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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1905
Page
3
The ad highlights Edison Phonographs and Gold Moulded records as ideal sound gifts, plus a broad holiday book selection, Oxford Bibles, prayer books, and gift editions. It notes cigars, Meerschaum pipes, and Kodak offerings, with discounts by the box and importer agents for Eastman Kodak supplies.
A brief memo suggests listing gift ideas for individuals on the list and noting potential gifts opposite each name. It advises planning for the year, then concentrating on the logs noted when selecting items and reviewing future acts.
Store offers a selection of colored perfine candles 16 to 48 inch boxes. Includes candle holders, garlands ornaments and tinsel wreaths with low prices advertised.
A retro shop catalog promotes shaving gear and desk items with price ranges. Highlights include Gillette or Christy Safety Razors, West razors, fountain pens, ink wells, desk sets, and shaving soaps and lotions. Prices start at five dollars per set.
A local shop promotes a wide range of Xmas candy including Holly boxes and pocket knives. It advertises Bible editions, prayer books, hymnals, church goods, and a dedicated children's gifts department with toys and novelties.
A newspaper ad promotes Christmas cards booklets vanity bags Fifth Avenue bags pocket books purses bill books music rolls and related items. It highlights artistic cards and boasts unmatched prices and a wide assortment for holiday seasons.
A selection of fancy box papers with holly decorations and a variety of stationery treasures. The lineup includes paper weights fountain pens gold pans ink wells and portfolios suitable for gifts and personal use.
Gift items include toilet sets and brushes in silver oriental pear and antique woods. Doll display highlights numerous dolls with low prices across all models in the children's department.
Government experts estimate 60,000 square miles of Alaska must be surveyed and platted at about 83 dollars per square mile to build a Yukon to tidewater railroad. The route would cross a westward mountain belt from the 141st meridian to Cook Inlet, with passes and waterways guiding feasible paths. Rail ventures and logging roads in the territory show strong returns, while current supply transport costs to Chistochina run up to one dollar per pound in summer and fifty cents in winter.
Wallowa Oregon December 6 The surveying crew of the O R N Co is here locating a right of way to replace a formal survey now under homes. A route feasible to secure the line would avoid destroying properties and cost many thousands of dollars.
Holiday shoppers should not overlook the five ten and twenty five cent bargain tables at Mrs T N Murphy's hardware store. Many articles will be the same for a Christmas gift.
County Clerk J B Gilham granted a marriage license today to C H Miller of Bakery City and Nola Andersson of North Powder.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills and a Chamberlain’s stomach and liver tablet as health boosters. It markets improved complexion, eye brightness, firm flesh, buoyant mind, and easy relief from stomach issues with 26 cent pricing and references to local drugstore availability.
Notice declares dissolution of the partnership J A Garity & Company and calls unsettled accounts before January 1 1906. It also includes a foreclosure complaint in the Union County Circuit Court against Anvalcameted agar Company and others with a sale of mortgaged premises to satisfy a judgment and attorney fees. Publication in Le Grande Evening Observer dated December 6 1906.
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