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Local items drift through city notes and politics
Five men from Brainard Minnesota file on Jan to the United States Land Office. City offices petitions due by the evening of the 26th. Mayville moves cigar factory to Gazette building. Mrs Stiger returns from Washington after her brother’s fatal appendicitis operation. A fret class organizer sought for La Grande. Elks Ball causes Whist Club delay. Mayor Slater urged to accept reelection. First Oregon railroad locomotive exhibit at Lewis and Clark Exposition, owned by David Hewes of San Francisco. Minstrel profits aid a good cause at the Opera House. La Grane Concert band and Rep J A Dobbin noted. Law sponsor Dobbin’s textion of outside sheep a revenue boost for Starkey. Various notices: rentals, visitors, birthdays, funeral, missing miner Ezra Chart, Sunday School work, and a party at Armory by the Tes Bots Club. Ladies of the Neighborhood Club program by Mrs Bidwell.