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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1911
Page
5
Local notice lists a Great Northern vacuum cleaner for sale at 7 dollars and 50 cents. Item is sold by W H Bohnenkamp & Co. Located storefront details are not provided in the fragment.
For sale a first class set of tinners and plumbers tools from J. Houck in Joseph Oregon. Reason given as failing health. Includes notice of business closure and a dated signature 5-17-12 J. 8. Houck. Also mentions Grande Ronde Cash Company and local spring styles in nut coal at Main e.
Assessor Dalton charged with bribery faced arraignment in Oakland California. The defense sought a month postponement but the court set Thursday as the pleading date before Judge Wells.
Warsaw reports the death of M. Pinchus Gonsarovsky a prominent Jewish citizen aged about 120. He left 145 descendants including children grandchildren and great grandchildren.
A long list of visitors and residents converge in La Grande with stops at the Savoy and Foley hotels. Names include Mies Helen Daugherty A. K. Graham G. M. Bryant Lyster W. Cox Bradbury Turner Oliver J. Jennings Mrs. Frank Smith Della Moxley H. M. Reiff and many more. Attendees come from Baker Portland Walla Walla Sturgis and Union among others, with social calls and business engagements noted.
Two boys arrived at Grande Ronde hospital with one birth announced yesterday and the other today. The parents are Mr. and Mrs. Fred Robinson of Perry for one child and Mr. and Mrs. John Ewen of this city for the other.
A New York World selection notes Isaac Henderson's The Mummy and the Humming Bird at the Metropolitan offering familiar melodrama with a twist. Critics praise its tense moments and dramatic dressmaking, comparing it to Whitewashing Julia while highlighting a striking organ grinder scene and Gilmore's comedy.
Hazel Chadwick of near Cove is seriously ill with pneumonia. Doctors feared she might not survive but reports say she is slightly improved today.
The firm of Martin and Bradley dissolved by mutual consent on May 22, 1911. All accounts due the firm to be collected by J. E. Bradley who will continue business.
A testimonial from F Rex ford of Kansas City Missouri lauds Foley Kidney Pills for curing a severe cold that settled in his back and kidneys. He says two bottles eased his pain and urges others with similar suffering to try the remedy. Hill drug store carries the product.
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