This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1910
Page
3
Baker City resident Mrs. William Beirneaux credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing kidney disorder and backache after a cold. She notes lasting relief and recommends the remedy, with prices listed and Foster Milburn in Buffalo as U S distributors.
Sugar cash 6.40 beet 6.20. Tomatoes 18c lb cabbage 4c green peppers 15c lb. Lemons 40c per dozen bananas 40c per dozen cantaloupe 10c and 1c peaches 85c per box grapes two pounds for 25c. Hogs live weight well finished 9 per cwt cows 3 1 2 to 4c veal 4 to 4 1 20 mutton 4 to 6 chickens 12c fries 17c. Barley producers price rolled 26 brewing 26. Wheat 33 per ton. Brand 23 shorts 24.
Hay baled at 16 for alfalfa and 18 to 20 for timothy and mixed grasses. Flour prices listed for various patents and straights with small margins. Butter ranges 22 1 2 to 35 cents with fat relliver at Portland cream. Eggs locally candied at 30 29. Poultry prices for mixed chickens Turks pigeons and dressed birds noted. Barley bred for feed and brewing at 23.50 to 26.80. Wheat prices track club and bluestem with several regional values. Millstuff prices show bras midling shorts at 19 o6 and 22 to 30 for different cuts. Flour 04 crop patents at 86.36.
Laborer Frank Fehey is found dead in a Pendleton rooming house with Loftus and Gleason detained as coroner’s inquest witnesses. Morphine, or “snow,” is suspected as the cause amid a tale of drinking, debt, and a looming investigation into the fatality.
Ben Wharton, wealthier than most, learns his cancer or tumor will kill him within a year. He proposes marriage to Miss Della Thorne and offers to share half his fortune after his death for companionship in his last year.
The article explains that ancient communities held land and resources communally with life supported by the tribe. Over a long period private landholding emerged under feudal systems, gradually becoming the recognized norm across many societies.
A Quaker minister tells a newlywed husband he is at the end of his troubles. Weeks later the husband storms in furious, claiming he was misled. The minister replies he meant the end of his troubles, just not which end.
A Washington Herald quote contrasts costly oxygen treatment with everyday travel expenses. An old physician tells a young medic that women choose oxygen sessions priced at five dollars per try over the fare to reach fresh air, highlighting costs of health access.
A dialogue on how books refine talk and interplay between buyer and seller, noting the seller often wields sharper conversational edge than the buyer. The exchange hints at broader themes of knowledge, persuasion, and social use of literature.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.