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A large assortment of odd pieces is offered at 25 to 60 percent below regular price, featuring varied items across departments and promising substantial savings for shoppers seeking bargains.
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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
8
A large assortment of odd pieces is offered at 25 to 60 percent below regular price, featuring varied items across departments and promising substantial savings for shoppers seeking bargains.
The report notes brief, intense storms across Walla Walla Pasco Eureka Pendleton Dayton and nearby areas with heavy rain electric thunder and lightning. Walla Walla saw 0.033 inches of rain enough to wash pavement. Pasco suffered a bridge washout delaying a train. other towns reported damaging lightning and stormy weather with no major destruction.
City council debated charter revisions focusing on bonding provisions and officer tenure changes. Proposals included mayor recorder chief of police and treasurer term shortening, and keeper powers for imprisonment. American Light & Power offered a water system plan funded by bonds, prompting calls for expert review and possible immediate action or delay for better terms.
Prohibitionists begin the first Oregon recall petition under a new constitutional amendment in Medford First ward. They charge Olwell no longer resides there, but aim to oust him for voting to keep Hotel Nash bar open and replace him with a council ally who supports a dry city. Councilman Wortman opposed the recall.
The Rev. William H. Foulkes will preach at the Presbyterian church in the morning and evening this Sunday in La Grande. The evening service will include his installation as pastor. Though frequently invited to commencements and religious gatherings, he declines due to time constraints, choosing to devote the day to the local church.
Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup is promoted to aid digestion and stimulate the liver and bowels without irritating stomach or liver. It claims to be non nauseating and gentle, unlike pills or ordinary cathartics, by A. T. Hill, druggist.
A proposed city ordinance would ban herding cows and stock in streets and yards within city limits without the owners consent and a responsible keeper. The measure, read a second time, was referred to the street committee after questions about age and competence delayed final passage.
Dr F E Moore, past year president of the National Association of Osteopaths, departs La Grande for Kirkesville Mo to attend the convention honoring Dr Still s birthdate. He will deliver the presidential address to about 1800 delegates, with his tenure highlighting extensive correspondence and La Grande publicity. Rent notice follows.
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