Local residents and visitors with business and travel plans
Mr Thomas Siegmand of Joseph One and Hon JT Woodell of Summerville are in the city for business. O A Holes of Walla Walla and J M Btroabridge of Tampa Flora visit for short business and country viewing. Attorney John Rand of Baker City returns from a legal visit. Mrs L F Anderson of Walla Walla arrives for a短 visit. Mr and Mrs A J Thronson and Miss Rose Footes plan to Portland for weeks and coast. Company L NG heads to Seaside for encampment led by Captain Rogers. Dr Geof Biggers attends Portland annual session. office duties covered by Dr G W Biggers. JH Keeney in Walla Walla for his father’s funeral. Keeney long US mail contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rand
Baker City
la Grande
L. F Anderson
Walla Walle, Wash
Mr andMre A
J Thronson
Miss Rose Footes
Portland
Geof Biggers
Otsa
Elena Re
Abe Peete
G W Biggers
JH Keeney
Walla Waile
Ister B Keeney
Me Keeney
United States
West
Music Pupils Sought for Piano Lessons by Mrs Hattie R McDonald
Mrs Hattie R McDonald invites friends and the public to learn piano basics citing a strong foundation as essential. She has been studying the latest methods and seeks patronage for her beginner students, with July as a reference point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie R McDonald
Eastern Star Meeting Canceled This Evening
There will be no Eastern Star meeting tonight. All members are asked to take notice. Mary Waeniu e, Sec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star
Mary Waeniue
Seo
New Shoe Shop Opens in Lewis Building
T M Stubblefield opens a boot and shoe repair shop in the Lewis building and invites friends to visit and meet him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T M Stubblefield
Lewis Building
Hia
Mutiny at Libeu Ends in Mass Executions and Deaths
Morning Post reports a mutiny sparked by attempted executions. The port commander sought instructions from St Petersburg. A firing squad mistakenly shot officers, killing a dozen, while 23 Cossacks and other troops died in the ensuing clash before the mutiny was suppressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Morning Post
Libeu
St. Petersburg
Rail line extensions eyed by Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
May Extend Lines Chicago July 12 Juline Keolteoh, director of maintenance for the Herriman system, says UP and SP will build short lines where feasible and profitable. Surveys are underway on several extensions with few definite decisions. UP may use the Burlington stub from Hastings to Kearney, linking to a new Kansas City line. that link is tentative. UP may also use the 81, Joseph & Grand Island tracks from Hastings to Grand Island to reach the line without Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Roade
Burlington
Hastings
Kearney
Nebraska
Kansas City
Union Pacife
Joseph
Local Notes From La Grande and Baker City Visitors
A string of residents and visitors reach La Grande and nearby Baker City on various trips. James Ward and Charle Budeau travel for business and friends, Wiliam Soodgrass and Earnest Lewis depart for Baker City and North Powder, Frank Couortie visits Wallowa County, and W T Cross heads to Kearney Nebraska after delivering bogs to Union Picking in Portland. Also: Mrs Zuber completes a new corner residence in La Grande and IOOF Hall rooms receive a full refurbishing. An 1908 Scientific American clipping recalls a bolt found in a rock elm trunk near Omaha, dated sixty two years prior, linked to Lewis and Clark exploration era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ward
Baker City
la Grande
Scientific American
Omaha
Lewis and Clark
Model Restaurant Ad Describing Meals and Service
A vintage style advertisement extols a restaurant where meals are plentiful and attractively arranged. It praises the cookery as unsurpassed for healthful tasty food, with right prices and polite attentive waiters attracting patrons.
Rheumatism Relief Promoted by Local Advertiser
In a 1901 letter from Danville Illinois O G Higbee praises Bellard's Snow Liniment after a two year rheumatism ordeal, claiming one bottle cured him and recommending it to others. Also advertised Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea by Newlin Drug Co promising relief for beadache, constipation, kidney or liver troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O G Higbee
Danville
Bellard
Newlin Drug Co
Hollleter
Newlin Drag Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adams Avenue
Oregon
Biggers
AS. Andrews
Scrippa News Association
New York
John T Foster
Arlington NJ
Thomas Siegmand
Joseph One
JT Woodell
Summerville
O A Holes
Walla Walla
J M Btroabridge
Tampa
Flora
Company L
O NG
Rogers
The
la Grande Pawnbrokers
A.z.oliver
Jefferson Ave
Selder
Candy Store
J. R. Oliver
Union County
R. Oliver
LA Grande, Oregon
Chicago
Juline Keolteohn
Herriman
Cnye
T. N. Murphy
Wiliam Soodgrass
Earnest Lewis
North Powder
Frank Couortie
Colorado
Wallowa County
W T Cross
Union Picking Company
Kearney Nebraska
Mra “Zuber Corner
Seventh
Washington
F Douglass
J. A. Arbuckle
ASH Bros
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