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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1905
Page
4
The motion for a new trial for Mrs. Cassie Chadwick will be argued next Monday according to agreement between the prosecution and defense. If denied, a sentence is likely on that day in Cleveland Ohio.
March 22 report from Chatcolet Idaho notes discovery of numerous human skeletons exposed on a rocky point by an Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company steam shovel. The site lies in a forest away from settlements and has sparked theories from battle remnants between tribes and traders to natural death among Indians.
A new geyser named Skyrocket has appeared in Yellowstone National Park near Katte Mont. It erupts three times weekly, throwing boiling water high and drawing visitors from nearby military patrols who heard the thunderous explosion. It is described as the park’s most beautiful geyser.
The March 22 report from Pittsburgh states the flood’s height hit its peak at eight this morning and the rivers are now rapidly receding, with danger passing.
A sperm whale swam into Seattle Harbor near the Beattle shipyard as the battleship Nebrakss lay in fighting shape. The whale battered the ship’s sides with blows from head and tail, rocking the vessel and showering water onto the watchman before escaping down the sound.
Presiding Elder Gillilan addresses good sized congregations each evening at the M Church. Nightly sermons for five weeks offer the same message that has benefited many for nineteen hundred years. Cottage prayer meetings continue at homes of interested participants. Services planned at the church each evening this week.
Let us know if you do not receive your paper regularly or if delivery is improper. Notify the office at once so we can fix the problem. Old subscribers already do this and we urge all readers to report irregularities promptly.
The treasurer states funds exist to pay all outstanding general fund warrants issued in La Grande City up to No. 4187 endorsed November 3, 1902. Interest on warrants No 4026 to 4187 accrues from March 21, 1905 in La Grande Oregon. Be J Walsh, City Treasurer.
The city marshal LB Rayburn announces a city ordinance on riding bicycles on sidewalks and states that the ordinance will be strictly enforced from this date.
Governor signs papers granting extradition of Arthur B Appleyard street railway promoter sought in Buffalo for obtaining money under false pretenses from the German Bank.
A fragmented sale notice lists items including a 1901 patent for a derrick fork by F M Bradley in La Grande Oregon. Also advertised is early potato varieties Carmen Do Sand and Early Rose near Oldenburg, dairy cows from Mrs A J Grider, and cuttings of Loga Berries from J Y W McAllister with contact details and a phone number. One week.
For Rent items include furnished rooms at a good location inquiring of Mrs W J Snodgrass Fourth Street or phone 3-5-3. A seven room modern house offered by the office. Board and lodging by Mrs Goodall 2114 3rd Ave, phone 707. Light housekeeping room available through Mrs Shearer near Gedden Bros. grocery. WANTED a girl or middle aged woman for lighthouse work. The undersigned seeks a set of books to keep with reasonable rates and references. Lost a sorrel horse with white blaze, 1100 pounds, branded key on shoulder. Reward offered for information. Forty acres of land for rent two and a half miles north of La Grande. inquire Joseph Jones.
Strayed from near the Iowa school house about ten miles north of La Grande a large red cow branded on the left side and 16 on one hip disappeared February 15 finder to notify F Sparrow La Grande Oregon.
W D Grandy announces estray stock taken up at his place six miles east of La Grande Union County Oregon. The stock includes a bay mare branded Soo left hip weight 960 aged 18, a sorrel mare branded on left shoulder weight 800 aged 4, and a bald faced pony white feet no brand weight 700. Claim by March 27.
Sanford D Kinney advertises high quality interior finishing services in La Grande Oregon. He offers grain matching to furniture wood filling for walls and all flat finishes. Contact 1431 Adams Avenue Corner Greenwood.
John E Hough reports receipt of an invoice for fruit trees including Golden West Peach Bartlett Pear Rome Beauty Apple Quince Prone Plum Cherry Gooceberrie Curranta and Nut trees for shade and ornamentals.
The piece extols PTait a pioneer music teacher in Grande Ronde Valley. It notes his vacation study at concerts operas and other musical events. It emphasizes that pupils may choose conservatory or popular courses and outlines violin popular courses for dance and light overtures.
ILA Grande School of Music stands as a premier institution in the state with nearly four thousand students taught in two departments. Department No 1 welcomes beginners aged five and up with daily one hour lessons, while Department No 2 serves older students from ages three to fifteen and offers graduation after study.
Eighty acres in Malheur county offer good water rights and a solid house with outbuildings. All land is cultivated with alfalfa yields of 9 to 11 tons per acre. Rent is $10 per acre annually with taxes paid by the renter. the place can be rented for five more years at the price. An investment offering ten percent return, for sale on easy terms. Write to C. T. McDaniel, CMSAFIG, 200 Oregon.
A 1902 testimonial from John C Degnan Kineman Ill praises Hallard’s Snow Liniment as the only remedy that alleviates years of rheumatic pain. The endorsement, dated March 2, 1902, appears in an advertisement for Newlin Ding Co, priced at 60 cents and one dollar folded.
The shop describes its meats with premium appeal, offering pork veal chops sirloin round and porterhouse steaks among daily specials. Land prices are advertised as favorable to attract buyers.
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