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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1905
Page
4
A scattered advertisement lists numerous real estate bargains with prices from 400 to 9000 dollars, cash and monthly payment options, and properties including small houses, large lots, farms, and blocks. It invites inquiries at the Foley block offices and mentions loans for building.
Fragmentary OCR reports a death at a private home involving coughing spells and family mentions. The readable bits reference a domestic setting with an undefined event and a price-like line appears unrelated.
A garbled ad copy touts a cure for liver and kidney disorders and claims a dramatic recovery from paralysis. It promises guaranteed results and attributes the restoration of strength to "Weirdtrip Hitters" though the text is unclear and the source is damaged.
Notice states the county superintendent will examine applicants for state and county certificates at La Grande High School Oregon. State papers include penmanship history polling algebra reading school law physiology geography mental arithmetic grammar bookkeeping civil government and more. county papers list similar subjects with February dates and times.
The state fish warden reports Columbia river hatcheries produced 70,000,000 fry in 1903 and 16,000 in 1904. Foster claims his senate bid cost 35,000 while Sweeney spent 76,000. Herman Hayward sent to asylum for petty burglaries. La Crowe area growth doubles wheat shipments from 100,000 to 900,000 bushels between 1903 and 1904.
A London World writer cites growing drug use in society and recalls two famous women scarred by addiction. Edith, a celebrated wit, battles a hypodermic habit and dies a wreck. the other, an intense American actress, is portrayed as equally brilliant yet ruined by narcotics.
Evanston Wye reports a bright meteor lit the noon sky last night. Lincoln J. Carter's Two Little Waifs returns after forty weeks touring major U S and Canadian cities and will perform at Steward's Opera House on Tuesday February 18. Broward's Opera House hosts the season's top attraction Two Little Waifs next Tuesday evening February 7.
For rent furnished rooms with or without bath in best residence district inquire at Fourth and Main George Hansen property. Also six room and five room furnished houses available with modern improvements through La Grande Investment Co Polay Hotel Building. Water and utilities included in some offers. inquiries at Baker Bros Grocery Store.
An old advertisement touts a tonic claiming to cure paralysis of the arm after years of illness. The copy mentions relief for palsy symptoms and skin eruptions and pitches Newlin Drug Co as the vendor offering the remedy at a price of 1.00.
Fragmentary ad text markets Diamond Care products and a Now 1 Sherer remedy for consumption and colds. It references a price of 91.00 and guarantees, with vague claims of a universal cure amid promotional language.
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