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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1911
Page
6
A miner grubstaked by PA Foley Inetabring uncovered ore in the up river country near La Grande. Assay offices will test samples showing potential for gold copper iron and saline. The observer reports strong indications of pay, with wings of ore two and a half to three feet wide. further investigation continues as samples await analysis.
Arrangements for a same day return to La Grande are set for the Wigin La Grande football game. Fifty passengers are required to secure a $1.00 round trip rate, and Manager Reynolds has been advised that enough will go. The special car will run as a regular branch line train and return on the logging train after the game. The lineup is expected to be similar to last week.
A Paris visitor recounts how Saint-Saens explained taking his toothbrush to dinner. He claimed his lock is stiff, so he uses the toothbrush handle as a key-turning aid, a tale told with humor as guests watched him throughout the evening.
An elderly Newburyport resident recalls his schooldays in the early nineteenth century. He describes a bitterly cold day and the practices used to keep pupils warm, reflecting the era’s rough schooling conditions and paternal oversight.
Mrs. C. H. Whitney of Baker, a face specialist and tollar articles manufacturer, will be in La Grande on Thursday the 19th. She may be found at 1407 T Avenue, offering moles and superfluous hair removal by an electric process. Phone listed as 492 Black.
If you have young children you have perhaps noticed that disorders of the stomach are their most common ailment. To correct this you will find Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets excellent. They are easy and pleasant to take and mild and gentle in effect. For sale by all dealers. end of day and weekly.
Classified item listing rental space with two acres, barn room for stock, hay storage, located at North Street and V Avenue two blocks east of the new school. Contact Observer office or call Farmer 205. Trade: two rowers at Hot Lake Telephone. Also offers trade of a good fire room house with four lots for horses or cattle through La Grande Investment Co.
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