Lost Purses and Papers Off Firstret Area
A purse containing change and papers was lost about a week ago near Firstret. Finder should return it to this office to receive a reward.
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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1906
Page
7
A purse containing change and papers was lost about a week ago near Firstret. Finder should return it to this office to receive a reward.
Classified notices offer a man and wife seeking a home without free children to tend property and a La Grande bank address for contact. Rentals include a central corner room house with modern amenities and furnished rooms with or without board. An arnica salve ad touts Bucklen’s remedy for a malignant ulcer removal scare.
Rome reports Professor Charles Waldstein of Kings College Cambridge arrived to finalize private finance for excavating Herculaneum. The government accepts foreign involvement only as private contributions, with support from Victor Emmanuel III, Wilhelm II, King Edward, and Roosevelt, amid the obstacle of modern Resina town occupying the ruins and 20,000 residents.
Havana reports a near mature sugar crop likely to set a record but planters warn immigration funds of 1 million dollars are needed to offset competition from South America and the United States and from Panama labor. Governor Magoon will push steps to boost immigration after deputy planters voiced fears of insufficient labor.
Miss Nina Hunstock announces she will take orders and give lessons in water colors and china painting at her studio located at 906 Main St La Granda. She invites ladies to enroll and learn in a small studio setting.
A garbled OCR fragment mixes stray names, voices, and sensational ad copy. It includes references to medicines like Favorite Prescription and Beeton’s works, with scattered names and places, presenting as a noisy, unclear page segment.
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