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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
8
Rob gusts of names and places mark a busy holiday column with visits from Ted Cooper Damon Wallace Kersey Eldridge Karl Percival and many others spending Christmas with relatives in Corvallis Portland Eugene and Rickreall. Church services a local basketball score 18 to 11 and notes on travel and health accompany social updates and business listings.
A brief classified line advertises White Lily flour for sale at Irvine's Grocery. Also seeking an elderly woman to do housework and care for children with applications to the office.
Fragmentary notes mention a final service or tribute at Irvine’s Grocery involving a sacred robe and a “Due Mut Seed” phrase. The text is garbled but implies a farewell act or memorial linked to a local shop setting.
A Halliday Arkansas resident, W Kiestler, touts Electric Bitters as a cure for malaria stomach troubles and general weakness. The ad claims the tonic purifies the blood tones nerves and restores vigor and energy with a money back guarantee if it fails to help. Available at druggists.
Notice to stockholders of Independence National Bank sets a meeting on Tuesday January 12 1900 from 10 a m to 4 p m at the bank to select a board of directors and transact any other business. C W Irvine cashier dated December 4 1908.
A. Kinne secretary of the El Paso Chamber of Commerce tours the coast studying publicity methods of various commercial bodies. His organization is building a $69,000 facility and aims for effective work.
The court cites passing counterfeit money and substituting a counterfeit remedy for Foley's Honey and Tar. The complaint describes the alleged counterfeiters as distributing fake cures while claiming to treat severe coughs and lung ailments. Public records note the defendants connected to the Foley product case.
Notice states Hanna frot bought all right title and interest in the store of Hanna Irvine hardware dealers of Independ nes from S E Irvine. The brief public notice records a transfer of ownership in a local hardware business.
The firm of Henne and Irvine directs all debts be paid to J L Hanna at the Hanna Bros office. The notice, dated December 1908, states J L Hanna and B Irvine are to collect all accounts due and payable.
A quiet December 21, 1808 wedding at Woodlawn M B parsonage Portland joined Mise Maud Tharp, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C N Tharp, to Victor W. Runnels. Officiant was W J Douglass. The couple will reside in Portland as friends wish them a long and happy life.
Mrs Ruth Hubbard wife of James Hubbard died at her home near Dallas Tuesday morning December 24 1908 after a short illness. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Guy and had lived near Dallas since childhood. She was about 24 years old.
An advertisement listing WwW. R. Allin, D. D. S. a dentist, located in the Cooper Building in Independence Oregon with contact details via telephone.
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