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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1909
Page
4
Published daily except Sunday by George H Currey editor proprietor. United Press Telegraph Service. Subscription rates listed for daily and weekly plans with varying advance payments. Paper reserves right to revise signed articles and requires signatures. Advertising rates per line and condolence resolutions priced per line.
The article argues evening papers better serve readers by delivering results the same day. It notes interest in sports like baseball boxing and football and explains time zones from Washington to the Pacific coast. It claims telegraph and linotype speed, while morning papers miss late crimes.
The piece accuses a New York metropolitan audience of gullibility during the Hudson Fulton celebration. It describes a decayed Albany militia group called the Burgesses used as a front for a deceptive social event. The account names speculative figures and a dubious scheme tied to elitist pretenses.
A New York social hoax portrays a grand Hudson Fulton ball hosted by the defunct Burgesses. Invitations bore famed names like Carnegie and Morgan, with double charges for coat checks and boutonnieres. Guests fled after discovering the social scam, blamed on Albany’s jay town influence, while promoters were a grave-digger and two doctors. Doan's Kidney Pills testimonials followed, touting relief and urging purchases via Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
An ad notes sale of fine kraut cabbage at 70 cents per hundred. Inquire of John Steinbach at the fall exposition grounds. The text discusses abstracts of title and land transfers, urging reliability and a responsible issuing company.
A physician and surgeon specializes in eye ear nose and throat care. The office is in the La Grands National Bank Building with telephone numbers for office and residence listed as Main 2 and Main 32.
C. H. Crawford, Attorney at Law, practices in all courts of the State and United States, office in La Grande National Bank Building. Cochran & Cochran, attorneys, La Grande National Bank Building. H. Bliomd and United States. William M. Ramsey, attorney and counsellor at law, rooms 16 and 16 Summer Block, La Grande, Oregon.
A reader testimonial from Union Oregon lauds Doan’s Kidney Pills as a reliable remedy for kidney disease. The letter describes kidney drainage, uric acid poisoning, and symptoms like weakness and back pain, claiming the product restores health.
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