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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1909
Page
5
Local items report a stream of travelers and residents in La Grande Elgin and Enterprise. Notables include C F Van de Water and C W Corte touring for business, D B McKenzie and family visiting, and L M Sullivan hosting guests from Caldwell.
Jack Hill arrives in town to search for a house until spring and plans to move to a forty acre tract about a mile east of the city. He purchased the land from Van Hook, long-time California resident, for 5200 dollars total, a rate of 130 dollars per acre.
J W Salling from Hermiston buys twenty acres of EB 2 Car binen Fruitdale via J W Black paying £3000 at 150 per acre. About seven scores of the tract are planted to orchard. Not Mr Carblie's home place.
Court summons in Union County requires Daniel Kelly to appear and answer a complaint filed by MR Hall. The document notes a $76.20 judgment with 6 percent interest from January 1, 1902, plus costs, and seeks sale of attached real property in La Grande to satisfy the judgment. Publication runs six weeks beginning October 15, 1909, in the La Grande Weekly Observer.
Osteopathic theory links goiter to blood and lymph congestion and nerve interference. Treatments claim to relieve thyroid enlargement through manipulation of upper spine ribs and clavicles with slow progress in long standing cases but occasional rapid improvements in recent or soft glands.
An old advertisement touts eye testing and properly ground lenses at 1106 Adams Avenue opposite the post office. It claims risk of wrong vision from inexperienced providers and promotes Dr. Mendelsohn as reliable with full testing facilities and flexible office hours.
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