendars and keepsakes.
The seller notes possession of all negatives taken by E. Pickel at his city gallery. Asking readers to call at once to obtain photographs from the old plates, as stock may not last long.
J M McCaleb notes farmers wear bright smiles as weather allows sowing of grain. Mr Carom enhances his farm with new fencing and improvements. A local notice mentions a fatality of Harry Duckwell at age 25 from a suffocation after a severe coughing spell.
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