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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
4
The annual American Kennel Club dog show opens in Bar Harbor under large tents on Cottage Street. Nearly 619 classes feature most recognized breeds with prizes including cash awards and over 100 special prizes. Prominent visitors from New York and Boston attend the event.
A Catholic church announces a mammoth fair over a week with a ticket costing one dollar granting entry to all prizes. Prizes include a cow and a heating stove, and winners may take multiple prizes as drawings occur each evening with the first drawn prize the most valuable. The building for the event is to be decided and music will be provided nightly.
The Union County Oregon County Court cites E H Ruckman and Martha J Ruckman to appear September 6 1906 at 7 PM in La Grande to show cause why an order of sale should not issue for Lot 1 2 3 4 19 & 20 in Block 2 Town of Imbler Union County Oregon to pay estate debts. Judge J C Henry presides with court seal.
A dry spell ended by Sunday and Monday showers heavy near the Blue Mountains. Willamette Valley saw light rain, not quenching fires. Smoke cleared. fires slowed. Coast mornings cloudy or foggy, afternoons clear. Warm trend with highs 90 to 100 degrees inland. Northwest winds prevail.
A vintage ad proclaims Hill's soda fountain offers dozens of drinks to quench thirst and save cash for essentials. It touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain remedy and Guineul medical baths as modern medicine, selling tea or tab iote at 56 cents via Newiin Dauc Company.
Guardian Zora E Party announces private sale of Lots 17 18 19 22 and west half of Lot 21 plus Lot 164 Chaplains Addition Block 164 La Grande Union County Oregon on or after August 7 1906. Sale proceeds benefit Earnest N Patty Z Beatrice Patty and Frank A Patty minors. Cash in hand.
Directory lists meeting nights and halls for Eagles Elks Odd Fellows Foresters Knights of Pythias Red Cross and Woodmen groups in La Grande Oregon with invites to visiting members and notes on locations such as Elk Wall hall Model Restaurant and Ellis hall.
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