Japanese Arrive to Aid Beet Field Thinning at Amalgamated Sugar
Twenty Japanese laborers arrive in Portland as advance guard to work in Amalgamated Sugar Company beet fields. They replace German workers tried last season and will join over 100 laborers mobilized in the city for thinning and care of growing beets. Partnerships cited include Walla Produce Co and Shields Fruit Co of Milton and the Fruit Growers Union of Milton.
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Portland
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Walla
Expensive Strawberries Break Records in Walla Walla Valley
The first crate of this year’s Walla Walla strawberries sold for 18 dollars, produced on Fred Beller’s Locust Oregon tract near Free Water. Sold to L. L. Hunt Co at Sunnyside, two and a half miles from Freewater, the berries were shipped to Spokane for higher local retail. Bidders competed as the Hunt company prevailed over others in the keen sale.
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Walla Walla Valley
Walla Walla
Fred Beller
Locust, Or
Free Water
L. L. Hunt Co
Sunnyside
Freewater
Spokane
L. L. Hunt
Walla
Presbyterian Brotherhood Convention to be Held in Portland
Officers of the La Grande chapter of the Presbyterian church announce a statewide convention of the Presbyterian Brotherhood to be held in Portland June 4 1909 with hundreds of delegates expected from Oregon churches. National speakers will attend after the Denver General Assembly meeting while other coast meetings follow in Seattle San Francisco and Spokane. Only men admitted to sessions, with headquarters opened at 415 Worcester Building Portland for advertising and arrangements.
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la Grande Brotherhood
The
Presbyterian Church
Portland
Jeter
Presbyterian Brotherhood
Portand
San
Francises
Seattle
Jane
Spokane
Pittsburg
ManZan Pile Remedy Offered at Local Drug Store
A tube form of ManZan Pile Remedy is available for direct application to affected parts. The advertisement promises guaranteed relief and lists Soli at Wilbrethorns Family Drug Store with price included.
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Price Inc
Soli At &Ilreethorn
Chamberlain’s Pills Endorsement From Spirit Lake Druggist
Spirit Lake Iowa druggist L H Farnham touts Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as the best remedy for constipation. He urges readers to try them, notes they are agreeable and pleasant, and mentions a price of 25 cents with free samples. Available from All Good Dealers.
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L. H. Farnham
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Chamberlain
Chitazo Tribune
Gaye
Real estate for sale list with multiple properties
A varied catalog of small cottages, farms, and lots for sale in La Grande. Listings include No 49 cottage with six rooms and outbuildings, No 47 two acres with a four room house, and No 44 five room modern cottage with lot. Also noted are parcels with city water, woodsheds, henhouses, and garden potential. Listings emphasize terms, prices ranging from a few hundred to over two thousand dollars, and location notes in Old Town and nearby blocks.
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Poe SL
Bath City
Srd St
Old Town
la Grande
Columbia Double Disc Records Arrive at Newlin Store
Newlin Book and Stationery Co receives a complete set of Columbia double disc records for stock. Local customers are invited to browse the new music format and varieties offered.
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Columbia
Sic
Newlin Book & Stationary Co
Words to Freeze the Soul Prophetic Medical Ad Miracle Cure
A Sprinfield North Carolina merchant recounts a boy deemed hopeless with Consumption after doctors warned of no cure. He credits Dr King s New Discovery with restoring health in three weeks and offers the product as a safe, guaranteed remedy for lung diseases priced at 10 cents and 1 dollar.
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Geo. &. Blevans
Sprinfie'd
N. C
Dr. King
Mr. Blevens
Coughn
Cordelia
Bettie
Newlin Uriug
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Wu WiLl
Andrews & Berry
Clothiers
Union County
Timothy
A. V. Oliver
Geddes Bros
Premoetion
Row 415
Worcester Billdine
Portjaiit
AGRES
van Duyn Reaity
Depot Street
la U
PE Investmeni
Boley Block
ACME
Wyer
Jar. A. Beg
Dams
Messenger Service
Willcock Bros
Popham
Cleveland
A. T. Hill
la Grande Investment Co
Elgin, Oregon
Slougit Invrastment ‘Co
Cherry
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