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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1911
Page
5
A feature notes a cup of Triunfo coffee available at the City grocery this week only with customers praising its flavor and aroma. The item runs through Saturday.
Fruit Growers urged to inspect the Automatic Wallace Peerless power sprayer demonstrated at C. M. Riddle's residence in La Grande. For information call Black 8701. Newlin Drug Co advertises quick messenger service from Main 4. The office is run by Heisler who handles business calls for fast results.
Local ads list cosmetic and patent medicine prices and specials from Silverthornes Drug Store. Market notes mention cement work and Sixth Street paving progress. A string of hotel guests and visitors to Foley hotel includes A Gill O'Brien Pendleton and J E Parent Elgin among others. Regular Adventist church services planned for April 29 with pro thesis theme.
The item notes fair guests restricting remarks to county fair progress in La Grande and outlines social events including a Presbyterian Brotherhood meeting hosted by Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Wright on May 1, a reception for Mrs. Eddy at Mrs. Palmer’s home, a baseball dance for uniforms, and a recital at the high school auditorium tonight at 8.
Silversmith E F Hall of Atholberry Mass. visits Foley on business. Dwight Barnes, Elgin justice of the peace and baseball manager, arrives on business. G M Burkit of George Palmer Lumber Company is downtown daily during convalescence. Henry and Mrs Henson travel from Telecaset. Mrs Eddy, a returned missionary, will lecture in La Grande next Sunday. Agricultural notes discuss dwarf fruiting stock and pruning practices for apples peaches and pears.
Prof C I Lewis of Oregon Agricultural College says the dwarf fruit is still experimental in the state. He notes the dwarf pear shows promise for planting as a standalone crop or as a filler, and mentions a dwarf pear orchard in development.
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