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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
8
The notice promotes Palmer Garments and ladies shirt waists with new arrivals in medium weights suited for summer or early fall. It highlights stylish, affordable attire including hand tailored suits for a Long Beach excursion and urges customers to call and compare prices.
Notice is given that the city will receive bids until 4 o clock PM on August 22, 1908 at the recorder s office for rough lumber deliveries including red fir cedar tamarack and yellow pine in various sizes and lengths. W N Monroe chairs the Street Committee.
A brief classified blurb invites readers to call Main 24 for a message service. The notice emphasizes contacting a local number for inquiries or orders.
A bulletin on incubation experiments to be published soon is described as highly valuable, with Prof James Dryden elected first vice president of the International Association of Poultry Instructors and Investigators. The report notes low temperature repeated heating preserves fruit color and flavor, and outlines Oregon State College plans for expanded road-building research, new Berence Hall facilities, and an enlarged faculty.
Four kittens born in the basement of the Blue Mountain creamery building display a growth on each belly keeping them facing each other. The animals are nearly a week old, eating poorly, and observers fear they may die of starvation. The cluster’s unusual formation is the only notable spectacle in catdom reported recently.
A single prisoner remains in the country jail as officials assess a case tied to an Austrian-born man accused of theft. The area around Wolf Creek sees seven local families already settled with more expected as a hotel and store are under construction in the settlement noted by the Glenda News.
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