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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1906
Page
10
An old advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for infants claiming it builds healthy flesh and solid bone muscle. The promo markets Tea or Tablets at 55 cents, tied to Newuin Drug Company.
John Fleshman and Della Gutridge wed at the bride’s parents’ home on Island Avenue with framing decorations of Sweet Peas Astors and Asparagus. Rev O H King officiated as guests enjoyed lunch and soon after the couple will reside on Fleshman’s fruit farm nearby.
In Sun day, September 16, 1906, at the bride’s home, H. P. Lewis and Mayme Taylor were wed with Rev. E B Hays officiating. The ceremony occurred at 12:30 with only two families present, followed by a wedding dinner. The couple will visit friends in the east for a month before returning to make their future home in the city. The groom is a pioneer insurance man and the bride runs the leading photograph gallery, daughter of Mr and Mrs C F Coolidge.
Baker City ministers through the ministerial association passed resolutions against opening caskets during church funeral services. The group says the custom causes needless grief and vows not to consent to casket openings in their churches.
An unidentified notice quotes G H Powers advising renters to push toward ownership by paying 15 percent rent until the price of a property is covered. He mentions two responses to a distress sign and lists Portland dealer C F Johnson buying an acre in Pleasant Home with a new five room house for 1000 dollars and Mrs E E Storts selling a cottage with two lots for 1250 dollars. The item ends with a sign off The Broken Lamp Man.
The undersigned is appointed administrator of the estate of Louisa Griffin deceased. All persons with claims against the estate must present them to the administrator or to attorney J. W. Knowles within six months from the date hereof. Dated August 22, 1006.
City funds on hand to pay outstanding general fund warrants up to No. 5544 issued before January 14 1906. Interest on warrants No 6290 to 6344 ceases. Water fund warrants up to No 6388 paid. interest ceases on 6285 to 6388. Pound fund warrants paid. interest ceases. La Grande Oregon September 1906 J K Whowr City Treasurer.
A watchdog’s oversight allowed a leak in the North Sea dyke to lava massive flooding across a Dutch province, likened to a child’s finger stopping a rupture. Kenneth Melver of Warceboro Maine recalls a near death from a neglected cold later saved by Dr King’s New Discovery. He credits three doctors who gave up hope, but the remedy saved him. Trial bottle offered at Newlin Drug Co. 50c and 1.00.
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