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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1911
Page
5
Locals boys and girls sell twelve boxes of Take One Shoe Polish at 10 cents each to raise funds. Buyers pay forty cents and receive a fountain pen as a free gift. Address listed is A. W. Westby at 129 Grand Ave in Portland Oregon.
Auto for trade 1910 Hudgob for timber claim by C R Hibbard. Embroidery stencil and paney work offered by Mrs Will Nams at Paris Hair store. Remington typewriter and household goods for sale at Mrs T N Murphey home. Oregon to provide rooms and board $25 $30 monthly at No 10 Depot street. Prescription 101 cures chillblains 50c Wright Drug Co. Estray notice: Jersey cow disappeared from E Z Carbine place last Saturday evening. A R Coolidge displays new wallpaper designs. Missionary Society Presbyterian cake sale tomorrow 2 to 4 at Grande Ronde Meat Co shop Adams avenue.
The article records numerous registrations at the Foley, Grand Ronde Valley house, Summer, Savoy, Blue Mountain hotel, and Sommer in 1915. Guests include H W Harris Wallowa J H Friswald Allcel C BE Longwell Pendleton J Johnson Calgary G B Benham Philmath ORE and others. Also noted are Layoffs, business trips, nursing staff updates, and travel between towns like Enterprise Baker Portland and Union.
Business offers refunds to all customers who bought goods on February 8 paying cash upon presenting dated tickets. L. J. French, successor to Smith and Green, announces the action and directs patrons to claim refunds of their purchase price.
McKennon and Chandler purchased yesterday for Walter Pierce three cars of cattle and one car of hogs to be shipped at once to Portland markets confirming a live stock sale.
The remains of W. L. Luey, a wealthy Chinese cook, die yesterday morning and will be interred from parlors. Buddhist rites will not prevail to the full extent at the interment, following a local decision.
Chinese burial services will be conducted by Henry and Carr undertakers. The ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at their establishment.
Loyal Daughters of the Christian church will hold a cake sale tomorrow from 9 until closing at the Russell meat market. The group prepared ample cakes and display boards will showcase the choicest items all day for early buyers to obtain the best selections.
A first class National cash register offered for sale at the Midget meat market for 50 dollars. Great bargain for quick sale.
By order of the Circuit Court of Oregon Union County a judgment in favor of C W Smith doing business as Union Coal and Feed Co against Jessee L Smith for 144.88 plus interest and costs becomes subject to public sale. The sheriff will sell March 20 1911 at 2 PM at the front door of La Grande courthouse for cash, conveying defendant's interest in parcels 1 2 5 4 5 6 7 in Block 22 Imbler.
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