Federal Building Push In La Grande Sees Interest Grows
Inland Empire papers report Secretary of the Treasury and General Land Office seeking public building requirements for La Grande amid proposed 125000 federal building funds. Local notes highlight Pan Pacific Telephone frontage plans, rising property values, and calls for broader city development.
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14 Grande
A Grande
Jose
Wwe Now Powiom
la Grande
Huiker City Seman
Charles A. Johns
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Con Pany
First Street
Baker City Cement
Sheep ranch foreman suffers eye injury in accident
Peenling Aechlent, foreman for Governor Tooding's sheep ranches in Gooding and Blaine county, was injured when a nail end flew into his eye while shoeing. He arrived in Bolte from Gooding and is under care of Dr. Blitz. About 29,000 sheep are described in the report.
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Bye J. Perrin
Tooding
Gooding
Blaine County
Bolte
Blitz
Perrin
Hyomel Cures Catarrh and Sinus Ills, Guaranteed
Tallon & Co advertise Hyomel as a cure for catarrh and throat ailments. The complete Hyomel outfit includes an inhaler and dropper, with a bottle priced at $1 and refills available for 50 cents. The firm guarantees a refund if it does not help.
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Tallon & Co
Tillmen & Co
Talimnon & Co
Chiemecuegy
Old Marriage Wellef in Fil Islands Belief
An unmarried person in the Fil islands is rare due to a belief that dying unmarried condemns the soul to wander between heaven and hell. Each moon end grants a view of heaven but never entry, leaving souls in an endless intermediate state.
Benable Advice From A Writer On Investments
A writer who earned much from a single stroke seeks Charles Reade. Reade counsels diversification into high quality bonds and edged securities. He notes it is safer to sleep on a bet than to wake on a loss, advising balanced allocation.
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Charles Reade
Hende
Cheerful outlook as a personal and social standard
The excerpt urges sustaining constant cheerfulness as a high standard to influence others and create a joyful atmosphere. It warns against partial effort and highlights the value of genuine joy learned through disciplined practice and sincere interaction with people.
Annexation plan targets Grant county for Baker county seat
A circulated rumor in Oranite alleges a Democrat seeks to annex part of Grant county from Greenhorn mountain to the John Day bridge, aiming to bring a county seat closer to Baker County. The region is described as mountainous with mineral and timber resources.
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Baker County
Grant County
Greenhorn Mountain
John Day Bridge
Baker City
Democrat
Wallowa Buyer Seeks Draft Horses in Peterprine Market
Hector McDonald of Wallowa visited Peterprine yesterday seeking draft horses likely 1300 pounds or larger. He expressed preference for a horse named Enterprine Chief tain.
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Hector McDonald
Wallowa
Peterprine Yeaterday
Pope
Pendleton Produce Prices and Digestive Health Ad
Daily market report lists prices for apples oranges lemons bananas and more in Pendleton with per box and per pound rates. An attached ad promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure from Tallman & Co claiming digestion relief and improved health.
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Pendleton
Rabbit Shoot Bonanza At Bialock Island February 1900
O R N announces a round trip rate of 2.50 to Coyote and return for the Rabbit Shoot on Bialock Island with sale by February 11 and final limit February 11. Pendleton departure February 8 at 11 p m delays No 3. spur stops arranged at No S and Fruit Spur with a bonfire event near Blwlock’s Teland. Also promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and Cascade rod wood from Oregon Lumber Yard via Tallman & Co.
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Bialock Island
Pendleton
Umatilla
Fruit Spur
Blwlock
Teland
BE. H. Smith
Betting on a Sure Thing and Other Arcane Odds
A famed Colombo captain, lifelong gambler, bets on a 30 inch table height but a friend proves it 29 inches after a sly trick at breakfast. Also explains cigar color names from Claro to Colorado and shapes like Napoleon and Perfecto. The Washington Monument cornerstone was laid July 4, 1848 by Polk, rising 555 feet with an aluminium capstone set in 1884.
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Europe
Bettg
Colorado
Londres
Washington Monument
Washington
Georgetown
Arlington
Mount Vernon
Polk
Lively snippets on derricks ruffians and witty abbots
A fragmentary column notes the origin of the word derrick from an English hangman’s name and mentions ruffian possibly from Rif inhabitants in Morocco. It includes Sydney Smith’s Retort about Scotch humor and a quip where Francis I humorously asks an abbot about noble descent from Noah’s ark brothers.
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Morocco
Francis I
France
Repartee Between Fenelon and Richelieu Declares Portrait Mockery
Fenelon tells Richelieu he saw the cardinal’s portrait at the palace. Richelieu sneers asking if he donated it for a poor friend. Fenelon replies the picture resembles Richelieu too closely.
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Fenelon
Richelieu
There Was a Queer Thing About That Reformer's Speech
A Chicago Record-Herald snippet recalls a reformer’s speech described as original and strong. A reader notes the talk’s impact and asks what the audience heard in the moment.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Miss Wadleigh Engagement Denial Questioned
A fragmentary exchange from the Milwaukee Sentinel notes a young man touting stocks while a seasoned friend warns there is money in stocks. The item then mentions a rumored engagement of Miss Wadleigh, which she denies, referencing John Gagen's Family liquor store near Court Street opposite the Golden Rule hotel.
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John Gagen
Local Physicians and Services Directory Listing
Local doctors J A Best Lynn Blakeslee and F Volp provide office locations and contact numbers in Sayings Bank Building Judd Building and Association Block. Area providers offer secondhand goods dealers plumbers and employment services at Main Court streets with 649 Main 12 Court and 124 West Court addresses.
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Sayings Bank
Lynn K. Blakesled
Judd
Main
Court Streets
F Volp
Association Block
Rooma
A. Newberry
Main Street
Dan P. Smythe
Despain Block
Ast Court Street
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