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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1908
Page
5
James Abegg heads to Welser for a week of visits while various officials and residents travel to Pendleton Portland and Emmett. Delegates from Wallowa and Union counties attend the state GOP convention in Portland. Local travel, improvements, and family updates fill the day’s page.
Today many farmers are in the city and all express pleasure with crop prospects. Snnan County is expected to break records, while Attorney C. B. Cochran may miss the event due to a possible detention in La Grande. Portland visitors Mrs. A. L. J. Breitlin and sister Mrs. M. J. Coleman return home, as CB. Simmons notes Oregon remains strong despite eastern and midwest economic strain.
The Grand Ronde hospital reports 14 rooms filled with recovering patients. Mrs. T. J. Scroggin sits up and hopes to leave by week’s end. G. Greene recovering well after appendicitis surgery. Mrs. W. T. Short of North La Grande operated on yesterday and in satisfactory condition. Mr. Oliver of Union on the road to recovery after recent appendicitis surgery. Mrs. J. A. Thronson operated on recently with attendants optimistic about her discharge soon.
The Grande Ronde Baptist association convenes at First Baptist Church in La Grande starting 10 a.m. with about 60 delegates expected. Thursday features an annual sermon by Rev. L A Meyers, letters from churches, field echoes, and mission board reports.
San Antonio crowds at the Electric venue kept applause strong and prompted encores. The turnout last evening rose to the first intermission level, leaving attendees pleased with the performance.
A petition before Union County Court requests a license for Charles W Estes to sell hard cider in Kamela Oregon beginning June 5 1908. The document lists numerous signers and dates May 1 1908 with a follow up notice for June 8 1908 and includes a separate notice for public land sales in La Grande Oregon and an ad for granes that fit from A C Heacock.
Dr H C Parker of the Indiana School of Medicine in Collier's Weekly endorses grafting in dead issues. The Red Cross Drug Store promotes Blue Mountain Cough Byr up as a cure for coughs. Sealed bids are invited for city printing for the year, due by 4 PM May 20. N Bolton chairs the Ways and Means Committee.
Hay for sale alfalfa and grain hay cheap at $5 per ton in the stack by Ed Reynolds R F D No 2 La Grande Oregon. FOR BASE Grocery store in Portland Ore good location cheap rent up to date fixtures new $600 store will involve about $1500 Address 266 Larrabee street Portland Ore FOR SALE Two second hand awnings 24 feet long with frames fixtures complete and in good repair Price each $10 The Peoples Store WANTED A Situation by a capable young man clerical First class references furnished Address M Hox 61 La Grande Ore
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