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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1911
Page
5
A local drug supplier invites customers to learn about its goods methods and prices explaining why the business grows. The call to action emphasizes readiness to supply next drug needs from Thea Newlin Drug Company.
Locals report zero stock of prescription drugs while Ms The Newlin Drug company notes specialty filling. Savoy hotel offers summer rates after May 1 with good service. Silk sale promotes 35 cents per yard. The Golden Rule company lists clearances as stock reduced. St Peter's guild fancy work section to host a cafeteria supper at Mrs J D residence.
A local retailer promotes the Kodak instructional booklet At Home with the Kodak for home portraiture. They invite customers to request a copy by mail or visit the store, promising help with any questions and noting the usefulness of Kodak instruction materials.
On Wednesday afternoon and evening May 10 at Stout corner of Sixth and Avenue will host a substantial menu starting 6 30. Prices are described as reasonable.
The Presbyterian Brotherhood gathers at J. K. Wright’s residence 1202 Pennsylvania Avenue to discuss The Resurrection. Dr. W. T. Phy announces a permanent Spokane location with surgery office and consultation services in the Hutton Building. Water department reminds customers tomorrow is the final day to pay rents.
Engineering and business figures visit Union and nearby towns with several Portland Seattle and Baker figures staying at the Foley the Summer and other hotels. Notables include C T Darley F M Ladd J A Astert and Hutt with Mrs Montgomery and Mr Waggoner guests as typhoid and other workings affect travels. Happy Harriman heads to Lewiston then North Yakima to oversee paving machinery while Mayme Foster becomes bookkeeper for La Grand Wiest company.
In Stockton on May 9 a wealthy mining man Paul Miller shot Marguerite Martinez 19 before a piano. He then placed dynamite in his mouth and blew himself up, dying instantly as police and witnesses watched in shock.
A rope accident on dangerous corniced ridges left a guide named Ulrich Almer clinging to a slope. He saved two climbers by sliding down the ridge despite a deep bite of snow. His brave act earned him a cow as reward for the life saving effort.
A columnist recalls a whim of starting with a cabbage head crossed with a white potato to grow eyes, then with a corn stalk to grow ears, then with a squash to grow a peck, then with a coconut to grow hair, and asks what to do for a nose and mouth in the famed puzzle from the St. Louis Republic.
Mrs. Chas Hartley of 516 Franklin Street Jackson Michigan describes months of severe stomach pain and gas. She attributes relief to an unspecified treatment and notes dramatic improvement in her condition.
An old advertisement touts MI-O-NA stomach tablets for belching sour stomach and stomach distress. It claims rapid relief within five minutes and guarantees a cure or money back, urging sale by Newlin Drug Co and other druggists with prices in cents for a large box.
An advertisement from a bakery extols its bread as highly appealing and economical. It claims the loaf tempts hunger with its appearance and taste, and suggests buying more to save money by reducing other food expenses.
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