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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1907
Page
5
Re Floyd of Kershaw CG recalls an eleven year battle with consumption that left him underweight and coughing. After six months on Dr. King's Discovery his cough vanished and weight returned to 170 pounds. The ad notes many others healed annually and offers trial bottles free at Newlin drug store, 50c and 1.00.
A 19th century ad praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for freedom from chilblains and skin ailments. John Kemp of East Otisfield, Maine endorses its use for saltrheart and similar troubles, claiming excellent results. Sold for 25 cents at Newlin Drug Store.
An old newspaper ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as the best laxative for relieving billiousness and constipation. The copy claims the remedy acts more agreeably and makes one feel better, priced at 23 cents at a local drug store.
J W Knowles an attorney from Union County reports La Grande is undergoing a thorough housecleaning similar to a past crackdown in St Louis by Joe Folk. Two locals face indictments under county laws while the mayor's quarantine arrest and the marshal’s acquittal on a profanity charge are noted. The public favors Bourne and Fulton for Senate, hoping for strong Oregon representation in Washington.
Two boys aged from Union, Alex Hayes and a younger companion named Baughma day, ran away to seek adventure. They were found by police in Baker and returned to their homes. Hayes’s father travelled from Union to take him back. The youths allegedly rode a horse to Cove before being stopped. fathers will return the horse and seek to shelter the boys from consequences.
Mr Newlin of the Newlin Drug Co promotes Vinol as a potent cod liver oil concentrate for all ages in La Grande. He claims it restores health and strength, eliminates the nauseating oil, adds tonic iron, and is guaranteed by five thousand druggists to help the run-down and sickly.
A tunnel collapse on the west end of a Cascade range northern tunnel halted traffic near Seattle. Several injured, communications cut, a return train sent from Spokane. Frost and thaw caused the cave in, blocking the road for a week and redirecting traffic via the Northern Pacific.
Weekly and midweek meeting schedules for Red Cross Lodge Knights of Gorpe Rowena Temple No 9 La Grande Lodge No 41 and other fraternal groups in Castle Hall Lawis Hall and adjacent venues with invited visiting members and officers listed.
The fragmented notice mentions Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a family tonic claimed to reconstruct the body and cleanse winter impurities with tea or tablets sold by Newan Druo Compawr. The OCR appears incomplete with many misspellings.
J R Blankenship of Beck Tenn reports kidney trouble relief after using Electric Bitters. He says the first bottle gave relief and several more bottles cured him completely. Sold at Newlin drug store for 80c.
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