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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1911
Page
3
The city issues a call for bids to construct board walks on H avenue from Fourth to Second streets and on Second street from H avenue to H avenue. Plans and specs are on file in this office. Bids due by 6 PM September 6, 1911. Certified check for a percent of the bid required. Council may reject any or all bids. Humphreys, City Recorder.
An old patent medicine pitch touts Parisian Sage as a cure for dandruff and a stimulant for luxuriant hair growth. The ad claims it destroys microbes and nourishes hair, featuring a blonde model and noting price points and widespread availability at Newlin Drug Co. and other druggists.
Sealed bids to build cement walks on Second, Third, and Fourth streets from Jefferson to Main Avenue must be filed with the recorder by 5 p.m. September 6 1911. Plans and specifications are on file in the office and a 5 percent certified check accompanies each proposal.
Mrs W P Spanzh of Manville Wyoming credits Dr King’s New Life Pills with curing her obstinate kidney trouble and making her feel like a new woman. The medicine claims to ease stomach, liver and kidney issues and is sold for 25 cents at all druggists.
A letter to the Observer urges naming the mountains near Medical Springs Oregon as Granite in honor of their granite core. It recounts 1862 ascent by W Smith, Mrs Fanny McDaniels, Miss Minerva Hendershott and others and notes a time capsule left at Mt. Fanny proclaiming the name. The writer asks the granite identity be preserved and the streams retain their names.
Porter of Pacific Telephone says two solicitors conned local businesses into paying for ads on directory covers. The firm owns the directories and will remove the new covers or the directories to protect its advertisers.
Washington officials announce government plans to use moving pictures to teach Indians sanitary living. The films will illustrate the wrong and right ways of living to promote health.
Belfield Country club ladies staged an outdoor season opener against boys in skirts. Miss Coralle Peale pitched for the girls while Percy Osborn dressed as a catcher named Polly. Helen Evans attempted a home score as the crowd watched the novelty game ending in a lopsided score.
The piece satirizes rising trusts expanding into all business sectors from finance to peanut stands, predicting fewer independent firms and a shift toward universal “trustified” commerce, with law unable to stop the trend. It closes with a joke about neighbors roasting one another on porches.
Paris Sept 6 The most formidable test of modern warships under the French flag was reviewed off Toulon today by President Fallieres. The fleet numbered 19 battleships and nine armored cruisers with numerous destroyers and other vessels in attendance.
La Grande Oregon September 1 1911 City Treasurer R O L Logan issues call for payment of warrants issued against water fund up to No 8729 including No 8729 with September 21 1912 date interest on all warrants on Water fund from November 1 to No 279 cease from this call warning that unpaid warrants bear no interest after the call
A historical ad text urges readers to take Electric Bitters to restore strength and vigor when doctors order rest. It describes the tonic as preventing breakdown and rebuilding health, claiming it benefits frail or ailing individuals and boosts overall wellness.
Local brief notes a 50 cent price offer at druggists for AYER UULEDE and BUMS products with end of day and weekly listings.
Up to the minute methods in treating and filling teeth are offered by Dr. Brown, a Northwestern Dental College graduate, and Dr. Mevenset, Philadelphia Dental College alumnus. The office emphasizes patient comfort and thorough practice, with references from neighbors.
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