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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1904
Page
2
The readable portion shows inconsistent numbers and odd phrasing about a daily schedule and advance payments. No clear event, person, or organization can be identified to form a concrete news item.
The piece reviews salary changes for president, vice president, cabinet, and Congress from 1789 to 1878. It notes frequent public protests, including the 1878 push to raise pay, and the retroactive 1873 act deemed a salary grab that provoked widespread indignation.
The Observer urges readers to study advertisements as merchants use the paper to move stock. It notes that merchants offer reductions to clear old stock before fall inventories, presenting it as a business proposition for both seller and buyer.
The article contemplates 1905 proving La Grande could be heated by natural hot water. If hot water is available nearby, there is reason to believe it could be secured locally for homes.
A quotation praises the strong man who sees potential estates and farms where others see fenced fields. It contrasts feeble and forceful characters, noting the strong man’s eye creates houses and farms as quickly as the sun breeds clouds.
E V Carter of Jackson County makes a strong bid for the presidency of the senate. Kendall was long seen as the likely winner but has not conceded and continues to contest the race.
A letter from Bally, P O Tras, Texas, says Ballards Snow Linimeot cured his wife’s five year paralysis in the arm and helped with sores frost bites and skin eruptions. He notes a purchase of 1.00 and credits Newlin Drug.
An old medical advertisement urges readers to treat heart fluttering and chest pressure with Herbine for a few days. It emphasizes relief from heart palpitations and lists Newlin Drug Co as the source.
A Decatur Alabama woman Mia H Newson describes three years of unbearable indigestion stomach and bowel pain with death seeming near. She credits Liver Kidney and Bowel troubles remedy five Bitters as miraculous after one dose and full recovery.
Testimony floods in claiming Dr King’s New Discovery for Vonaumpty eases bronchial trouble. A Benterville, Virginia letter from T J McFarland describes long bronchitis and prior doctors as failures before praising the remedy’s effects.
Notice to creditors of Charles J. Griffiths of Elgie Oregon that he was adjudicated bankrupt on December 1 1900 and that the first meeting of creditors will be held at La Grande Oregon on January 10 in the forenoon to prove claims appoint a trustee and conduct business. Twenty five cents must accompany each claim. Dated La Grande Oregon December 6 1900. Referee in Bankruptcy.
Publication of timber land claim under the Timber and Timber Mealy Act lists claimants and locations in Oregon and Perry. notices to prove up and show timber instead of agriculture. filed March 15, with A. W. Davis, Register.
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