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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1911
Page
2
An Orrine company advertisement claims Orrine destroys liquor desire and aids health with a registered money back guarantee. It promotes a free booklet How to Cure Drunkenness and lists Silverthorne's Family Drug Store as a local seller. January 9 11 18.
Letters of administration have been issued by the Union County Court to Angus Shaw for Isabella Shaw, deceased. Creditors must present claims with vouchers to the administrator at Summerville, Oregon within six months from the notice dated December 30, 1910. Dec. 30, 1910. Jan 6, 13, 20, 27.
Richard J. Jose returns to the stage as Uncle Ben Laurie in Silver Threads a New England tale at Steward on Wednesday January 18. The famed contra tenor sings during select scenes including Daddy Silver Threads Among the Gold and When You and I Were Young Maggie. The play follows a New England girl’s rise to fame and a comic subplot about a housemaid who gets into trouble over silverware.
From La Grande notes the best picture seen is Edison’s A Christmas Carol. An old miser faces spirits that replay his past, prompting a change to a charitable life. Also features White Roses, The Recreation of an Heiress, and The Preacher's Wife with brief plot sketches.
A synopsis notes At The Isis as a farcical comedy where a dentist father uses schemes to deter suitors and ends with a wedding by extraction. The Pinkerton Man features a bank robber eluding pursuit in Colorado with a detective who falls for the wife and, after a fatal twist, the robber dies. Cedar Ridge offers a love affair that travels a crooked path before true love prevails.
The Star lines up two comedy reels for tonight and tomorrow featuring a western ranch setting. A party of sworn enemies meets a group of cowboys in the new picture “The Cowboys and the Bachelor Girls,” promising humorous, lively entertainment.
The Orpheum presents Valley Forge by a popular stock company in its third season at Strick Town. Manager Gardinier promises the best yet as actors fit for the drama deliver high quality entertainment, pleasing all audiences who have seen the company.
An advertising notice by The Newlin Drug Co promotes HYOMEI a vaporized air remedy for catarrh. It claims fast relief within two minutes and cure with a lifetime inhaler priced at 1.00 dollars, with a refill bottle at 50 cents. January 13 1923 February 3.
The Common Council of La Grande Oregon on January 4 1911 created Improvement District No 30 for Cherry street and intends to construct a wagon road crossing over the railroad tracks. A ten day notice to affected property owners precedes the levy of a 877.00 assessment with a public hearing on January 18 1911 at 8 pm in the council chamber. The district runs along Cherry street from Adams Avenue north to Cove Avenue. Chamberlains Cough Remedy is recommended for colds with no opium content.
Mrs. Charles Kline of Easton Pa. endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as a dependable cough remedy. She notes it soothes throat irritation, loosens phlegm, and keeps her family free of coughs and colds, with no opiates, for grippe and various ages. Hills Drug Store sells it.
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