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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1911
Page
7
An advertisement promotes Rexalt Orderlies as a safe constipation treatment, claiming no harsh drugs, no side effects, and a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. It touts odorless tasteless tablets, easy dosage, suitability for all ages, and exclusive availability at Rexall stores.
A. L. Richardson M D J W Loughlin M D Dre Richardson Loughlin physicians and surgeons offices with hours and phone numbers. W Zimmerman Osteopath Summer Bldg Rooms 7 8 10 home and main phones. Mendelsohn optics 1105 Adams Ave Foley Hotel Bldg La Grande Oregon. Underwood Underwood Eye specialists offices Wright Drug Store phones. Charlton veterinary surgeon Hill s Drug Store residence and office phones. Crawford attorney La Grande Navalua Bane Bldg. Nelson mining engineer Baker City Oregon.
Annual election of officers held last Saturday night solidifies another year of activity for the Union County Oregon Agricultural Society. R. E. Reynolds becomes president replacing T H Crawford. Roscoe B. Doane named secretary. Mrs. R. E. Reynolds treasurer. Vice presidents span Union, Elgin, Island City, Cove, Imbler and Summerville, reflecting county-wide representation. The group plans an annual ball this spring and continues various enterprises and state movements aimed at local betterment.
Miss McMillan from Omaha joins the faculty to fill the Clarke vacancy, with Mrs. Common leading history and McMillan teaching language. Nebraska and Missouri graduates bring Latin expertise. chemistry becomes a permanent science course. Enrollment rises to about 220 with new students Block Richardson Melville Perry Millering Millering Davis. Opera chairs arrive, enabling full assemblies once again.
Professor James T. MecLeary recalls a Lincoln Douglas debate in Illinois. He notes the crowd cheered Douglas first, then Lincoln, who steadied the room with a quiet question about what Douglas ever said that lasted beyond the moment of applause.
The article notes women serve as conductors on Santiago’s electric cars during wartime, proving as efficient as men. It describes evening promenades in the plaza with segregated paths for sexes and coquette behavior by young girls. Carriage parades at Parque Cousin feature mounted police, coachmen, and fashionably dressed riders, lasting from 5 to 8 PM.
A Manchester chemist warns that arsenic is widely used to whiten skin though it is an accumulative poison. Effects build over years with no early illness, then possible loss of motor control and paralysis as the toxin damages nerves. The Washington Post notes the danger.
The quotation depicts a busybody accusing a neighbor of spying on locals who moved from 35 last week. She allegedly borrowed opera glasses the day before they left and kept them afterward, hindering any chance to inspect their back room furniture.
A brief note from an exchange explains dampness in relation to polished woolwork. It warns against misinterpreting damp as mere wetness and suggests using a hot cloth wrung out thoroughly then shaken in the air to achieve the proper moisture level.
Mrs Shorteish exclaims that their son has been expelled from college amid a tense family moment. Mr Shorteish wonders if he can endure without making an assignment, suggesting a possible workaround or delay.
Mrs. Charles Kline of Paston PA says Foley's Honey and Tar cures bad coughs and colds, soothes throat irritation, loosens phlegm, and remains a reliable remedy for la grippe coughs and stuffy colds with no opiates, sold at Hills Drug Store.
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