Classified notices and small ads for goods and services
A mix of local ads: Wright Drug Co promises dandruff cure as read in this issue. Mrs Williams advertises embroidery stencil work and Yancy work at Paris Hall store. Mrs T N Murphey home sale offers a Remington typewriter and household goods. Oregon offers rooms and board at 25 to 30 dollars at No 10 Depot Street. Prescription 101 guarantees a cure for chillblains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington
T. N. Murphey
Oregon
Depot Street
Missing Jersey cow reported with distinctive markings
Estray notice describes a large Jersey cow with a dark head and an old cut on the left front teat. She disappeared from the Z. Carbine place last Saturday evening. A suitable reward is offered for information leading to her whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. Carbine Place
Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted for Coughs and Colds
An old advertisement warns la gripp e can weaken the system and lead to pneumonia but Foley's Honey and Tar acts promptly to treat coughs colds croup bronchitis hoarseness and lagrippe coughs. It contains no opiates and no substitutes are recommended. Hill's Drug Store carries it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Hill’s Drug Store
Refund for Feb purchases at cash price with tickets
All who bought goods from us on February percent for cash and present tickets dated that day will receive a refund of their purchase price. L. J. French, successor to Smith and Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. French
Smith & Green
Personal notices from the Savoy and Foley hotels
A long list of guests at the Savoy, Foley, Summer, and Blue Mountain hotel includes J. Rafter of Palmer Junction, F. D. Rinehart of Joseph, T. N. Baker of Island City, M. P. Colliton of Frisco, R. White and wife of Salt Lake City, W. H. Arbuckle, Anna Smith of Sommerville, Mrs A Alland of Wallowa, T. B Townsend of Portland, Frank Burns of Baker, E. G. Ramsey and C. Haynes of Haines, J esale King and Grant Lincoln to Hot Lake for treatment, Mr. and Mrs. McCabe of New York, Joe Meyer of Portland, and many others. The Man of the Hour show travels east. a wrecker fixed box cars on Union Hill. Ernst Thorgen to Joseph on business, Ray Logan to Portland, E. C. Moore reports dull business in Portland and Seattle, J. & Kees of Pendleton at the Savoy, Mimore of Chicago registered at the Summer, and other names at the Foley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Burns
Baker
Blue Mountain Hotel
Union Hill
Ernst Thorgen
Joseph
Ray Logan
Logan-Davis Realty Company
Portland
E. C. Moore
Seattle
J. &. Kees
Pendleton
Savoy
Mr. Kees
Uniom
Umatille
Harry Himore
Chicago
Mimore
United States
R. H. Smith
The
Grande Ronde Meat Company
Election at Elks Tonight
The annual election of officers for the ensuing year in local Elkdom will take place this evening. Many Elks from out of town will attend and there is lively interest in the race for Exalted Ruler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritter
Tom Takes Rogue Quartet on Southern Music Circuit
Tom, known as the shine artist, plans a circuit with the Rogue quartet to bring Southern melodies to Pendleton and nearby towns. He later told La Grande friends he was homesick and business was poor, and he aims to return to payroll town to continue educating Pendleton minds with southern music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Pendleton
Shine
la Grande
Diderot’s Encyclopedia Tales and Royal Reactions
A fragmentary recounting of the Denis Diderot encyclopedia project with printers censoring content and King Louis XV’s interest. Voltaire’s anecdote of the king’s conversion to encyclopedia merit is noted, along with reactions by Mme de Pompadour and the discovery of gunpowder and rouge inside a volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dideret
Diderot
Crouch
Voltaire
Lewia XV
Encyelopedia
London Chronicle
Mme. de Pompadour
Duc de la Val
Bearded Woman Exhibited at Lomion 1883
A bearded woman born in 1834 and exhibited in Lomion in 1883 is described with a profuse head of hair and a large mustache. The report notes other bearded women and doubts about authenticity persist.
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Polava
Lomion
New York American
Feats of Marksmanship By Gardus and Dr Carver
A historical account recalls challenges and feats in shooting lore. Captain BeGardus used a ten pound twelve gauge with No 9 shot and five drams of black powder while facing bets on a hundred consecutive birds. Dr Carver reportedly fired for six days straight, hitting sixty thousand of sixty four thousand eight hundred fifty one, amid era antics and exhibition stamina.
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Begardus
Dr. Carver
Wade
Bogardus
England
Gilmore's Garden
New York City
Dining on Sea Urchin in a Harsh Marine Duel
A Harper's piece recounts a brutal encounter between a sea urchin and a starfish. The starfish uses a hidden toothed weapon to disable the urchin, then eats it by everting its stomach. After days of struggle the starfish regains movement and resumes normal life.
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Jim
Harper's
Australia Largest Island Not Continent Despite Size
The piece notes Australia’s status as the largest island rather than a continent. It lists Groenland, New Guinea, Borneo, and Madagascar among the largest islands by size with rough figures and cautions these are approximations. It compares Australia to the continental United States excluding Alaska.
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Australia
Groenland
New Guinea
Borneo
Madagascar
United States
Alaska
Must Have Been a Storm Scene
The narrator recounts a quirky Atlantic essay about a Dutch painter, describing a chaotic studio moment with clattering activity and a servant delivering a terse update that the master is occupied with printing, leaving the visitor puzzled by the scene.
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Blihe Vedder
Atlantic
Dollar Silver Certificate Told To Be Global In Origin
A New York Sun report quotes a bank cashier describing a dollar silver certificate as a global product. He claims fibers, inks, and dyes originate from the orient, Italy, China, Germany, Canada, Niagara Falls chemistry, Central America, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Italy
China
Germany
Treasury
Central America
New York Sun
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Thelsis
Charles B. King
Lubin
Edison
Nellie Garrick
Dandruff
Wright Drag Co
Wright Drug Company
la Grippe
A. W. Westby
Grand Ave
Prick
Frank
Harris
LA Grande, Ore
J. Rafter
Palmer
F. D. Rinehart
T. N. Baker
Island City
M. P. Colliton
Frisco
R. White
Salt Lake City
W. H. Arbuckle
Anna Smith
Sommerville
Sommer
Mre. A. Alland
Wallowa
Townsend
H. W. Ramsey
J. W. Blessing Sameé
Coly
Philippines
Crack Soldier
H. M. Shannon Ity Marshal
Union
Foley Ae Shannon
Sheriff Childers
Alder Ellis
Scaius
Ellie
Grande Ronde Valley
Lande
George Withrow
J. F. O'Connall
A. D. Thompson
Poley
Thomsom
Haines
Id. W. Grom
GL. Bawyer
Imbler
BR. J. Hunt
Hunt
State Board of Pharmacy
Oregon, He Ie Making the Branch Line Towns For A Few Days. Mr. Hunt
Carl Halversen
Western Union
Messenger Service Company
Harold Kessler
Ulrich Lottes
Bakir
Loveland
United States National Bank Examiner
Andrew Lun
North Powder
Mr. Lun
H. 8. Simmons
Cincinnati
Simmons
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Montana
L. H. Ruseell
Wilcox Lumber Company
P. C. Wright
Teleca Set
ELKS
Tom and His
Rose Quartet
Pathe
Betsy Rolle
Joan and the Waif
Vitagraph
Shadows of the
Paast—Selig
Dearia
the Wardrobe Tailor CO
Adams Ave
Boston
Beauly Macarel
Holland
Brick
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