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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1906
Page
3
The text extols Sherwin Williams paints for permanence and colorfastness, noting they resist fading from sun and rain and remain durable. With the 4th of July near, it suggests using them to refresh houses fences and outbuildings.
Willis T. Morgan a U. S. Army retiree from Concord New Hampshire says he spent four years overseas in Cuba and the Philippines and avoided illness by using Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption. He declares it the best medicine for coughs colds bronchial troubles and all lung diseases with a 50 cent to 1.00 price and a free trial bottle.
An advertisement claims deaths from appendicitis drop as the pills rise in use. It asserts the product saves from danger and provides quick painless relief from constipation and related ills. It guarantees strength and vigor after use and offers 26c trial.
Washington reports the War Department weighs a large western post for 5000 or more troops possibly replacing Boise Barracks. Idaho lawmakers push to keep Boise as a site while Taft and Roosevelt plan a few major camps. Vancouver, Washington is favored to receive the selection.
Monte Ne Ark June 20 One of the most important cotton industry meetings in the region opens with the cotton convention drawing more than two thousand delegates from twelve Southern states. Governors mayors brokers planters bankers merchants and manufacturers attend. Julius Lesser of the St. Louis Cotton Exchange leads a large delegation and exhibits a 1862 slave labor bale from West Point Mississippi drawing wide interest.
A dry dock Dewey towed toward Manila was sighted in the Straits of Malacca on June 20. Authorities signalled that all was well as the vessel proceeded toward its destination.
City records order the notice to property owners on Sixth Street La Grande Oregon between Washington Avenue and another street. An ordinance will require improvement by cuts fills grades and gravel with costs assessed against abutting owners unless a remonstrance is filed before the next meeting. The June 13 1906 ordinance was approved by City Recorder J R Swoon. The Gentennial announces boarding house rates and availability ending May first.
An advert claims Electric Bitters cure stomach and liver disorders common in India and domestic ailments. It cites S. A. Brown of Bennettsville South Carolina praising the remedy for years of dyspepsia and a torpid liver. The product purportedly treats chills fever malaria biliousness lame back kidney and bladder issues. Sold by Newlin Drug Co. for 50 cents with guarantee.
Death From Lockjaw never follows an injury dressed with Buck len's Arica Salve. Its antiseptic and healing properties prevent blood poisoning. Chas. Oswald, merchant of Renselaersville, N. Y., writes it cured Seth Burch of the ugliest neck sore. Cures cuts wounds borne and sores, 26 cts, at Newlin Drug Co.
Seventy year old Mrs Jennie Dun tan of Haynesville Maine claims Electric Bitters cured her chronic dyspepsia of twenty years and left her feeling as healthy as a young girl. The tonic is advertised to treat stomach and liver diseases blood disorders general debility and weakness and is sold with a guarantee at Newsin Dana Co. drug store for 50 cents.
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