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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1905
Page
3
Winter apples for sale, twenty carloads available. Also dressmaking by Mrs Drake offering tailoring and garment references. For details call or write the Home Fruit Co Secretary at 4th and Q Street.
Notice stating that all interests in the late firm of isock and Thomas have been assigned to Fred Bock who will collect all accounts due. Anyone indebted is urged to settle with G. W. Thomas or Fred Bock to avoid attorney fees. contact sooner rather than later for settlement.
Our free delivery service invites you to use the phone and have items delivered to your home. Whether you are a new or existing customer, we will be pleased to bring any goods you want, with promise of satisfactory pricks and products.
Annie Johua administratrix of the estate of Clohop Johns has filed a final settlement and will appear in the county Court of Union County Oregon on October 3, 1905 at 4 p.m. to be heard.
A fragmented notice mentions Foley House and a storage store, with a contact phone 473, implying a pending sale or auction of property or assets. Further readable details are unavailable.
Notice to the public that Simmons and Harvey formerly conducted steam cleaning and dyeing work. The undersigned will conduct the business hereafter and collect and pay all outstanding bills. First, closing work will proceed as usual. William Harvey.
Classified notice from La Grande Oro dated July 26 announces stock at Phase Bed 971 Old Town store offering wood and the city’s cheapest groceries and provisions with a fall line of fend. E J Atkinson lists a 30 day timeframe ending September 1.
Property owners are warned that limbs protruding over the sidewalk will be cut within ten days. The city street superintendent Fred Synhorst will oversee the trimming and charge the costs to the owners. Dated September 27, 1905.
Portland reports pass of two million attendance at the Lewis and Clark exposition with strong prospects to reach a half million more before closing. Officials note record crowds, ample hotel rooms, and strong support from visitors. Poultry show dates October 8 to 12 promise high quality exhibits with broad regional participation.
A report from New Orleans states 3,200 yellow fever patients were treated. Of these, 2,582 were discharged, 588 died and 240 remained under treatment. The bed roll stood at 184 percent of those treated.
Elgin based sheep buyer Donohue purchases lambs at three cents a pound with a premium, shipping to a feeding pen near Chicago. He contracts wool at 27 cents a pound and criticizes meat trust controls, noting independent butchers and packers are bypassed by large plants.
A grand jury adjournment prompts Heney and Toedema to send a Portland letter to Mr Honey. The missive commends efforts to purge Oregon of high place corruption and expresses support for further honors from the people as state land fraud cases proceed.
The document lists George Palmer as president and Geo L Cleaver as assistant cashier, identifying officers of the institution. The lines indicate established leadership roles by these two individuals.
The text extols osteopathy as a physiology grounded approach that can spare millions from drugging, asserting there is no mystery about the field and highlighting its merit for healing and life preservation.
C G Grayson of Lula Mississippi reports relief after using Dr Kings New Life Pills for stomach and bowel disorders. He states that all symptoms vanished and praises the tonic as a cure based on his experience with Newlin's drug store offerings.
The R A N Company switches to rubber matting for passenger casings to replace twine and carpet mats in plates. Health officials praise rubber matting as germ proof to curb disease spread in travel. The change aims to safeguard public health amid the tourist rush and constant travel.
At a Saturday meeting of Summerville Creamery stockholders the decision was made to close the creamery. Mr C B E Harper of Hale Mountain Creamery attended and offered to purchase the machinery, which stockholders authorized the receiver to consider. Cream shipments on Tuesdays and Fridays will continue to be made by former patrons, maintaining local cream rates.
Quiet Summerville thrives as fertile country surrounds it with orchards grain fields and stock ranches. A flour mill and railroad are anticipated while local shops water and electric plants serve the community led by Dr. T Monk who fuels the electric system from Willow Creek and uses water for his own needs.
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