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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1905
Page
3
A preschool troupe will perform at the home of Mrs Anca Kirk at the corner of 7th and T streets Sea. The program features singing dancing and acting with praised training. Managers expect strong patronage during their short city stay and anticipate top attraction status at affordable prices.
Justice McKenna writes for the court reversing a circuit decision in favor of Winans brothers. The Yakima Nation claims treaty rights to fish in the Columbia River under the 1850 treaty. The court holds rights not fixed by previous rulings and require judicial determination. Also an ad offers a driving mare, Studebaker buggy, and outfit for cash at Arcade Saloon.
J. L. Mars of La Grande Oregon invites inquiries by mail naming the needed work and promising fair pricing for all building materials and services.
The reading shows a brief notice about La Grande Drug Co with the phrase the home of wind. It presents as a short catalog or advertisement fragment from an old newspaper page.
A county list near completion contains 1 600 names but lacking county clerk certification. Hendrispe notes more names needed from Multnowah while halting proceedings. The process pause is set for 7 p m.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions public opinion and population figures for two areas, including a 78,000,000 stake and a 19a boa 334 population, with garbled phrases about physics and surgery and a final note about New York. The text is incomplete and unclear.
The United States population is rising by about 2,000,000 annually, signaling a growing need for dairy products to meet rising demand and support the expanding economy.
This afternoon at the office of the Justice of the Peace the constable auctioned 2000 cigars formerly belonging to A L Morrie. They were described as good cigars wholesaling at seventy dollars per thousand.
Notice asks for clothing and other items to be donated for the MB church rummage sale. Call Mrs Bolton Mrs Aldrich or Mrs Wm Anderson to arrange pickup or drop off.
Notice to water consumers in La Grande city warns that irrigation use requires written application to the City Recorder. Forms are provided, and ordinance 258 Sec 11 imposes a fine up to one dollar for unbought water. Superintendent H Gilman pledges strict enforcement.
A user recounts resting for 14 days with a severely bruised leg and relief after using Wailord's Snow Liniment. They cheerfully recommend it as the best medicine for bruises ever sent to the afflicted and note it has become a trusted remedy.
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