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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1909
Page
2
The Spoilers by Rex Beach draws strong local attendance for a one night engagement Monday November 8. The plot centers on a front dock water scene and a planned revolution featuring Captain O Day Countess Dela Platta and Euphemia Hermann Simpson amid comic mischief and lively songs. The second act shifts to a Yankee setting with humorous wordplay and light, comic intrigue.
The Pastime presents Roanoke or A Southern Rose a four act comedy drama of the South with special scenery and a capable stock company. Specialties will be rotated and crowds show there is one good stock show in town.
McRae presents a grand scenic production starring Margaret Oswald as lead with a seventeen member troupe. An exchange notes the play cannot run long without Adama’s injected part, while Marie prepares to sail for Youcatan aboard Whitefeather. David Kirkland comments on the piece.
Tonight at Scenic theatre the Rough Diamond is presented as a refined comic sketch with a moral turn. Blackstone, an esteemed English minister, wrote the piece regarded as his brightest effort. The description touts it as the best of its class in prior notices.
The undersigned is appointed administratrix of the estate of S. M. Bloom, deceased. All claims must be verified and filed with the administratrix at her Cove Oregon home or with attorney F. B. Ivanhoe in La Grande Oregon within 1 month. Dated La Grande October 2, 1909. Also a hotel keeper endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, praising its long use and effectiveness in the family medicine chest.
Portsmouth druggist Frank C. Hanrahan testifies to six years of selling Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He touts its curative power over other patent medicines and says customers value his recommendation, with the product sold by all good dealers.
The register and receiver will hold a public sale on December 16 1909 at 2 PM for cash. Items include Smith Premier Typewriter No 58682 and Van Duyn Co goods such as silk kemonos golf gloves kid gloves rain coats and a line of Mexican drawn work including waist patterns handkerchiefs nutlegs and other fancy articles at the front door of New Walts.
The United States Land Office in La Grande Oregon invites bids on a typewriter. Bidders may inspect the item before sale by visiting the office. C Bramwell Register COLON R Eberhard Receiver.
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