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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1906
Page
8
Nearly nine years after the Hills Drug Store owners moved to LaGrande they expanded thrice to satisfy rising business. The policy of square dealing and low prices made it a leading Union county drug store with a complete up to date stock in Eastern Oregon.
Waters department highlights direct-from-maker perfumes with Spheilers creations such as Queen of Violets at 75¢ per ounce and options from Palmer's Wight's Lightner Lazelle Dalley Roger & Gallot's Golgate's Piper's. Ricksecker packaging offers holday lines exclusive to La Grande with upscale cut glass bottles and packages ranging from 10¢ ties to $7.60 sets.
To the particular buyers of toilet waters we will merely say that you are sure to find what you want in our stock from the 25c bottle up Roger and Galletts Colgates Ricksecker's Palmer's Pinand's 4 7 11 Hudnuts etc We invite you all to come in and inspect our perfume department For quality and prices it can not be beat.
A catalog promotes Toilet and Manicure sets for men women and children. The copy emphasizes a useful present and ornaments in a refined line.
A local shop advertises a wide range of toilet powders lotions soaps cold creams cosmetics massage creams and manicure accessories. The notice promises to please the most critical customers with a comprehensive stock.
Our line includes the finest brushes and mirrors at desirable prices. We select carefully and offer the best quality. We buy in large quantities to secure good prices and pass savings on. Hand mirrors make nice presents and we offer military brushes on request.
This year we highlight gift books in elegant bindings from standard authors. A good book makes a good present. Come early as they are going fast.
A local stationery retailer advertises a complete line of tablets and box papers from Whitings Berlines and Eaton-Hubt ures with a wide assortment of fancy box papers. The store highlights latest styles and best prices and carries Colorado view tablets.
A local ad touts leather goods with down to bed rock prices and unequalled quality. It highlights newer styles and superior workmanship and urges shoppers to compare prices to save money.
An advertisement promotes Gillette safety razors with shaving mugs mirrors brushes and leather razor straps. It touts long lasting quality and prices ranging from five cents to two dollars and fifty cents.
Attractive display offers cut glass and china in various designs. Prices advertised as the lowest in the city, with emphasis on pleasing presents for any occasion.
Sleigh bells ring as many visit the county seat this week. Hilgard school will take one week of vacation. Miss Park and Mr. Williamson’s family are mentioned among local people. Board members McDougall and Hampton are noted with school activities and Sunday school events under Mrs Ward Amestree.
Miss Alberta Gallatin appears in Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall at Steward’s Opera House Monday December 24. The play, based on Charles Major’s novel and dramatized by Paul Kester, unfolds in Elizabethan surroundings near Haddon Hall with a story of bold self indulgence and captivating vanity. A strong supporting company rounds out the presentation.
Fastidious women consider Jaxtine Toilet Antiseptic a necessity in hygienic care for local treatment. It offers cleansing germicidal deodorizing and healing qualities. Sample free at The R Paxton Coy, Bonton, Mara.
A cryptic verse hints Adam's eating choice in Eden rather than drinking, with odd phrasing about Terence vor and Maantain Tea ewLin Drug Co.
A New Alloy notes that melting metallic iron with copper or brass causes part to chemically combine while the remainder forms nodules as hard as steel. These nodules trouble brass by injuring tools. D. M. Hunt of La Grande visited Baker yesterday on business matters.
The shop notes they tailor stock to customer tastes and keep cigars fresh for a cool smoke. They offer imported and domestic lines including Christmas cigars in boxes of 12 to 100, with prices from $1.00 upward and a service to suit individual smokers.
PIPES Come in and see our line of hand some Pipes. They make nice presents pr sct 26S way down IM thete Soy ee Genuine French briar with amber stems. Some are plain and some have beautiful gold mountings. Bs sure to see our holiday line of smoker's articles-Smoker's sete in stag, gun metal, etc. Ash trays, cigar holders, tobacco jars, and many things too numerous to mention.
Thursday sale begins at 1 p m with a black gelding three years old a black mare five years old a mare and colt four milch cows one fresh one bull one yearling steer four spring heifer calves six sheep two pigs two grain drills two wagons one Molin gang plow one walking plow one seed harrow one mower hay rake bob sleigh one roller one Plano binder two gate plow harness one man’s saddle a stack of oat straw ten sacks of potatoes one beat plow plus house furniture steel range two cupboards kitchen cabinet extension table two iron bedsteads wooden bedstead and three sets of bedsprings other smaller articles Terms cash for sums ten dollars and under credit six months for larger amounts notice note with six percent interest
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