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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
5
County correspondence reports returns of N A Emmett and wife and other residents, visits by Dallas visitors, illnesses, repairs, and public works. Fires damaged two homes from defective flues, while fishing trips, timber cruising, and upcoming travels to Salem and Portland are noted along with local business and social events.
The speaker notes Falls City suits him better than Puget Sound and suggests Oregon remains favored despite departures. Geo Gerlinger asserts the railroad progresses toward completion, Royal & Son work with a pile driver on site, and contracts for a turntable and the depot construction are set to begin shortly.
Advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and lung ailments. Mrs C B Van Metre of Shepherdstown W Va testifies a severe case improved after one bottle. Claims include relief from croup whooping cough grip pneumonia and consumption with guaranteed satisfaction and trial bottles offered. Regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar.
In Suver residents busily plant and garden this week. Al Thurston from Welle hauls hay to Suver while C E McLane ships several carloads of hay. Lloyd Flickenger is ill A Dr Butler attended him. John Hostetter baled about 60 tons Saturday. Rob Wilson and family visited Buena Vista for the week’s sale and several locals watched the excursion train pass through the depot Sunday.
A run of small items notes visits and activities across Buena Vista Marion county and nearby areas. Family visits include Henry Cummings of Corvallis at E. E DeArmond’s home and Grandma McLane with Mabel at C. V. Carpenter’s. J A Moehinke buys a new buggy. J J Thurston hauls wheat to Ridders mill after selling several hundred bushels. A mail carrier’s horse accident delays deliveries. Mild health tip promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets with local druggists Kirk and Drug Co.
Joe Loundree travels to Lewisville for work while Chas Peterson unveils a new patent gate. Myrtle Shafer and Henry Hamann are ill. Ella Hamann returns home after weeks away. Mrs. Conn of Lewisville visited Mrs. Chris Peterson. Henry Shafer goes to Toledo to work in copper mines. Sunday school plans a children’s day program. W W. Alexander family attends Monmouth meetings. Nettie Cotton plans return to South Dakota.
A teacher has been living with Mrs. Percy Dickinson for nearly a year and instructed the Parker school during the fall term.
A local notice promotes Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a reliable life saving medicine for stomach illnesses. It claims many lives saved and pain relieved, urging households to keep a supply and noting sale by Kirkland Drug Co.
Tonsorial artist noted for first-class workmanship at the Wigwam Shop located on the north side of C Street.
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