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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1905
Page
5
Property lots across several blocks in La Grande Oregon offered for sale with water rights. Options include Predmore’s Addition and Gangloff’s Second Addition with installments and optional house building. Multiple blocks and lot numbers listed with emphasis on prime valley views.
An advertisement for Lister's Rocky Mountain Tea promotes purity and cleansing of the body. The copy touts aromatic effects and relief from suffering, labeled as tablets or tea by Newlin Drog Co.
Reports from Bieron and nearby areas near Mount Shasta describe rumblings and rapid snowmelt. Volcanic ash fell yesterday and surface flow increased in several spots. McCloud Lumber Company railroad track sank in two places on the other side of the mountain while no eruption is visible. Past similar signs occurred eleven years ago.
Reports from Snake River in Idaho describe a wide gravel bar rich in coarse gold rising above the waterline. Prospectors discuss hydraulic equipment or dredges to harvest, with ground staked for larger operations and theories linking the deposit to the Boise River.
An old advertisement urges readers to brace up and use Dr King’s New Life Pills to cure dyspepsia and constipation. The note claims they restore energy and relieve dizziness, touting a 250 guarantee at Newlin Drug Co drug store.
The national council of women, despite Susan B Anthony’s strong objections, adopted a resolution to cooperate with church and state to determine the chief causes of divorce. The body also approved an anti polygamy resolution.
Logging Road 8 Murphy of Grande Ronde Lumber Co says he ordered rails an engine and twelve cars to build seven miles of railroad for log transport to the big saw mill. The road will be ready as material is secured and will create summer jobs while the company completes a new planing and box factory, ahead of the plant destroyed by fire.
A rummage sale organized by the Bt Peters guild will be held at the Kilpatrick house in the Slater building on May 46 and 6. Contributions by friends are welcomed and volunteers Mre Mac Wooda Mre J D Slater and Mrs Jap Stevens will arrange pickup of unwanted items.
Attention hungry men the centennial hotel invites a few extra table boarders with furnished rooms at four hundred fifty dollars per week. Tables come with the best the market affords and the hotel is opposite farmers feed yard.
A birthday gathering hosted by Mrs Bernice Bateman and Mr E Bateman celebrated her latest year with friends and family. Guests enjoyed games and refreshments in a happy afternoon filled with cheerful play and well wishes.
Emil Carlson, a leaner on the Pig Seven mine at Ninehart, near Great Falls, chewed a dynamite cap and fuse. The cap exploded, tearing Carlson's jaw and injuring his throat and tongue. He was brought in for treatment but is not expected to survive.
The city requires owners of abutting properties to maintain and carry out the planned improvements on Adams Avenues and Depot Street in La Grande Oregon. The street superintendent must notify owners of the order contents by August 1008, as recorded by J D Slater, Mayor, and I R Snook, Recorder.
A local advertisement promotes Jersey Cream Patent Flour with a guarantee on every sack. The ad lists Romig and Staples as guarantors and suppliers of the flour.
An ad-like fragment praises Dr King’s New Life medicine for coughs and consumption. It claims a reader named J H Simmons from Louisiana was relieved after trying the remedy, offering a free trial bottle and guaranteed relief.
A user testimonial from Dr Bergin of Pana Illinois praises Ballard's Liniment as a dandy for burns and injuries. The note highlights farm accidents and rapid healing when the product is applied. Newlin Drug Co offers a $1.00 bottle with claims of household urgency and reliability.
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