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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1906
Page
6
Bargain prices on ladies and girls Oxfords in black and tan. Styles include $1.25, $.98, $1.75, $1.39, and $2.75 options. Limited stock, selection offered at discounted rates. Sizes and availability not specified.
J H Stevens with Mrs Hanna McDonald and Miss Jean spent Sunday at Meacham near the Gao Webb camp. The area hosts Uncle Geo and family with Mrs J H Stevens and Mrs Kate Frasier among visitors. Stevens notes many camps along the woods and an estimated 500 people yesterday. Pleasant, cool weather and railroad, telegraph, store access boost business visits. Stevens plans to return after month end for several days.
Reports out of Pendleton contradict a Portland sighting of Gacil Bitcain in custody of a Gypsy outfit. Parents and police say there is no basis for the tale as yet, while no trace of the boy has been found. Searches will continue in the mountains for the missing child. Mrs E S Haring was notified of her son-in-law B W Scott of Nampa near death after a street disappearance and prior heart wound.
Ed Benham four months old son of Mr and Mrs B A Benham in the city died yesterday afternoon of cholera infantum after a week of illness. The funeral was held at the home this afternoon at two thirty with Rev. W H Gibson of the Baptist church officiating.
A large group from this city joined Mrs. A. R. French for the fifth French Cherry Tree Picnic at the Cove estate. Guests enjoyed fruit from the famed tree and shaded hours away in warm weather awaiting fruit ripeness for the annual outing.
Last night at Ascension Church in the Cove R S Franch wed Miss Eva Trippeer with Rev Webb officiating. Franch studies pharmacy in Philadelphia and will return there after a camping trip. Eva is a Cove native with many valley friends. both have broad local ties. The couple will head East to resume studies after their honeymoon.
The O R N Co will run a special train from Elgin to La Grande for circus day. It departs Elgin at 7 45 am and returns after the night performance. Also two small classifieds note room and board near the sugar factory or Palmer Lumber Co and a help-wanted ad for housework in La Grande.
The restaurant offers attractively arranged meals and a welcoming atmosphere where young ladies and gentlemen may eat to their heart's content without feeling abashed by their surroundings.
A brief note extols a cafe for superb cookery with unsurpassed excellence. It highlights healthful, tasty dishes and enjoyable meals, with right prices and polite attentive waiters.
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