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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1905
Page
3
The church invites all to attend services led by Rev J D Gillian with morning and evening views in a study on The relation of Justice and mercy. Holy Communion observed. Worship at the Easton address.
A local vendor promotes a new complete line of groceries and meats with cold storage and fresh produce. The ad touts lowest prices, fresh watermelons, and cans of corn and tomatoes at ten cents, promising reliable service and quality goods.
A reader from Canada praises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for relief of stomach trouble and constipation. The testimonial notes the product helped a person named C Towns and attributes the remedy to Newllo Drug Co. sale.
An old style ad promoting cash sales over credit, claiming closer margins and own delivery wagon service. Mentions Zundel and an address line with a salting typo, implying a local grocery or general store promoting cash payments.
Rev B Hays pastor of Junior Endeavor announces a prayer meeting Thursday at 9 pm with speaking by a guest and a chorus under Mrs Lyle guiding the music. A cordial invitation is extended to all seeking a church home to attend these services.
A cordial invitation to all the service. O H King, pastor, Lis P a, Morning Worship 11 am VPS OB meeting. Prayer meeting Wednesday 8 pm. Boys Club Saturday evening in the Study. Baptist Church schedules preaching services with morning and evening sessions and a focus on The Lord's Coming. Strangers welcome. bring friends.
Sheriff T D Taylor faces growing book discrepancies in Pendleton with experts tallying $21,000 short and projections later suggesting $40,000 to $50,000. Deputies D P Davis and Roy Funk are named in the alleged crimes, though no direct charges yet filed.
A temporary restraining order was issued by Judge Smith McPherson in Iowa United States district court against Postmaster Frank Wy man. The order requires the Postmaster to stop stamping mail for the People's United States bank and E G Lewis as fraudulent and to return it to the sender. Mail will not be delivered to the bank or to Lewis and will be held at the Louis post office pending final action.
Job ad seeks ten workers for all summer cord wood duty. Apply to John Anthony or Box 142 La Grande Oregon. Local incident reports say a lightning bolt struck an elm tree in New York City injuring ten sheltering people, none fatally. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised by Newlin Drug Co.
Reported deaths include seven in Pittsburg from heat in July and a drowning of three unnamed yacht passengers in New York harbor. Progress reports mention Irish representation changes, floods washing New Mexico bridges, and a murder verdict in East Lake City. The Fourth of July at the Lewis and Clark Exposition drew 53 708 attendees, with half a million admissions by July 4, and the fair runs to October 15.
Northwest dispatch notes fifty elven climbers reached Mt. Hood summit on Wednesday. Corvallis police judge Grefor has allegedly fled, with about nine thousand dollars unaccounted for. Washington penitentiary inmates rose to 744 for the past month, up 17 from a year ago. Lewis and Clark fair officials approved a cent night admission on Wednesday. The National Congress of Methodists opened in Portland with broad state attendance. In New Westminster, a Chinese gambler arrest sparked a riot as police faced about 50 Chinese participants.
At war’s start the Japanese government urged gold mining. The result shows over 5 million dollars in gold mined in Japan and nearly the same amount in Formosa.
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