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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
3
Ninety acres of prime land in the Ronde Valley at Island City offered for sale in small tracts to suit buyers. Inquiries to Henry Sterling at Ronde Valley House. phone 36.
A seller invites buyers to name the work and offer a fair price. The message stresses securing a suitable bid and completing a deal promptly.
The notice states Mr Shaw is left in charge of Lewis Printery for the next six weeks. It commends his competence and promises satisfactory handling of any retrusted work at Bird F Lewis.
A reader recounts seven years of illness improved by a medicine sold under a Newlin Ling On company guarantee. The note praises the remedy as a wonderful treatment and asserts it can cure a bad cough, with a bottle offered under a money back guarantee.
Ballard Snow Liniment Co promotes its snow liniment by reporting a cure for a sore on the chin believed to be cancer. The ad asserts the sore resisted prior treatment but yielded to the liniment. A patient from Pennsylvania is mentioned in relation to the cure.
A General Market advertises low prices as the secret of business with cold storage and fresh produce kept on ice. It invites customers to try watermelons just off the ice and emphasizes a heat refrigerator in the city for always cold, crisp greens.
Miss Atton of California defeated Miss Wilson 8 6 in the final round to win the women’s world championship in London on July 6.
President Peer ham of the railroad telegraphers says a strike of operators on the Northern Pacific and Great Northern is imminent. Operators of the two lines have voted to stand by any action taken by the committees now in session.
Theodosia residents depart at authorities request fearing an imminent attack by the Kuler Potemkin. Only the troupe and officials stay behind as scattered townsfolk evacuate.
The Philippine commission granted to John J Sabin and Louie Glasa of San Francisco a franchise to construct a telephone and telegraph system throughout the Philippine Islands.
The marriage of GF Hagey and Mills Ells M Hopkins took place July 6, 1905, at the Ronde Valley House with Rev O H King officiating. The couple hails from Starkey and were united in a ceremony led by the local clergyman.
Mexico City reports 174 more bodies pulled from flood debris as foreigners perish in a disaster linked to dynamite explosions. Friends reportedly carried victims across mountains without notifying authorities, amid chaotic rescue and unclear fatalities. In Warsaw, Lithuanian life guards clashed with Cossacks leaving fourteen dead and one hundred wounded, with other regiments affected.
Today's session of the American Surgical Association in San Francisco featured paper readings on spinal cord lesions. Tomorrow a vote on next year’s meeting place and officers is planned with Washington DC likely hosting the gathering.
Attendance at the Portland exposition yesterday reached 65 000 the largest total so far in the history of the event.
A 60 year old Cheyenne woman, mother of U S district judge JA Riper, collapsed from heart failure just after a large firecracker exploded in front of Judge Riper's home. She was noted as one of the city's pioneers.
In San Francisco on July 6 a strike began along the water front after Pacific Mail Occidental and Oriental Steamship companies refused a 25 percent daily wage increase bid by the escaleras union.
A morning blaze in Lewiston Idaho destroyed several frame buildings and merchandise in the business district. The fire endangered the entire business area for a time and caused an estimated loss of 40000 dollars.
La Grande Commercial Club arranges for National Good Roads Association officers to visit Tuesday 11 with a convention in the courthouse. Special train offers reduced rail rates. Three sessions at 10 am 2 pm and 8 pm. Local reception committee listed with numerous names from towns including North Powder Island City Imbler Elgin Starkey and more.
U S Land Office La Grande Oregon announces under the Timber Land Act of 1878 a notice for land sale in California Nevada Washington area. Applicants must file sworn statements by September 4. Adversely affected parties urged to submit claims by the deadline.
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