Local Notices and Warship Boiler Tube Scandal
A La Grande Oregon newspaper notes post office transmission details and advertising rates. It reports a government investigation into defective boiler tubes used in the battleships Maine Georgia Colorado and Pennsylvania, including stolen stamps and altered shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pittsburg
Department of Justice
Shelby Steel Tube Company
Maine
Colorado
Georgia
Pennsylvana
Ula
Pennsylvania
Fruit men hired for Grande Ronde harvest season
Beet and potato growers recruit extra help as Grande Ronde Valley begins haying June 16 and continues through December 1, marking a long harvest period with temporary labor needed.
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Grande Ronde Valley
La Grande Merchants Display Unusually Large Fall Stock
Local merchants show an unusually large fall stock with broad assortments. Contractor Geo Kregerwis reports the brick yard in La Grande has had a record year and expects even more business next year, signaling a strong city growth outlook.
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la Grande
Geo. Kregerwis
Coe
Guaker Oats Buys Wheat as Inland Empire Growth Feels Near
Iowa based Guaker Oats bought three thousand bushels of wheat in Umatilla County. The piece predicts capital will back Inland Empire wheat and notes La Grande as a potential site for a large plant benefiting from cheap power and strong wheat supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guaker Oats Cereal Company
Iowa
Umatilla
Aga
la Grande
To Make a Prosperous Town Through Honest Labor
The speaker urges residents to invite industrious people, remove jealousy, and work hard for mutual benefit. Do not fear hardship nor rely on luck. instead take action to build a thriving community with practical effort.
Boys from Adams to face trial for farmhouse break-ins
Several boys aged 13 to 16 from Adams with respectable parents will be tried in Athena Saturday for entering farmhouses between the towns. They operate a distant outland camp and have stolen chickens eggs and supplies to cook there. Authorities hope the case lesson curbs their misdirected youth.
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Adams
Athena
Here
Woman nearly starves addressed by Electric Bitters claim
Mrs Mary H Waiters of St Clair Miss Columbus says her stomach weakened by useless drugs left her unable to eat and nerves ruined she credits Electric Bitters with immediate improvement and a complete cure, sold by Newlin Drug Company at 50 cents with a druggist guarantee.
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Mary H. Waiters
St Clair
Columbus
Earth
Newlin Drug Company
They Stand Alone in Bold Promises of Medicine
Fragmented text describes Bramwiiie and Pitrie's medicines and their claims of curing various ailments. It cites alleged endorsements by medical writers and promises of safety, noting formula details and consultation availability in Buffalo. The piece presents a skeptical tone about patent medicines and their supposed cures.
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Dro Pitrie
Peter
Etek
Elie Geining
Waters
Berle Gil
Sheme
Iether Shela
Pitree
Ir Deree
Penn
Buffalo
Huttee
Betton
Ratlartien
Medios
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