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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1905
Page
2
Advertising rates list for a newspaper issue dated Wednesday June 14 1905. Rates include display advertising by the line, condolence and thank you cards, and local reading notices, with charges per line and per insertion as shown.
A historical report argues that machinery and power use expand employment and raise wages. Data from 1880 to 1900 show more horsepower, higher wages, and a greater share of the population as wage earners in factories, supporting mechanization as economic growth. Also notes a Sunday excursion ban by a railroad president and unrelated ads on laxatives and meat quality.
Chicago analysts estimate the 1905 wheat crop at 670 million bushels with 411 million winter and 259 million spring. They project foreign demand around 170 million bushels, while U S home consumption for 83.3 million people requires about 6 bushels per capita, making the domestic market nearly four times larger than exports.
The Commercial Club named executive committees last night to arrange Union County Day on July 6. The group faces a significant task but is composed of original thinkers. They acknowledge they cannot do all and urge citizen cooperation to ensure success.
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