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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1910
Page
2
Advertises Europe’s springs for skin cures but promises relief at home with D D D Prescription wash containing wintergreen thymol and other ingredients. Claims instant relief from itching and smooth healthy skin. Promotes 25 cent bottle from The New Lin Drug Co. Oct 18 20.
A fragmentary report mentions tablets and sealing actions tied to a game night. The readable bits reference a player’s tablet use and a final action before retiring, suggesting a routine or administrative gesture surrounding a late contest.
Red cow branded FP on left stifle with one horn broken off and a black steer with white face branded FP on left stifle. One Jersey cow branded T on left hip. All in city pound. Want ads pay one cent a word.
An old notice urges reading kidney warning signs and urges Doan's Kidney Pills to ward off Bright's disease or diabetes. It cites H M Hedrick of Pendleton Oregon praising two boxes for back pain and irregular kidney secretions. Sold by dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is sole US agent. remember the name Dean's.
A garbled note promotes a cough remedy with claims of healing coughs and cold symptoms. The text mentions a supposed Bo Gangee and urging buyers to follow directions, reflecting unclear historic advertising language.
A letter from Wood, chairman of the Anti Annexation Committee in Hillsboro Oregon, argues against annexation by Multnomah County. He cites small district signatures and warns Washington County would lose status while Multnomah grows wealthier.
C. Walker, longtime La Grande resident, bought the Broom house and lot 19 block 9 Ray Pearson's addition from the La Grande Improvement Co through La Grande Investment Co. He has taken possession and will use it as his future home.
An October 1929 want ad from Newlin Drug Co promotes Parisian Sage as a solution to thinning hair and dandruff. It claims the product kills dandruff germs and can regrow hair unless the root is dead, priced at 60 cents with mail orders via The Giroux Mfg Co Buffalo NY.
Six surveyor crews said to be under one directive hid their identities and left the city at night to search for power sites. They split into many groups heading toward Alpona, Pomeroy, Patit, Tucanon, Dayton, Walla river, Mill creek, Looking Glass, and Salmon. Officials deny knowledge of backers or purpose, suggesting possible electric line or power company activity.
The article explains how mistletoe spreads via birds. Robins eat berries, seeds stick to bills, seeds transfer to tree branches and sprout. Mistletoe taps into the tree sap, keeps its leaves for winter, and survives on a parasitic relationship.
A memoir fragment recalls Mrs. Locke’s nagging while Mrs. Locke’s husband James survives a mid Atlantic steamer wreck. A survivor recalls his quip about choosing that steamer to return home, prefaced by urging to “make something of our lives.”
Market listing shows Sugar at 6.40 for cash and beet at 6.20. Vegetables include onions 8 1b, green onions 3 for 10c, tomatoes 10c per pound, cabbage 4c, green peppers 1 lb for 50c. Fruits cover oranges 50c per dozen, lemons 40c per dozen, bananas 40c per 2 dozen, cantaloupe 10c and 15c, peaches 85c per box, plums 2c per lb, grapes 2 lb for 25c. Meats note hogs at 9c per hundredweight, beef, veal 4 to 4 1/2c, mutton 4 to 6c, chickens 12.5c, eggs local 30-29c, butter fat prices, flour and millstuffs listed, with various prices for hay, barley and wheat.
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