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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1906
Page
4
KROUSE BROS announces they have purchased the Boss Meat Market from J Bull & Company in La Grande and will strive to merit public patronage. D E Cox, Scribe, promises best possible service and invites trial orders.
A dense listing of fraternal lodge meetings in La Grande including Eagles No 259 Odd Fellows events and Foresters of America Court Maid Marion No 22. Highlights cover meeting nights in Redmen Hall Lewis Building Elks Hall and Castle Hall with invited visiting brethren and knights welcome.
Mrs Jennie Dun Can of Haynesville Me at 70 claims Electric Bitters cured her 20 year chronic dyspepsia and left her feeling strong. The ad touts Bitters for stomach liver blood and general weakness and notes a 50 cent price at Newsin Drug Co with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea at 36 cents from Newry Deva Co.
The fragment notes a school event at iA Grandf School of Music involving Principal Mrs Day and an assistant. Limited readable details suggest a staff day or meeting. No further names or locations are clearly legible.
The postwar sporting scene features Walla Walla at Athena and Pendleton versus the Wellula Sage Brushers as the coast league games loom. Financial need drives gate receipts and practice games while Butte seeks early training in La Grande.
In Fresno on April 18 the Fresno battery Fitzgerald and Hogan faced Portland's Donahue and French. The match opened with Rev Duncan Wallace pitching the first tall, and while Barger shows dissatisfaction with his partner, an outright fight is not ruled out as preparatory to the boll with Ade Artel.
Chicago April 17 John A Linn former clerk of the superior court and present clerk of the circuit court of Gook county pleaded guilty to conspiracy in concealing pune records and was sentenced from one to five years on agreeing to replace money amounting to 21000 dollars
Dr. Charles K. Hager an American missionary and three passengers were robbed April 5 by forty Chinese pirates in a Tung river boat anchored nearby. The pirates fired with small rifles, ransacked the craft and seized cash clothing and surgical instruments from Hager.
Sidney Burk a bank lieutenant in the U S Army was sentenced to 16 months at Fort Leavenworth for conduct unbecoming an officer and embezzlement. He was brought from Alcatraz Island and will depart tonight for the prison.
Notice announces publication for land under U S laws across multiple territories including Oregon Washington and California. It names applicants and parcels such as Lot 1 and others, with dates and locations for filing and court actions related to timber land claims and patent processes. The text cites Le Gravde and Le Grand districts and references names like Lemp and Hooter.
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