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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1905
Page
3
For Rent list item notes G J McLean house on Washington Avenue with contact by phone. Also item: a light colored boy’s hat found and turned in to this office. owner must prove ownership to claim.
Notice that the partnership J A Garity & Company between J A Garity and Ben Brown is dissolved. All indebted parties should settle accounts at the office before January 1 1906.
The listings show Eagle Lodge No. 259 F O E meets Fridays at 8 p m in Redmen Hall Lewis Building with visiting brethren invited. Various lodges including O F La Grande No. 16,Encampment No. 51 I C O F, Eastern Star Chapter 13, M W A La Grande Camp 7708, Foresters Court Maid Marion No. 22, K O T M Tent No. 31, L C T M Hive No. 27, La Grande Lodge No. 433 and Woodmen of the World #169 hold regular meetings on different week days at local halls and post office area, inviting visitors and brothers.
Washington dispatch reports fuel oil from California and Texas wells is replacing coal on railroads across California Arizona New Mexico Texas and Mexico. Inspector Joe Sheridan warns of rising coal mine dangers from careless mining and urges a law banning solid shots to prevent roof collapses and dust explosions.
The article discusses Mark Twain’s remarks on woman suffrage in Following the Equator, highlighting official figures showing women vote as much as men and praising the orderly election. It quotes Twain on attitudes toward women and the call for continued progress, ending with an ad for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
The Oregon Press Association and the Development League plan a joint meeting January 12 to 15 in the Port land Commercial Club parlors. Every county will be represented and a strong La Grande delegation is expected. The railroad offers a single fare round trip for five days starting January 11, aiding attendance.
A telephoned message from Professor Percival Lowell to the Harvard Observatory states a second comet was found on the November 29 photograph. It describes the object’s path and orientation with details of time, declination, and motion, noting two tails extending north and northeast.
Midwinter urges precautions against colds flu and pneumonia and explains how chest contraction crowds organs. Osteopathy aims to keep nerve and blood flow unimpeded to preserve resistance and quickly corrects misalignments to restore the body’s natural healing powers.
J E Stearns of Belle Plaine Minnesota reports a friend suffered severe hand swelling resembling blood poisoning. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve allegedly drew out the poison and healed the wound, advertised as a remedy for burns and sores at Newlin’s Drug Store priced 25 cents.
Notices published by Union county Oregon announce a special school meeting at the High School on December ith 1905 at two o clock to levy taxes for school support interest on bonded debt and completing and furnishing the new school dated December 15 1908 Attest A C Williams District Clerk H J Yours Chairman Board of Directors
Mathew Patterson Wood consulting engineer scientist and author died last night in New York after a protracted illness. He was 70 and wrote numerous technical papers. During the Civil War he supervised motive power for the United States railways under General Herman Haupt and served as a confidential agent for Secretary of War Stanton.
Kearney Nebraska December 25 three jailbreakers Fred Gillette W B Warner and Fred Engleben were captured near Holdrege after a brief confrontation with a posse. Sheriff Guatus of Phelps County and deputies arrested the men who surrendered after a gunfight in the haystack.
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