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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1905
Page
3
The advertisement touts a general market offering meats vegetables and groceries at low prices. It promises stock and full service from one supplier with a cold storage plant and ice kept produce. It urges trial orders and notes fresh berries poultry and canned corn and tomatoes at ten cents per can.
An old advertisement claims there are many kinds of men but they sell the best. It asserts a trial order will prove the claim and promises only top specimens are produced at low costs.
Crescent Seattle Grocery Co presents delivery wagon service and self selling with guaranteed Monopole bread. The note promises properly delivered goods and cheerful correction of any errors, signed by Zundel & Lawson.
The ad touts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a pleasant natural laxative. It asserts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea can cure headaches constipation and kidney or liver troubles and notes sale by Newlin Drug Co.
W Macfarlane expresses gratitude for patronage received during his grocery career and notes office hours 9am to 6pm at John B Hough's office on Adams Avenue. He plans to be available before August 1 and acknowledges mainly orders from the Oret order with few exceptions.
OC Towns of Rat Portage Ontario Canada reports relief from stomach trouble and constipation after using Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. He notes mild side effects. Recommendation comes from Nowlin Drug Co for easy access.
The Dalles Chronicle reports that several C N trainmen were discharged last week due to a spotter inquiry. Conductor Dickinson of the La Grande freight division is reassigned, two discharged brakemen are reinstated, and most charges are deemed inaccurate with reinstatement expected for affected workers in a few days.
Archibald Gagnon was rescued after 17 days lost in the forest near Roasland BA. Injuries and near-starvation were reported but he survived. Local authorities and rescuers credited perseverance and aid from nearby communities during the long search.
The North Powder Oregon post office shows a rising money order total for April May and June compared with 2004. Postmaster O D Thomson provides figures, with April to June 1904 totaling $4247.76 and 1905 $4510.45.
The interstate commerce commission reports 28 passengers and 204 employees killed and 1051 passengers and 9062 employees injured in train accidents from January through March 2006. Including other non collision or derailment incidents, total casualties reach 909 killed and 14,897 injured.
The boy of Mrs E E Carleon was taken from Cavalry Cemetery this morning to perform an autopsy to determine the cause of her death.
Representative Overstreet of Indiana, chairman of the House Post Offices and Post Roads Committee, urges a postage increase on second class mail to support postal service reforms amid a congressional session. The move aims to wipe out deficits and streamline operations.
Notice proclaims administration of the estate of Sarah Cowen in Union County Oregon. Claimants must file with Crawford & Crawford in La Grande within six months. Dated La Grande Oregon June 22 1906. administrator 8 Cowen.
Classified items advertise a health cure for indigestion and allied symptoms, a position for a reliable cook, a small house for rent near Adams Avenue, and a Panama Canal labor report noting 12 000 workers, 40 fever cases and 2 deaths in May and June.
The County Court of Union County Oregon appoints COWEN as administrator of the estate of W Cowen deceased. Creditors must present claims to Crawford & Crawford in La Grande Oregon within six months, verified. Dated La Grande Oregon June 1st 10k inks 5. ,
Otho Eckersley appointed administrator of the estate of William J Shoemaker by the County Court of Union County Oregon. Creditors must file claims with vouchers to Otho Eckersley at Cove Oregon or attorney J D Slater in La Grande Oregon within six months from the notice date July 7 AD 106.
Ad reads mountain tea nuggets sold by Houssien Dave Company of Madison Wisconsin. Price listed as 3 cents a box. Ad targets a general audience with bold claims and a distinctive product name.
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