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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1910
Page
2
A Newlin Drug Co advertisement promotes MI-O-NA stomach tablets priced at 50 cents per box. It claims rapid relief from fermentation, gas, heartburn, dizziness, and sick headache, with a money back guarantee. Also recommended for seasickness, pregnancy nausea, and after heavy drinking. Availability noted at Newlin Drug Co. and other druggists.
David Rose, Milwaukee lecturer and noted orator, arrives for a strong campaign speech on Prohibition What it Does Not Prohibit. He is billed as one of the finest platform speakers and will address the audience next Sunday evening at the Steward Opera House.
Mr. Rose first gained distinction by entering public debates against liquor prohibition in several middle west cities a few years ago.
The piece quotes W. D. Howells in Harper's Magazine on Mark Twain's flair for personal effect. It notes Twain wore a sealskin coat for a Boston visit and later his white serge suit and Oxford gown for various occasions, reflecting a keen costume sense rather than vanity.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt recounts a chased man describing a left cheek bruise earned during a mock pursuit for a real estate scam on Blue Cliff road. He explains a coatless pursuer and a ruffian who knocked him into a ditch before a planned moving picture scene makes him famous as a battered butt of fate.
A Romanian peasant claimed his cow at a frontier station near Predeal. The magistrate ruled the cow be milked publicly, then return to the plaintiff if it chose its own stable, which it did after ten months, entering the peasant’s barn.
J M Barrie honors Frederick Greenwood at a seventy fifth birthday gathering of St James's and Pall Mall Gazette staff. He recalls buying his first silk hat to impress the veteran editor and praises Greenwood for his kindness to younger colleagues.
In a playful scene the Groom objects to embracing an older relative until the Bride explains Aunt Maria sent a handsome silver service worth thousands. Landon responds with affectionate interjections as the moment unfolds.
An ad style exchange notes that a man in the chair enjoys solitude while smoking and a companion assures no crowds will disturb him with cigars of a specific brand. The snippet reflects common 19th century newspaper advertising banter.
A directive urges facing mistakes directly to learn how to prevent repetition. It emphasizes honest self-assessment and corrective action to improve future performance.
An advertisement touts European springs for eczema but offers local relief via D D D Prescription. It promises instant itch relief from a wash of olive oil wintergreen thymol and other ingredients, urging a 25 cent bottle today from The Newlin Drug Co with dates Oct 18 20.
City council of La Grande Oregon adopts Improvement District No 19 for 5th Street from Depot to O Avenue plan to lay cement walks. Estimated cost 843 50 with a hearing set for October 26 1910 at 8 pm.
City of La Grande Oregon announces Improvement District No 3 plan to lay cement walks on Main avenue from west curb of 4th to east curb of 1st street. A special assessment will be levied to cover an estimated $1685 cost. a hearing on October 26 1910 at 8 pm will allow objections. La Grande Oct 13 1910. Attorneys and local officials listed.
A late 19th or early 20th century directory lists physicians surgeons ophthalmologists dentists and a veterinary surgeon in La Grande with their offices in Adams Avenue Depot Street La Grande National Bank Building Foley Hotel Building Wright Drugs store Hill s Drug Store and Summer Building details include office and residence phone numbers and hours where provided for N Molitor Chapton A L Richardson George W Zimmerman M Mendelsohn H L Underwood Dora J Underwood A C Price P A Charlton and others
Advertised stock includes a red cow branded F P on left hip with one horn broken off a black steer with white face branded F P on left hip and a Jersey cow branded T on left hip. All are now in the city pound.
A brief notice extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Tabu as safe for coughs colds and whooping cough with guaranteed relief. It emphasizes there is no danger and urges use for respiratory ailments.
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