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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1906
Page
2
Publication details indicate a daily paper except Sundays with annual and semiannual pricing, monthly rate, and official post office entry in La Grande Oregon. It notes second class matter status and dates of publication.
The article states that Currie Bros Eds and Prop will not publish unsigned pieces and asks writers to sign submissions. Advertising rates are given with per line pricing and a note that rates are furnished on approval.
A report from the Exposition Committee of Congress announces an appropriation of $450,000 for a specified purpose. The document highlights funding approval and the committee’s role in advancing the project.
Farmers urged to buy about 5000 fence posts cut from green fur and tamarack trees. Dry and ready, offered for exchange for live stock hay grain or other trade in the NE area at The Golden Rule or 1606 Siath Street. Also dry cord wood available. J Awrwowy.
Promotional item noting John Wilson has a quantity of first class seed oats for disposal. Includes dubious health claim about Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a supreme creative power and a price of 35 cents per unit from Newun Drus Co.
Josery F. Baxer announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for District Attorney in Wallowa and Union counties. He states he is not backed by any committee and registers his bid for the April 20, 1906 primary, La Grande, March 29, 1906.
The Salem speech urges mass participation in primaries, arguing the public verdict will sustain the law and curb corruption. It defends corporations as necessary but demands regulatory limits to protect public interests and government prerogatives.
The Oregon State Grange vows to push for legislation to cut the husband's courtesy right in half, aligning it with the dowry right. Current law gives the husband a life estate in his wife's property while the wife holds one half of his property. House Bill 275 passed the House but stalled in the Senate judiciary committee.
The Jamestown Exposition will showcase a monster spiar as its central attraction surpassing prior fairs like Paris with the Eiffel Tower Chicago with the Ferris Wheel Buffalo with the Electric Tower and St Louis with the Cascades. The new feature is expected to eclipse all previously suggested attractions.
The document issues a summons to Walter A Ward in the state of Oregon. It instructs the defendant to appear or respond by a specified time and requests that the court proceed with the complainant’s demands. The notice cites judicial authority and mentions a court date and further orders as needed.
Notice from Union County Oregon calls for sealed bids at La Grande court house for one hundred cords of green cut yellow pine and red fir wood. Wood to be four foot lengths and corded in the court house basement, cut by June 15 1906 and delivered by September 15 1906. Bids due by 10 a m April 4 1906. County Court reserves right to reject any bids. J S Gilham County Clerk. Lost alert for gold spectacles between church and National Bank with reward offered to observer or owner Mrs Joe Spuncen.
Mrs. Mollie Holt of Woodford Tennessee was near death from a lung infection when doctors warned her family. After Dr King’s New Discovery was administered on an urgent request, her condition rapidly improved and she recovered to full health. Trial bottle free. 50 cents and one dollar bottles available.
All persons knowing themselves indebted to Frep Jacobs are notified to call and settle on or after April 10. Any accounts due and not settled by that time will be placed in the hands of an attorney for collection.
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