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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1910
Page
5
The Observer offers a free piece of ware with purchase of the paper on terms. Ads advertise Christmas trees ornaments and furniture cleaning services. Newlin Drug Co promises insured prescriptions and fair prices. Silverthorn's Drug Store touts up-to-date manicure goods on a three day sale.
Local society items list: P Foley and other residents visiting Pendleton. Eastern Star officers meeting. notable arrivals, visits, and departures from La Grande, Summerville, and nearby towns. Mentions of residents moving into new homes, future travel, and entertainment schedules, including Grace Cameron at Foley and Chas Rowan in town for a performance.
The G I A of the B of L B held its annual officer election. Mrs F M Jackson becomes president succeeding Mrs Fred G Schilke. New officers include vice president Mrs J C Shea chaplain Mrs C M Humphreys guard Mrs C O Shurbert sentinel Mrs George Parker secretary Mrs L Givan insurance secretary Mrs Luke Ferguson treasurer Mrs Geo Sheppard. Installation will occur at the first January meeting.
Ole Olsen former Akley Minnesota resident died in hospital after a brief illness. His wife is critically ill. Funeral will be held here. initial plans to ship the body east were abandoned. Mrs Olsen’s condition remained grave as authorities noted the family’s distress and concern.
The City Grocery and Bakery installed a New Era mixer costing 659 dollars with a five horsepower motor. It can mix 80 loaves in 15 minutes, nearly doubling bread production and proving the machine up to its claimed performance.
Dr. W. D. McMillan, prominent dentist, purchased a choice jet on First Street between Main and Spring through Geo. H. Currey Real Estate Agency. He plans to reside in the new home next year, signaling faith in the city's growth.
Henry and Carr undertakers received a casket wagon of the latest design. The wagon is set up for immediate use to move caskets to and from the morgue where a hearse is unsuitable.
California railroad commission annual tally shows 306 killed and 2175 injured in the year ending June 30. The figures exceed the prior year by five deaths but show 400 more maimed.
Sworn proof that buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients compiled in Adler-ika the new German appendicitis remedy can cure appendicitis without operation shown at A. T. Hill store in La Grande. A single dose reportedly relieves wind gas sour stomach and constipation and other chronic appendicitis symptoms.
The New York News Bureau reporting from December 14 notes Wall Street’s view that Taft’s added Supreme Court justices make the court conservative. The report cites lawyers who have tried to classify the probate bench and assess its direction.
The court is described as more conservative than in the last Standard Oil and American Tobacco terms. Lawyers place members as conservatives led by Chief Justice White with Day Holmes Lurton and Hughes, radicals including Hartlan Van Devanter while Lamarr and McKenna are uncertain.
Sir Horace Plunkett, president of the Irish Agricultural Society, visiting Chicago cites high diving costs and says American farmers must organize and distribute their products to cut middlemen profits and raise farmers’ earnings.
The second day of the poultry show attracts a well filled crowd as visitors admire the display of birds. Attendance appears higher today than yesterday when the event opened.
The notice warns that constant ear ringing signals catarrh spreading through Eustachian tubes and can cause partial deafness. It urges readers to visit Newlin Drug Co. for a HYOMEI inhaler to breathe through a pocket device and cure catarrh.
An advertisement extols HYOMEI as a throat and nasal remedy for colds. It describes dripping drops into water using a rubber inhaler, claims rapid cure for lingering symptoms, and notes a complete HYOMEI kit priced at one dollar with late bottles at 60 cents. The notice lists Newlin Drug Store and druggists offering a money back plan dated Dec 12 and Jan 2.
A dated health warning notes eczema lies in the inner skin and warns against outward salves. It promotes the D D D Prescription from Wintergreen and squid farm as a penetrating treatment, claiming instant itch relief for 25 cents. The Newlin Drug Co. Dee 13 15.
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