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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1904
Page
3
A crowd from Belby to Bangor seized county records by force on Tuesday and promised to return for the court. The building was torn down loaded on wagons and moved to Selby where it was being rebuilt. Bangor residents did not resist while Selby men faced bitter feeling.
In San Francisco Mia Metcalf reports her husband Edward Metcalf shot dead in his hotel room by Keeley, a traveling photographer linked to her as a friend. The couple recently moved from Auburn California amid a divorce petition. Mrs Metcalf witnessed Keeley leaving the room and fleeing into the street.
Petition to the Union County Court requests a six month license for Holyerson & McParland to sell spirituous malt and vinous liquors and hard cider in Hilgard Oregon for six months starting around February 1905. The list of signers includes local residents and officials from Hilgard and surrounding areas.
The page lists Sunday Masses and services for Catholic, Christian Science, Latter Day Saints, and Church of Christ congregations. It notes rosary times, Holy Communion, Bible School, and evening prayers, with dates and pastors mentioned for weekly worship.
The notice invites all ages to Sunday School at 10am with Olades for Youth meeting at 6:30 pm. It announces sermons Morning Retrospection the bias of Progress and Evening The Way that Something Right, inviting attendance.
The Presbyterian church lists services and events including Sunday School at 3 pm and Senior Endeavor. Tomorrow morning service at 11 and evening at 7 8. Special New Year services planned with musical program directed by Mrs Lyle. For rent furnished rooms with or without baths at corner Main and Fourth. George Hanson property. tf
The article discusses widespread misunderstandings of osteopathy and its claims. It notes osteopathy’s battle for recognition, asserts it has been won, and describes its rapid rise as a healing field with increasing success across the country.
Wanted immediately logging crews for Grande Ronde Lumber Company at UO. Good wages offered, steady work and reliable teams preferred. Apply in person or call for details. Local housing assistance may be available for qualified crews.
Two branded cattle, a yearling steer and a yearling heifer, branded with horseshoes on each hip bone, were last seen on Indian Creek range. A suitable reward is offered for information leading to their recovery.
Harry Dackwell aged 25 died at his home after a coughing spell followed by suffocation. He suffered a cold days earlier and collapsed before a physician could arrive. The incident occurred in the presence of his wife and child. A store advert end mentions a cough syrup product.
The readable text references a bag left at a Newlin rug store and mentions names Lety and Boy of Bavélens. Other phrases are garbled, but the core appears to indicate an item left behind at a shop in a town area with unclear dates or associations.
An old advertisement essay promotes Chamberlain's Stomach Liver Tablets and Herbine as remedies for heart palpitations and digestion problems. A druggist from Baxter Springs Kansas endorses Chamberlain’s pills as superior for constipation with gentle action and no griping.
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