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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1906
Page
4
Mrs Jennie Dun can of Haynesville Maine, age 70, says Electric Bitters cured her 20 years of chronic dyspepsia and restored her strength. The tonic treats stomach liver blood and general debility and is sold with a guarantee at Dave Co. drug store for 50 cents.
The machete used by Spanish troops in Cuba and the Philippines is to be adopted more widely by American forces. About five thousand have been issued in the Philippines to cut through thick brush, and the General Staff recommends extending its issue to field artillery troops at home. The weapon will be carried on the belt, especially by mountain batteries slated for duty in the Philippines.
A concise description notes a remedy that soothes inflamed air passages, eases feverish conditions, stops coughing, and aims to prevent serious outcomes from colds.
Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as the only prominent non opiate cough medicine on the market, safest for children. It claims to treat croup whooping cough and the lingering cough after measles, urging readers to remember the name and avoid substitutes.
Consumption fears fade as C Unger of Champlagn, N Y, reports a yearlong hacking cough cured after using Foley's Honey and Tar. The ad lists three sizes 25c 50c and $1.00 with the 50c bottle holding two and a half times the small size and the $1.00 bottle nearly six times as much.
The city council of La Grande Oregon passes Ordinance No 324 1906 establishing street and sidewalk grades for Second Street from the intersection with Streets to C D and H Streets Elevations progress from 42.60 feet to 85 feet above base The ordinance sets sidewalk grades and fixes enforcement effective from April 9 1906 Attest Recorder R Swoon Mayor J B Stoppamo
The city of La Grande Oregon resolves to construct a seven foot wide sidewalk on the west side of Fourth Street from K to struet and to repair existing sidewalks from street to C atreot. Abutting owners pay. work to be finished by April 20 1906. Recorder 1 R Snoox signs.
The La Grande city council orders abutting property owners to repair H Street sidewalks between Fourth and Second Streets in La Grande Oregon with completion by April 20 1906 This resolution bears the date April 4 1906 and is signed by L R Sioux.
City notice requires property owners on K Street between Second and Fourth to repair sidewalks by April 20, 1906. Resolution signed in Grande Oregon on April 4, 1906 by J. R. Snoon.
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