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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1906
Page
8
Senator Walter Pierce addresses La Grande tonight on political issues at the Opera House. He has been a steady friend to La Grande and a large audience is expected as he speaks and entertains.
Mrs N Molitor hosted Kaffee Klatch attendants with refreshments and a list of attendees including Mesdames Richardson Crawford Van Buren Berry Palmer Moore Bartlett French Moore Newlin Bragg and Misses Newlin Kirk Anson Mia Lyle McCall. An upcoming Lyle Musicale is planned for May 22 in Club rooms with ten cent admission.
The regular meeting of Rescue Hose Company number 1 will be held tonight. All members should attend.
A F Lewis, who has been in Portland, returned to La Grande this morning and after a few days there will return to Salem.
A weeklong sale at Mrs J R Forrests offers trimmers and related items advertised as prices lower than ever known, featuring a Gage s of Chicago trimmer model and other discounted goods aimed at shoppers seeking bargains.
Members of the Blue Mountain Athletic club celebrated a successful social at the church despite cold weather. Rev. F B Meredith and George Hansen gave recitations with Herman Clark and Earl Kilpatrick in a dialogue. Proceeds fund athletic supplies as the junior high students spent a sunlit day fishing and socializing.
List of uncalled letters in the office including Friswold Mrs Aldrich Wm Gill Mrs C A Alexander Geo A Osan Miss Ida Asay Mr Ernest Soarne Miss Deila Basset H L Walker Mrs Maud Belcher Fred Gonley Mr W Biven Mr M Doyle Mr Henry Froome Moscoe G Hoffman Joseph Littlefield H S Neilson H G Rogers F A. Letters will be sent to the dead letter office May 31 1906 if not delivered.
For sale a single top buggy in good repair offered at a cheap price if sold immediately. Inquiries to Mrs. Jacob Newman No 208 Cadar street. For rent local salesmen wanted to open a branch store in town. We sell everything. Also a shed suitable for rustling with or without capital, addressed to W. D. Garman Company 517 Chamber of Commerce Building Portland Oregon. Mr John Chadwick of the Gove was in the city today.
An expert’s coffee earns praise for its fragrance and rich flavor aiding morning work. Coffee stands as a tonic for mind and body and night finishes a good dinner. The bill of fare promises many appetizing dishes. Open day listed as 34 50 in the notice.
The city recorder directs notices to owners on the east side of 7th street from M to P streets and to both sides of Depot street from Jefferson avenue to Fi street, plus Adams avenue from Fourth Street to First. An ordinance for street and avenue improvements paving with crushed rock will be proposed at the next council meeting. May 16 1906. J R Snoox, Recorder.
Democratic Senator Walter M. Pierce, seeking re election, will address voters in the city tonight at Stewart Opera House. The event targets residents of Union Umatilla and Morrow counties with Pierce campaigning across the region.
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