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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1910
Page
3
Sunday and weekday notes from Athena cover local guests, land deals, church notices, athletic postponements and planning for the Uma Ulla County Caledonian pavilion. Mentions Pendleton visitors, the McKenzie funeral, new residents, and school and church updates. Martha Sharp and Miss Liewallen feature among local people.
Minnie Joshua, an Indian woman aged about 45, sues the Northern Pacific in eastern Oregon for 15000 for injuries from a train wreck on the Pendleton Paaco branch near Pendleton in October 1907. Attorneys McCourt and Phelps filed in local court before transfer to federal court.
For months plans focus on spring campaign as goods arrive regularly. Buyers scour eastern markets to secure merchandise at lowest landed costs. The store promises quality and low prices, with a money back guarantee and improved service for in person, proxy, or mail orders.
Advertiser G. W. Johnson of Weston BR offers pasture for stock with abundant grain and water at 1.25 per month. Interested parties may write for details at BR. F. D. No. 2.
Rev Meldrum spoke on Australian woods to advanced grades last Friday. Commencement exercises are set for May 21 2010. Attendance remains good though many large boys have dropped out. Arbor Day program at the schoolhouse Friday afternoon invites patrons and friends. The town Athena athletic meet, postponed due to Mr McKenzies funeral, will now be Saturday at 1 30 p.m. at the Park with a collection to defray gym expenses. Fifth grade Mattie Lee Cune 96 percent Fourth grade James Kidder 92 percent Zola Keene 99 percent.
A fragmentary reconstruction of Lord Ferrers voyage to Tyburn in 1700. Describes the procession from the Tower to Tyburn with crowding mobs, fears of death, refusals of drink, sheriff regulation, and the grim ritual as recounted by London Sketch and Thackeray.
An old account recalls an encounter when first Chinese arrived in California. Indians questioned the newcomers country and status. A water test was attempted as the two groups met on a stream bridge, and the Chinamen were pushed into the current. They could not swim, proving they were not Indians.
A Washington Times quip contrasts sunshine with moonshine in a playful exchange about a husband’s nose work in sunlight. The piece shifts to a medical pitch for Dr King’s New Life Pills, claiming relief for indigestion, liver and kidney troubles with a low-cost remedy, noting availability at all druggists.
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