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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1910
Page
5
Local cleaners promote vacuum carpet services with guaranteed work and right prices. Contact Red 662 or Red 141. Includes hotel rule cards and rental cards printed in red with service notes.
Citizens may inquire at this office about exchanging 18 horsepower Franklin for city property. The notice invites inquiries from interested parties and outlines the trade offer process.
When your meat is ready for smoking come in and let us tell you what a saving can be made by using our Liquid Meat Smoke Newlin Drug Co.
Haradon’s Tru-Fruit Chocolates are advertised alongside dressmaking by Mrs McCarter at 2005 Greenwood. Geddes Bros. offer ot dry mealy potatoes and rolled rye mush. Pears via Red-932. T W Noble notes German American and Plantation coffees in town. Selders promotes American Nugat and Royal Bakery orders. Editor George Selbird reports Union’s big La Grande visit next week.
Smith Premier typewriter company halts at the Foley as Charles Boner of Joseph, W F Franback of Denver, R W Taylor of Alicel, and D W Murchison pass through La Grande. Murchison heads to Pendleton for Round Up duties this afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Jess Paul leave for Salt Lake to visit friends for about a week. Miss Haze Thieson heads to Portland for St Marys academy. Rev and Mrs Gray and Justice Gray depart for Columbus Neb and Chicago then Midwest. A party visits the Enterprise fair. David Eccles and Judge Rolapp tour the west then Hood River for sugar beet interests. Others return from Pendleton Round Up. Pacific Bell rep Shore visits Union and Cove on business.
C. W. Noyes came back from the north end of the county where he spent about three months sawing lumber for the Elgin Lumber Company. He plans to stay at home for a short period.
The Conner tract is to be offered for sale next Monday following a name drawing. All name suggestions for a potential title must reach Mr. O Conner before 10 am Monday at the Foley. Eastern Oregon residents may propose three names. Dr O Conner will pay for the nearest Im tract in Idaho Washington or Oregon. He plans to remove over two miles of wire fencing to clear the tract and sell promptly. Apply at the Foley hotel or Doctor George O Conner.
Dr M P Mendelsohn, optician at 1105 Adams Ave Foley Hotel Building, advertises 29 years in practice with extensive equipment and stock. He claims to have treated over 2100 people across Union and Wallowa counties, including about 190 children, offering guaranteed satisfaction and free replacements while you wait. Office hours 8:30 to 12 and 1 to 5.
The Union woolen mill is being moved to Washougal Washington after local operators failed to retain it. Fruit exhibit plans were made for Spokane and Chicago shows led by Chief Booster Vogel. Bond election passed with large majorities for warrants redemption water system repair and a new light plant. A new road up Catherine was completed and opened for travel, per Superintendent Wiegies.
The speaker lauds a road project citing ongoing improvements and credits for the work. He says the street will improve year by year and hopes for widening within the old city territory to enhance the thoroughfare.
John Hodgins, a Democrat, received 260 votes for district attorney in Union County. The figure was inadvertently omitted from the published nominees list earlier this week.
A chicken dinner will be served by the women of the Presbyterian church at the Odd Fellows hall on Friday, October 7. The event invites the community to attend at the designated venue and date.
Arthur W. North presents The Spirit of Idaho from Greater Than Gold and Clayton M. Jones writes In October Sunset Magazine. Now available on all newsstands priced at 16 cents.
Notices state four animals held by the poundkeeper W. Ferris including a brown mare branded 8 on left shoulder with bell, a white pony branded lary H on high hip with shoes, a sorrel work horse branded P with scar on left hind foot, and a bay mare branded inverted 7 on right shoulder aged about three.
A lost black and white setter about six months with a leather collar is offered for reward by C O Ramsey. The note recalls baseball memories from Charley Comiskey to Buck Ewing and a 21 pitcher team, plus Schultz leaving Michigan to play pro football as center rush and captain of Oakwood in Cincinnati with games on Sundays in Ohio Illinois and Pennsylvania.
Sir Walter Parratt astonished a small gathering at St Michael's College Tenbury by playing piano from memory while Herr von Holst conducted. He then challenged and won a two man chess game in consultation without looking at the board, recalling music by Bach Beethoven Mozart Chopin or Mendelssohn.
A Paris built 200000 cubic foot balloon named the Giant carried a two story house like car with lavatories dining room bedroom kitchen and parlor. It first rose with thirteen passengers for four hours and later flew seventeen hours before a high wind toppled the house as the Balloon descended. Its wreckage later stood on display at London's Crystal Palace.
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