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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
4
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The piece reports John W. Kern, Democratic vice presidential candidate, accepted free railroad transportation from the Big Four while serving as their attorney or in related suits. It questions possible law violations and the influence of corporations on politics, highlighting public interest in party integrity. The item blends this with local notices and ads from The Oregon Weekly and other sources.
La Grande plans a new weekly trade journal named Saturday Review to debut next Saturday morning. The eight page magazine will focus on local markets with extensive market news and business reading for the local city and county. Walter Ferguson will serve as editor and proprietor.
In the District Court of Oregon Hansen Brothers bankrupts invite season bids up to noon October 10 1908 for a stock of groceries hardware and dry goods and store fixtures valued at 6929.87 and 828.60 respectively. Bids may be for whole stock or individual lines. Inspection by Hansen Bros store North Powder with inventories on file in La Grande Oregon and Portland. 10 percent cash or certified check with bid. Sale subject to court confirmation.
Boss Meat Market resumes operations with veteran butcher L Stilwell in charge. Customers are advised to call Main 15 for orders as the shop returns to full business.
Rain halted Algonquin club tennis semi finals after last evening's start. William Seigrist defeated A W Nelson 6 2 2 6 6 2 in the singles and remaining matches include Willie Peare versus George L Cleaver and J J Carr versus E E Bragg with F E Moore facing George Birnie. Thomas Bruce noted as a prominent con.
A note indicates the tender for first honors will not appear in the finals because he is out of the city.
The Current Topic club resumes after vacation with lady members meeting tomorrow afternoon at Mrs. G. C. Osburn's home. They will reorganize and appoint committees for active work during the fall and winter months.
Attorney Samuel White of Baker City traveled from Pendleton where he attended the Umatilla county fair. He is one of Oregon's four Democratic presidential electors.
An advertisement cites Dr Sabourand and Prof Anns discovering a microbe causes baldness and claims Hexaly 93 Hair Tonic regrows hair. It reports 100 druggists tested the remedy with 93 positive returns and offers Rexall 93 Hair Tonic in 50c and 1.00 sizes through A J Hill.
Douglas County faces high turkey costs as one of the Pacific coast’s largest producers. Oakland shipped 30 thousand pounds of dressed birds to a Portland dealer under a contract to feed U S troops for Thanksgiving. An additional 100 thousand pounds are needed for the Philippine order, with growers paid 20 cents per pound.
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