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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1906
Page
3
The notice urges strict cleanliness in milk production and handling. It states milk as essential for the young demands honesty from handlers and invites consumers to inspect suppliers, regardless of fences, to ensure safe milk for babies.
A local listing notes Mrs Day appointed as assistant at the 1A Grande School of Music, indicating organizational staffing changes within the institution.
Local lodge listings show meeting nights and halls for Eagles La Grande Aerie 259 F O Sanat Redmen Ballats Building Fridays 8 pm. La Grande Lodge No 15 Saturdays. Star Encampment No 31 Odd Fellows hall first and third Thursdays. La Grande Camp No 7708 I O F hall first and weekly Wednesdays. Foresters Maid Marion No 22 Redman hall Thursdays. Friendship Tent No 31 K O T M Wednesdays. L O T M Hive No 27 Redmen hall Thursdays. La Grande Lodge No 483 Elks hall Thursdays 8 pm. Woodmen of the World La Grande Lodge No 159 K P hall Corp building Fridays. Red Cross Lodge No 27 Castle Hall Mondays. notes on visiting brethren, knights, and visitors.
Presiding elder J. D. Gillilan of the La Grande district reports ongoing ministerial changes across a 1000 square mile region. D E Birtch W F Chase H E Carter E M Hill and H H Mower depart to Sumpter Yale Haines Baker City and La Grande with replacements from Vermont New York City and Mexico City. A sub district convention from Baker City to Vale meets in Huntington for three days next week. Gillilan will visit the city tomorrow before June.
The Frazer Theatre company under K J Taylor drew solid crowds with The Black Hand a four act melodrama set in Kentucky with a long running family feud and the Black Hand. The cast led by Herman Hochstein D S Cobb and David Williams impressed audiences with humor and solid performances. K J Taylor appeared as Jim Hopkins in his usual capable manner. A week long engagement opens at Steward's opera house on Monday March 19.
A letter recited in Ely Nebraska dated the 9th praises the Ely area as a booming El Dorado. Miss Rynearson, persuaded by relatives, visited the locality after a long staged journey. She suffered ptomaine poisoning from canned meat on the trip but was aided by a fellow passenger. She reports money is plentiful and life there is prosperous.
Ad urges customers to call in orders for drug store items with prompt delivery. Emphasizes availability of small and large purchases and constant listening for telephone orders from New.in Devo Co.
Incoherent OCR fragment mentions a tonic tea hailed as a medicine for bury people and references various names and places in a garbled local note. The readable bits suggest a rural or regional notice with unclear details and multiple errors.
The entry recalls clashes between religion and science in Macon Missouri over osteopathy and remedies. A preacher hosts prayers for the author, sparking accusations of infidelity and madness while supporters wonder why faith conflicts with medical progress and patent medicines.
An advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar stops coughs and strengthens lungs, preventing pneumonia from colds. It asserts safety, no opiates, and superior results versus substitutes, urging readers to choose the product by name.
E H Jones pastor of M E Church Grove Maryland recalls severe cold nearly pneumonia diagnosed as consumption. A friend led him to Poley’s Honey and Tar, two to three bottles cured throat and lungs. Available sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 with stated content differences.
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