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Newspaper

La Grande Evening Observer

Location

La Grande, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1907

Page

4

Real Estate and Miscellany Listings in La Grande Oregon

A clustered notices page lists rental offers for furnished rooms and cottages, farm livestock and fruit acreage for sale, various loan services, and multiple sales of furniture and equipment. Also included are lost and found items, an Edison phonograph for sale, and a large fruit and stock farm 29 miles north of Wallowa with 150 bearing peach trees and 600 fruit trees. Local contact details include La Grande addresses and phone numbers.

Adams Ave Island City Adcocks & Fritz Furniture la Grande Oregon Red Apple Company W. Lyman Oregon Wallowa Grande Ronde River W. E. Taccart Enterprise

Minnesota and Vermont Battleships Near Completion

The 16000 ton battleship Minnesota, built by Newport News, is complete except ordnance and will be handed over this afternoon in Norfolk. Officials have not decided where she will ship her ordnance. Separately, Fore River Shipbuilding has handed the sister ship Vermont to the Navy, fully equipped except for armament.

Scrippa News Norfolk Minnesota Newport News Shipbuilding Company Navy Yard Quincy Mass Fore River Shipbuilding Company Vermont Navy Department

Wheat Killed by Cold North of Walla Walla

Large wheat area on the north slopes between Walla Walla and Prescott reportedly killed by December and January cold. Tom Ennis and Thomas Bowe ranch, 800 acres to be reseeded this week.

Walla Walla Prescott Thomas Bowe Tom Ennis

Animal Eyes in Taxidermy Demand Skill and Practice

The article explains that taxidermists face difficulty painting glass eyes for mammals birds and reptiles. Glass eyes are hollow and painted from the rear to match each animal. Because eye shapes and colors vary, mastering the craft requires extensive study and practice.

Mail Order Drug Service Promises Prompt Delivery

Newlin Drug Co at La Grande Oregon invites customers to send difficult or important prescriptions. The advertisement claims orders are filled on receipt with prompt careful attention and guaranteed satisfaction across the surrounding country.

Newlin Drug Co la Grande Oregon

Dress Making by Mrs W A Baker in Hill Street

Persons seeking first class dressmaking at reasonable rates should call Mrs W A Baker of 1620 Hill Street opposite the new brick school house. Fit guaranteed.

W. A. Baker Hill Street New Brick School House

Woolen blankets washed. tailor made suits priced

Caernar’s New Laundry offers washing for wool blankets and tailor made suits starting at $16.50. Exclusive tailors measure by a first class cutter with experience, promising a better fit than generic clerks. Call for prices. Ai. Anonews, Haberdasher & Tailor.

Anonews, Haberdasher & Tailor

Boarding and Rooms on Adams Avenue

Nicely furnished rooms with or without board offered by the day week or month. Terms described as reasonable. Contact Mus. C. Swaw at 1421 Adams Ave.

3D St Park and Adams Ave Mus. C. Swaw

Bucklen's Arnica Salve Promoted For Chilblains Cure

John Kemp of East Otisfield Missouri touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for chilblains and saltrheum with other claimed benefits. The ad notes a 25 cent price at Newlin drug store and mentions a for sale real estate listing for a six room story and a half frame house with wood shed, contact William Hackert, Black 1292.

John Kemp East Otisfield Bucklen Newlin Drug Store Witlian Hackert

This Date in History highlights major events

A chronicle listing historical events from 1776 through 1903 detailing battles, political actions, births and deaths. It notes Moore's Creek, DC jurisdiction, Napoleonic travels, Longfellow birth, Princess Augusta marriage, and other incidents with dates and brief outcomes.

Moore North Carolina Congress Senate William II Germany Augusta Schleswig-Holaten Julia South Vallejo Cal Battle of Paardeberg Edwin Aurdick Buffalo

Smallpox Fear Slightly Lowers School Attendance

The public schools show a small attendance drop due to a small pox scare, noticeable only in Miss Carr's room where a girl with smallpox was present. Most pupils display vaccination scars and resume studies while a rumored Shanks/Densmore Parish connection is proven unfounded.

Miss Carr Shanks Densmore Parish Dalles

Phone Habit Delivers Drugs Fast from Newlin Drug Co

When you need items from a drug store act by phone to save time and avoid delay. Newlin Drug Co offers a free delivery service for situations when going to the store isn’t possible. Call Main 81 to begin using delivery today.

Main Newlin Drug Co

La Grande Oregon Sets March 1 1907 City Election

City of La Grande Oregon announces annual city election to be held March 1 1907 with polls open eight a m to seven p m. Officials sought include mayor city recorder city marshal treasurer and four ward councilmen. Voters will decide a $160000 water bonds issue to fund Beaver Creek water pipeline.

la Grande Oregon Euch Beaver Creak Perry Clark J. L. Curtis E. Alberson Arthur Curtis S. K. Baker New Council Rooms City Recorder's Office Geo, Ball David Bay H. W. Stoner H. E. Coolidge A. W. Nelson M. E. Ne South C.C. Pennington J. M. Hills B. W. Grandy A. C. Williams C. R. Thornton Geddes Bros T. J. Hughey H. C. Mote B. Logsdon J. Vander Pool John Hall Swoox Ore

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