Local Ads Seek Secondhand School Books and Household Goods
Local merchants invite residents to sell secondhand school books for cash at Silverthorn’s family drug store and Newlin Book and Drug Co. Ads promote cheap groceries and services from Geddes Bros and Geddesros, cleaning services from Blue Dyeing and Cleaning Works, and a real estate listing for a 4 room house with acre lot for cash.
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Silverthorn’s
Newlin'’s Book and Drug Co
The
Newlin Book and Drag Co
Newlin Book and Stationery Co
Bargain Grocery Business For Sale Or Lease
A good established grocery business is offered for sale or lease. The location is described as good with the address Y. K. care of Observer. The notice mentions student placement at Baker City Normal and Business College and references a new catalogue explaining how.
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Y. K
Hair Goods Display Campaign At W. W. Berry Millinery
A temporary display at W. W. Berry millinery features hair goods with prices ranging from $2.50 to $10.00. Gray is highlighted as a specialty, drawing attention to the store’s limited sale window.
Mrs L W Day at W W Berry Millinery Display
Mrs L W Day of San Francisco visits the W W Berry Millinery store for six days ending Saturday the 10th with a complete line of hair goods at wholesale prices. Ladies urged to view Chester puffs on display from 2.50 to 5.00 dollars.
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W. W. Berry Millinery
Locals and Visitors in La Grande Attend Eagle's Picnic
Cumberland resident H H Newfield and A W Moody of Payette visit La Grande staying at the Summer. Fireman Frank Herron travels to Ontario for ill relatives. C E Miller watches business matters in Union. E C Hace from Imnaha spends yesterday in La Grande at the Foley. C M Larsen arrives from San Francisco joining Observer soliciting force. Fred Milliken of Ellensburg visits La Grande staying at the Foley. Roy E Green of Joseph conducts business in the city and visits the Foley. C H Turner of Caldwell Idaho stays at the Foley. R M Morris and Arlie Russell of Elgin come to attend the Eagle's picnic. Dwight Barnes of Elgin, justice of the peace, is a business visitor in La Grande.
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A. W. Moody
Payette
la Grande
Fred Milliken
Ellensburg
Wash
C. H. Turner
Caldwell
Idaho
Foley
R. M. Morris
Arlie Russell
Elgin
Dwight Barnes
Local notices of travel and business activity in Oregon
Bramwell travels to Wallowa for beet harvest meetings. Mrs. J O Chattin and granddaughter Lilian Baker depart for Denver for a month with friends. F P Creamer of Warren Construction arrives in La Grande from Baker City then returns to Hot Lake. H A Caldwell of Best Manufacturing tours Flora and Paradise and reports good business. sales to Beach & Kuhn Paradise and Ford Esce & Merrill Flora. Mrs T N Murphey and daughter Trene head to New York via Portland for eastern visits, two months. Mr and Mrs B G Fritts return from Southern Oregon where daughter Walden De Long lives. They tour interior and enjoy trip.
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F. P. Creamer
Warren Construction Company
Baker City
la Grande
Buick
Hot Lake
H. A. Caldwell
Best
Walla Walla
San Leander
Flora and Paradise
Beach & Kuhn
Paradise
Fordesce & Merril
Flora
Betty Best
T. N. Murphey
Trene
New York
Portland
Canadian Pacific
St. Louis
B. G. Fritts
Oregon
Walden de Long
Wintemute Stock Scheme Ties Countess to Colorado Crash
Advertising hustler William T. Wintemute faces arrest after a Gold Run Mining and Tunnel Co. scheme in Boulder Colorado allegedly took 1 300 000 from investors. The Countess of Tankerville formerly Lenora Van Marter is named as a principal victim and the affair draws international attention.
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William T. Wintemute
Gold Run Mining and Tunnel Company
Boulder
Colo
Post Office
Wintemute
England
Countess of Tankerville
Lenora van Marter
New York State
Lord Tankerville
Inside Fall Suit Fitting Promises Comfort and Style
An advertisement claims the Fall Suit offers a perfect fit and improved comfort through tailored design. The message emphasizes a confident, well-dressed appearance for the wearer.
One Liner Snippets From Old Papers
A collage of vintage quotes and jokes from the Boston Transcript Atlanta Constitution and Chicago Record-Herald shows hurried diners, a slurred dialect joke, a slang exchange about beef a la mode, and a divorced man reflecting on love.
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Walter
Boston Transcript
Chicago Record-Herald
Coast League Morning DoubleHEADER Scores
Portland 8 Los Angeles 6 Oakland 1 Sacramento 0 San Francisco 8 Vernon 0. Morning games cap a day of doubleheaders with high scoring by Portland and San Francisco and shutouts for Vernon and Sacramento. Oakland and Los Angeles split a close affair as league play continues.
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Coast League
Portland
Los Angeles
Oakland
Sacramento
San Francisco
Vernon
Hearing Set in Spokane against North Pacific and others
September 13 is the hearing date for the City of Spokane versus North Pacific and others, per a notice Turner Oliver received from the Interstate Railroad Commission. The proceeding mirrors a prior case where La Grande influenced Inland Empire towns and yielded substantial benefits.
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City of
Correction: R D Hamilton Sues Dan Phillips for Assault
A typographical error last week misstated W. R Hamilton as the plaintiff. The correct initials are R D Hamilton, who has brought suit against Dan Phillips for assault with a dangerous weapon.
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W. R. Hamilton
Dan Phillips
R. D.” Hamilton
Fanning Delivers Prohibition Talk to Two Audiences
Mr. J. Fanning the Philadelphia author lecturer and wit spoke yesterday to two large crowds. In the afternoon at the Baptist church and in the evening at the tabernacle he presented a prohibition lecture interlaced with humor and wit pleasing the audiences throughout.
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J. Fanning
Philadelphia
The
Baptist Church
the Tabernacle
A Cowboy's Stratagem headlining Isis cinema program
The Isis theater presents A Cowboy's Stratagem as the main feature with a gripping love story and thrilling scenes including a bear hunt in which a real bear is released and shot. The program also includes Betty as Errand Girl and promises unusually good quality throughout. Tonight is the last chance to witness this fine program.
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Isis Thia
Betty
West’s protest over Hindu laborer influx noted
Today the liner Siberia arrives with twenty two Hindus aboard amid a larger applicant pool of five hundred. Steamship lines report preference for young Hindus under thirty who are healthy to enter the country.
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West
Siberia
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Adams
Geddes
Selders
Geddessros
Geddes Bros
Heinze
Baker City Normal and Business College
W. W. Berry
Gray
H. H. Newfield
Cumberland
Frank Herron
Ontario
C. E. Miller
Union
E. C. Hace of
Imnaha
C. M. Larsen
Observer
Roy E. Green
Joseph
Bramwell
Wallowa
Lilian Baker
Denver
the Countess OF
Tankerville
Othe
ASH Bros
the Golden Rule CO
Wandress
Auianta Constitution
Fanning
Cook
Oregon Hotel
Walter Glenn
R. PF
Mac Wood
Golden Rule Store
Albany Nurseries, Inc
Albany
Dept. J
Marble Works
Palace Restaurant
N. Ave
Adams Ave
Cosmopolitan Magazine
H. C. Campbell
Broadway
New York City
Dalton
Particu
Banking Home
United States National Bank
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