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Newspaper

La Grande Evening Observer

Location

La Grande, Oregon, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1911

Page

5

Local notices advertise concert start and sales

Locals urged to attend a bans concert at 7 30 pm. A plate glass walnut display from the show counter is offered cheap at Silverthorne's family drug store. A fruit tree spraying service is available by dialing Red 3821. The Baptist missionary society meets at Mrs G L Biggers 1808 First on Wednesday at 2 pm. Albany Nursery seeking energetic salesmen with advance expense money. See factory sample reading lamps at Newlin Book and Stationery Co.

Silverthorne Missionary Society of the Baptist Church G. L. Biggers Newlin Book and Stationary Company

Wright Drug Company Showcases Window Decorations

The Wright Drug company invites attention to its window displays today. Good taste is evident in the arrangement and Mr Wright's decorator receives praise for his refined style.

Wright Drug Company Wright

Personal notes as neighbors begin summer departures

Mrs. B. F. Richardson and daughter head to Idaho for summer with relatives. A group of young people, including Anna Bacon Ethel Wright and Constance Hall, head to various visits after the rose festival. Others depart for Wisconsin Portland and Pendleton with relatives and friends.

F. Richardson Idaho Points Anna Bacon Ethel Wright Constance Hall M. K. Hall Constance J. M Berry Portland Bruce Dennis Jack Wallowa J. B. Smith Pendleton E. L. Ritter Western Union Seattle H. J. Ritter la Grande Lottie Wall Wisconsin Spokane Mildred Cook Ferdinand Neubauer Engine F. D. Caruth Promaint la Grande Band

Humor and Philosophy by Duncan M. Smith

A satirical column notes that personal finance affect time, with jokes on dentists banks and inheritance. It quips about forgetfulness debts generosity and contagions of advice, and wryly observes how trouble and plumbing bills test even angelic temperaments.

Isis Theater Shows New Fishing Bait Film and Vitagraph Comedy

At the Isis theater tonight and tomorrow, locals are invited to see a new fishing bait and tackle film described as highly interesting though likely impractical for Oregon. The program also features a Vitagraph side-splitting comedy, promising strong laughs from patrons.

Isis Theatre Oregon

Time to Get Acquainted Whist Club Breaks Up

Witty quip explains the break up as a necessity. The women discover they mix up husbands and children and see them 80 seldom.

Unfounded Rumor Sparks Family Gossip

A short piece shows a robber demanding surrender as a crowd disperses. A man avoids bands and crowds seeking quiet, while chatter swirls about a baby and its father and mother, reflecting rumor and gossip in a small community.

She is clever and young in The Difference dialogue

A brief exchange portrays a young woman described as clever and contrasted with others. The speaker notes she keeps a man from being a fool and stands out among women her age in the scene titled The Difference.

Household goods for sale in Mahoney ad

For sale household goods including dining room and library tables rugs bedroom set and other articles Inquire Mrs D C Mahoney 1712 Main Avenue Phone Black 812 5 ard

D. C Mahoney Main Avenue

For Rent Two Modern Cottages

For rent two new modern cottages listed by Julius Fisher at 1401 North Fir. Contact details indicate a date of 5 29 61 and location in Aish nin, suggesting an advertisement in a 1961 issue.

Riverside William Miller & Bro Adams Avenue Malin Julius Fisher North Fir

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