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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
8
Readable text touts H L Win as a clothing repair and press expert ready for next order. Contact details include phone Black 1 and Ind 411 and location behind C C Pennington's clothing store.
Testimony from Mrs. Putman Yeck of Elgin Oregon claims Dean's Kidney Pills eased her backache and kidney discomfort. The ad touts relief from urinary issues, notes generalized improvement, and lists Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY as U.S. agents, urging readers to remember the brand.
The Commercial club tracks La Grande’s role in the National apple show opening November 15. Aimed at standardizing culture and marketing, the event gathers growers and handlers to boost the industry and demonstrate intensive cultivation for national reach. Prizes total 25000 dollars with a 1500 carload sweepstakes.
Miss Alice Evans of Walla Walla reported fiancee of Grigware and linked to the Union Pacific hold up will be brought to Omaha to testify. She recently visited Grigware’s mother in Spokane as the trial proceeds.
In Mason County on October 29 a daughter of George Kreltz armed with a double barreled shotgun repelled a raid by forty night riders who crashed into her father’s home. Earlier the assailants fired on Benjamin Longnecker’s house, narrowly missing the family at supper. Longnecker returned fire and drove them off before the Freitz home was attacked.
Charles D. Howell, a railroad watchman held in county jail, remains silent under Seattle police questioning about the October 16 robbery of the Great Northern Express Office. The case unfolds as authorities press for a confession.
Police say they have enough evidence to charge Howell with robbery though he proclaims innocence. He has been jailed since the 20th and reportedly began spending money lavishly the day after the alleged crime.
Notice to property owners that after ten days the council will order improvements on Greenwood street from Adams avenue to the N line of O R & N right of way. A board sidewalk five feet wide will be built on both sides at property owners expense under city ordinance plans. Completion by December 1909. La Grande Oregon October 28 1909. The Common Council of the City of La Grande. D B Cor Recorder
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