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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1905
Page
3
An eight acre tract with orchard four acres of land and facilities for six horses is offered in exchange for any property. Also mentions a Liz room house sage hay barn and sod stable one mile from the post office. For particulars inquire of the address or contact.
Historical clipping shows an odd sale notice and lodging offer. It mentions a moving picture machine for sale at La Grande Pawn Brokers and reads like a distressed classified with partial street address 1017 Fourth Street and references to Pleasantly terrished rooms for night housekeeping.
The Observer notes a local ad offering engraved cattle and renouncements at the same postage rates, inviting patrons to call and view samples and place orders for work.
Fragmentary ad text touts a remedy described as a peerless treatment for stomach and liver issues. Mentions teas and tablets and suggests no money required, but the garbled copy limits details on ingredients, target conditions, or manufacturers.
Notice to dairymen offering to rent a dairy farm of 80 acres 41 miles east of La Grande for a term of three to five years. Capacity to feed about 36 cows, summer pasture for additional cattle, and abundant running water. Price ten dollars per acre. Contact M Baker Obi Town.
Visitors to Portland are urged to inquire about boards and recreation at fair prices. Call once for details at EB Bartholomew 20 Dixon Street Portland Angoat 8.
In San Diego the printing industry district reached an agreement with the International Typographical Union to institute an eight hour day for printers after January 1st. San Diego becomes the first Southern California city to grant this standard workday to its printers.
Witnesses testified in a federal case brought by the Interstate Commerce Commission challenging railroad rate practices west of Chicago. The manager described the rates as indiscriminate and not properly tied to service. He appeared before the court this morning as part of the commission's enforcement action.
Three indictments were filed against Frederick E Carlson in New York on September 19. He faces a bigamy charge after two of his wives died of tetanus following heavy life insurance. Carlson is jailed in Brooklyn on a grand larceny related matter, pled not guilty to bigamy and requested a postponement to secure witnesses from San Francisco.
The National Temperance Congress met in Portland Oregon with Ex governor John P J John of Kansas as the principal speaker. Prominent temperance advocates from across the country attended the session today.
The text argues vital reactioning links living order to nervous and vascular systems. Osteopathy aims to restore harmony across the organism when deranged, claiming catsopathic fingers better control nutrition than drugs, often curing where other methods fail.
Andy J Hunt, who says he built Pendleton’s first house, toured the town and reassembled details of his 1863 dirt roof log cabin near the O station for Alfred Marehall. He previously built another cabin at Wild Horse mouth. Bent once lived in Pendiston. Now 72, Hunt heads to Portland from a business trip to Ontario.
Judge Eakin rules in the Edmonds divorce that Florinda Edmonds did not desert TJ Edmonds and that the plaintiff was cruel to the defendant. The court grants custody of a child to the plaintiff. In a separate case Judge Rabin grants a divorce to Biliza Tod and George Todd with custody of three minor children to the defendant.
The Witte party landed in Paris today and will stay briefly. President Loubet takes marked interest in Witte, who says the visit is social and not a formal mission. He denies ties to the Russian government and notes strain on his health while planning rest.
The Bridges Concert Company opened in La Grande with premier entertainment heard by a crowded First Presbyterian Guard. The performance was praised as high quality and the organizers report a class of about seventy voices with demand rising toward one hundred. A Wednesday session at the ME Church is free for a larger turnout and may lead to a regular music tutor for public schools and city buildings. Parents are urged to bring children to the class.
The county clerk records a divorce suit by Helen P Sharp against John H Sharp filed in Grineilla in 1938 alleging cruel and inhuman treatment including choking and threats. She seeks custody of a minor child. A second suit by M Duffey names Karl J Heaien Alex Stackland JW Knowles William Hiison and the Gray's Harbor Commercial Co to recover money. The action originates in Cove.
Harvest starts as plows move through beet fields with expected record crop in the valley. The local factory is anticipated to resume operations next Tuesday.
The ancient frigate Constitution, famed flagship of the American navy, is in danger of burning or sinking at the Charleston navy yard. Reports say the ship cannot last many years in its current condition.
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