08 Apr 1898
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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1898
Page
1
An order lists items including syrup par excellence priced at ten dollars, flour two gallons, rice one sack, tea thirteen pounds, beans one pound, lard twenty eight pounds, pickles five pounds, soap one keg, salt five pounds. The note records quantities and a ten dollar total for the purchase.
San Francisco engineer Henry L. Wiley reports rich gold in Pine Lake area near Sitka after returning from the Pande basin. Gold-bearing quartz veins run 100 to 900 dollars per ton, average about 450 dollars, with samples tests confirming high returns. Local magnates Moore and Mahlman backed the expedition. Dudley did the assays in Sitka.
The Umatilla county GOP delegates nominated G. W. Proebstel of Weston for state senator after a tense ballot, with Kirk and Reeder also contending. Temporary officers were chosen, committees named, and the platform adopted affirming protection, currency policy, reciprocity, and county financial reforms.
The piece extols Sunday school’s enduring value and the influence of great reformers, urging readers to forward religious charity and education. It emphasizes faith in God, the duties of the church, and the duty to uplift humanity through knowledge, virtue, and service, guided by historic Christian figures.
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