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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1911
Page
5
Vitagraph notes Miss Nellie Garrick set to sing "Rubbernecking alla ol dhs" as a maid pursues a man and seeks her chosen partner through performance and charm.
Locals boys and girls sell twelve boxes of Take One Shoe Polish at 10 cents each to raise funds. Buyers receive a fountain pen as a free gift, with proceeds totaling forty cents. Contact A. W. Westby at 129 Grand Ave in Portland Oregon for details and purchases. The Oregon offers first class rooms and board at rates of 25, 20 and 35 dollars per month. Address listed as No 10 Depot street.
A long list of visitors and locals check in at the Sommer Foley and Savoy hotels in La Grande. Names include Gray of Seattle Lindsay of Portland and Lee of Caselton plus many business travelers from Oregon and neighboring states. Local officials and employers mention court attendance and on road assignments while Deschutes valley immigration and spring business prospects are noted.
The Isis management introduces Pathe Freres film The Escape from the Tuileries depicting the French Revolution and the Commune era. Also promoted are Three Men and a Maid starring Mabel Fulle and The Little Circus Rider from Selig, plus George Birnie vocal solos and Niltie Garrick matinees as the program expands to serve LacGrande audiences.
A large crowd of farmers and horsemen viewed the Neil horses exhibit this afternoon. Denot and Adams, the Clydes, were groomed for the show and pleased the audience.
General housework for two in Telecaset with good wages. Inquire Alice Dupes Pleasant Valley Ore Henry Henson. Girl wanted for general house work. Inquire U S National Bank. Two homestead relinquishments for sale in Wallowa county. Inquire D Birchoux Furnished room with bath hot and cold water after March 15 Mrs Fred Dittebrandt 701 Kington Street Bell phone Red 1 Employment office furnishes reliable help on short notice If you are reliable phone Ivanhoe for loan of 009 at 8 percent interest one year or longer first mortgage farm security Ivanhoe
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