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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1904
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR shows men’s clothing prices with varied figures such as 15.00 and 10.50 and codes like T3900. The legible items hint at a sale or catalog pricing but lack full context or descriptors for precise item identification.
Store advertises heavy skirtings and dress goods at reduced prices with ten percent cash discount on all shoes. They push cash-only sales to clear stock, offer remnants and wide shades, and urge early settlement to pay outstanding debts.
Miss Lucille Burt returns from Portland. Douglas county timber claim parties active led by M. Smith and John Ground. Alma Bowman visits Portland and Hillsboro. Mrs. John Holman from Albany to see her mother Mrs. Worth. Health fair. weather favorable for sowing grain, oats up. Poultry strong, eggs plentiful. Lloyd Mason moves home. Helen Adkins recovering from illness. Goleman family back from Eugene. W N O Kelly starts a blacksmith shop. Reese family visiting ranch. Evangelical church holds meetings next week. Johnson’s butcher shop team damaged wagon. Rev. E D Thompson and wife in town. Thompson at Evangelical pulpit. Year 1904 opening notes and reflections on time. Normal resumes, leap year officers to be installed by the young ladies.
The family of M. DL. F Bobnit of Barggerton notes a dying relative saved by Kings New Discovery. The remedy is praised as the most certain cure for throat and lung troubles, offering bottles at 50c and $1.00 with trial bottles free at A. S. Locke's Drug Store.
Maple Grove hosted two watch parties last Thursday night with invitations from W C Williams. Guests gathered early to play chair cushion crokinole and table croquet before other games. A second gathering at J Bagley drew attendees from Independence Airlie and Suver. The events spanned the evening into January 1.
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