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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1907
Page
2
The article notes optimistic forecasts for La Grande with expectations of three hundred more jobs and a larger population, alongside wider economic data. It cites records from the Mint director on rising world gold production and bank holdings, and a turn of the year marked by temporary financial stringency amid national prosperity.
La Grande plans include hosting the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows on the late lay, about twenty criminal cases on the February circuit term, interest in a municipal electric plant with inquiries to Utah and California, Jamaica earthquake reports, and a trade offer context with England and Nova Scotia over the Philippines.
The piece notes a near completion of an electric railroad from Walla Walla to Milton within one mile and suggests a potential extension over the mountains to Le Grande. It highlights economic optimism for La Grande with new payrolls, brick buildings, and homes, plus Oregon and Idaho governors urging anti fraud in mining stock offerings.
C O Floyd of Kershaw South Carolina recalls a near death from consumption eleven years ago. After using Dr King s New Discovery for about six months his cough and lung trouble disappeared and his weight rose from 135 to 170 pounds. The remedy is guaranteed and a trial bottle is free at Newlin drug store.
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