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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1906
Page
2
Readable fragments describe La Grande planning a busy year with continuous activity and no waits. Editorial remarks note advertising rates and suggest readers sign articles. The text also mentions Oklahoma as the forty sixth state and includes philosophical lines on self reliance and ethics.
After years of operation the city of Richmond Indiana sold its gas plant finding municipal ownership unprofitable. The key lesson to date is that results hinge on management and governance.
La Grande plans a day of sports, music, and a grand ball with a Seeley team contest to honor. Firemen face outside competitors as committees tighten schedules and entertainments to thrill visitors and residents with a festive Fourth spectacle.
The plan envisions admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state with a single flag capital and two United States senators. Delaware wavers on its senate question amid tainted politics and money. A southeast Missouri county ends a local system of negro slavery, possibly leading to penal servitude. Government spending reaches $500 000 for blank currency paper for 1907, yet yields notes and bills totaling $765 000 000. The largest item is $184 000 000 in five denomination, plus $95 000 000 in one dollar bills and $140 000 000 in five dollar certificates.
Under Minnesota law a state medical board forms directors to collect samples of all patent medicines sold in the state and analyze them. The department will publish a weekly bulletin detailing the contents and, if opiates alcohol or other deleterious substances are present, the quantity will be disclosed.
The Centenial changes hands with a new owner G. T. Ton announcing a May 1 opening for boarding. Rooms and board set at 5.00 weekly and meals at 25 cents. Prospective guests are invited to visit.
A nostalgic ad highlights Hill's soda fountain offering all popular drinks. It promises quick quench for a muddled brain, savings for clothes and rent, and smiles for family and friends alike.
Listings for local fraternal organizations in La Grande including Eagles Aerie 295F Elks La Grande Lodge 16 Star Encampment No 31 and more with meeting times halls and visiting member invitations. Also notes cemetery plot viewable at Model Restaurant and various officers listed.
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