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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1910
Page
5
Local advertisement promotes a vacuum carpet cleaner with all work guaranteed and reasonable prices. It also markets Cascara pills as a permanent laxative with better results, priced at 25 cesta, and gives two Red phone numbers for contact.
Red and black printed hotel rule and trespass cards for rent and sale. Available at The Ob server office with bargain pricing. Local posting notes items and prices for quick purchase.
First class bookkeeper and stenographer seeks a La Grande location. Has seven years experience in lumber construction and railroad work. Phone Red 711.
Dress maker Greenwood designs outfits for Mrs McCarter in 2005, showcasing tailored garments and fabric choices. The item highlights the collaboration between a local dressmaker and Mrs McCarter, reflecting mid decade fashion trends and the era's style.
An advertisement for Instant Headache Tables promises relief when headache symptoms appear and claims no headache will follow. The copy notes a pack of 25 tablets priced at 25 cents.
A notice seeks an agent for Phoenix Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Oregon located at 829 Chamber of Commerce Portland Oregon. The brief public notice invites qualified applicants to apply for representation in the Portland area.
Local Yeomen lodge candidates are instructed to meet at 7 30 Wednesday evening at Doctor Underwood's office. The meeting is called by L E McNabb district manager for Eastern Oregon with La Grande headquarters.
For sale a Columbia bicycle in good condition with one new tire. First buyer to offer $20 claims it. Inquiries at Whiton's Printery Lewis building. Dr Mendelsohn will see patients every evening from seven to eight for those unable to visit by day. A trade for an 18 horsepower Franklin in exchange for city property is available via this office.
The Lady Maccabees announce a cooked food sale at Russell Meat Market on October 8 to raise funds. Members will prepare and sell meals and desserts for customers.
Desiring pears may arrange delivery or pickup by calling the Red-922 line for availability and scheduling.
P McMahon of Nex Perce is visiting La Grande as a guest at the Summer.
J. W. Cumming of Walla Walla is staying at the Summer Hotel while attending to business matters in the city.
F C Bramwell register of the local land office is a visitor in Hot Lake today.
Ralph J. Allen of Sharon Springs Kansas is a guest in the city during a Summer visit.
Mrs Evans visits her parents in La Grande while Attorney John L Rand of Baker City rests in the city for feral matters. H A Caldwell of Walla Walla, a header and combine seller, is in town stopping at the Summer. Dan W Sheahan of Enterprise returns home after important business here.
Mrs. Frank Holm, formerly of this city and now residing in Seattle where her husband works as an engineer on the O. and W., returns to visit with her daughters Mrs. Edna Swart and Miss Laura Holm.
Larry Larison heads a party of drummers aboard the Allien and Lewis Maxwell coach, touring Wallowa County today. The company plans further stops across eastern Oregon on his regular business circuit.
A business meeting of the Eastern Star is scheduled for tonight and all members are urged to attend.
Bruce Lydell, a major Wallowa county sheep owner, rests in the city at the Foley. Pat Foley, Foley hotel proprietor, plans to head to Pendleton for the Roundup to manage outlaw horses if needed. Nora Casey from Hilgard lodges at the Foley while W E Miller arrives from Spokane. Attorney L Denham of Elgin, A W Hillis from Butte, Martin King of Ida, and B T Hall with wife of Salem also appear, all at the Foley today.
Employment notice seeking nailers and packers for immediate work at the Ramsey warehouse. Applicants should see C. C. Ramsey or call Main-38 for details and to apply.
The fair seeks hotel space during fair week and asks the public to aid by offering rooms. Anyone with available rooms should notify Mrs. C. P. Newlin and state the price, with $1 noted as an absolute necessity to ease visitor lodging and prevent late hotel occupancy.
Dr Mendelsohn provides eye care with 2 years practice and full facilities in La Grande on request of local physicians. He claims to have treated over 2100 patients across Union and Wallowa counties including about 190 children and guarantees satisfaction with replacement glasses while you wait. Office hours 8:30 am to 12 pm and 1 to 5 pm.
A birth record notes the birth of a baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. John Reed in South Le Grande in September 1934. The infant weighed 10 pounds at birth.
There will be a meeting of the W T U at the home of Mrs R L Mathews 1607 Seventh Street Thursday afternoon. All members are requested to be present.
Local real estate ad by L B Wilson promoting a modern five room cottage in a prime location at a regional price with favorable terms. Offers other bargains and invites buyers to visit at 220 Depot J La Grande Oregon successor to Van Duyn.
Medical authorities urge avoiding greasy salves that trap germs and propose a liquid treatment. The D. C. prescription combines Oil of Wintergreen and Thymo to wash and destroy skin germs, soothing and healing the skin. A 25 cent trial bottle from Newlin Drug Co. La Grande Ore.
A compact note traces the belief that tingling ears signal others talking about you. Reference points include Pliny and Shakespeare, with Sir Thomas Browne noting guardian angels touching the ear for fortune or warning.
The Advice Seeker notes that when a man asks for advice a discussion tends to ensue. Mr. Sirius Barker counters that many seek guidance to fuel argument rather than to work, reflecting a Washington Star sentiment.
In a Chicago News snippet Mr Recentmarrie misreads a recipe while preparing dessert. He notices hard smooth round things hidden in the dish. Mrs Recentmarrie identifies them as eggs, as the recipe indicates.
A humorous exchange from Fliegende Blatter depicts a traveler asking for a timetable and a station agent recalling ago when trains supposedly kept to time, highlighting public expectations of punctual rail service.
An account from the Transvaal details ranger Wolhuter's dramatic near death and swift counterattack after a lion attack. He fought the beast with a knife, saved by a tree, and was found by companions whose aid led to safety. The lion perished from wounds and the ranger survived a harrowing ordeal.
The article surveys legendary blades from a seven foot Westminster Abbey sword to ceremonial Welsh swords and jeweled weapons. It notes a six foot two inch ceremonial sword, a bejeweled Egyptian gift valued around 10 000, and myths about a Persian shah’s or Baroda’s qashwar with rumored value near one million dollars.
In a London Journal fragment from The Last House by Richard Edgecumbe, Lord Byron recalls a fortune teller’s warning to his mother about his future. He notes turning thirty seven on January 22 and admits fearing unlucky days, especially Fridays and Sundays, yet doubts the superstition while acknowledging his past misfortunes often fell on those days.
A fragment discusses Thackeray’s risky work habits as he produced writing with constant pressure from printers. Motley's 1858 letter to his wife says Thackeray lived hand to mouth, fueling the printer’s needs and fearing the cost to his health.
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