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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1905
Page
5
A partial list shows multiple city blocks and lots offered for sale with no buildings. Highlights include blocks 10 4 13 47 60 65 67 69 75 76 77 74 83 96 95 104 120 121 139 154 184 and various lot numbers from 1 to 18 described as available.
An advertisement lists numerous lots in Predmore's and Gangloff's Additions to La Grande Oregon with water rights and valley views. It invites buyers to view unimproved lots or have houses built on installments, and mentions an Investment Co. Also promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for appetite loss and digestion with a brief drugstore sale note.
A reader from 646 St Clair Columbus reports a dramatic recovery after using Electric Bitters for fever, ague, nervous fatigue, and stomach weakness. She claims rapid relief following the tonic and credits it with restoring sleep and general health.
A fragment reports an 11 month old girl in declining health relieved by a few doses of a bottled remedy at Newlin Drug Store. The ad claims the product cures coughs and colds with trial bottles offered free.
A 15 year old boy barred entry to the Viborg governor Missodorff’s office and fired three shots, striking the governor fatally serious with a critical condition. guards and staff failed to stop him before he was arrested in the street.
Excavations at Place de la Bastile for the Metropolitan and subway extension uncover the main postern of the fortress drawbridge. Workers also unearth hewn stone and roasted iron cannon balls and plan to number all stone and reconstruct the Bastile tower pattern on avenue Henric IV.
In a clash between Cossacks and a mob, the Cossacks fled into the populace while eighty rioters were killed. The incident occurred on March 21 during a violent confrontation.
The Best Physic Md and qoanie' caay teh Gud i gen an gentle, cany to take ad cera to act alwaye une berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, For sale by Newlin Drag Company.
Following Slocum disaster investigations the Commerce and Labor Department issues new safety standards for passenger steamers. Required metal air tanks in lifeboats, prohibition of kapok and cork, fire buckets axes lamp lockers and fire hoses in all rooms, standard pipe threads after March 1, portable extinguishers by tonnage, hoses tested to 100 psi, signal lamps on decks, and search light flashing in pilot houses prohibited.
The Rocky Mountains Limited on the Rock Island railroad wrecked near Homestead Iowa at 12 15 this morning. Officials say robbers caused the wreck. Part of the train derailed and rolled down a 15 foot embankment. Two trainmen and a mall clerk fatally injured. 300 feet of track torn up and several cars left the track.
The world’s largest blast furnace began operation at Washoe in Anaconda Montana on Sunday. It measures 61 feet by 66 inches inside and is fed by 88 luyers. In 24 hours it converts ore charges totaling 2000 tons into copper matte.
In a double balloon ascent the lower balloon tore away above Wallace. Professors O'Dell and Dell Dare plunged to the ground. O'Dell suffered almost complete bone breakage and is life threatened. Dare died at 6 PM. A boy named Gibson was trapped by the balloon wreckage yet survived.
Fragmentary text shows a writer named Rette and doctors praising a medicine sold by Newlin Drug Co. It mentions a bottle kept in the house and prices 50c and $1.00 as a cure. The passage reflects old era healthcare advertising rather than a clear news event.
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