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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1898
Page
2
The Athena Press reports subscription terms and contact details for Athena Oregon. It notes national shipping policy debates and Vanderburg Tongue seating contest issues. It covers Pendleton cattlemen’s convention news and early 1900s political committee talks with conservative Democratic stance.
Corvallis Times condemns Mitchell as unworthy and declares the call for a loyal, unblemished public service. The piece echoes Henry Clay’s phrase rather than current office seeking, praising right over presidency and urging staunch patriotism.
United States Army Officers depart on the Oregon heading to Dyea to lead a relief expedition into the gold country. Captain Brainard and two companies of troops wait at Dyea for reindeer and the snow train. Supplies for 190 mules and 170 packers will be shipped from Seattle, totaling 150 tons held at Dyea until the rest arrive. An escort of Canadian soldiers accompanies the expedition. General Merriam stays behind for a Copper River surveying mission. Also noted is a new dice plow from Pierce Farming Co at Umatilla reservation and the failed organization of the Umatilla Agricultural Association due to capital representation.
A fragmented notice touts a remedy called 4 DaiWist's Witch Hazel Salvo curing skin diseases including eczema and rashes. It cites Palace Drug Store and Wm McBride in promotional language urging faithful consumption to purify and drive illness from the body.
Dr Darrin will stay at the St Nichols Hotel in Athena from February 20 to 27 and offer free treatment with electric therapies. The piece lists numerous cured patients from Oregon and Washington and promotes his broad claim of treating eye, ear, throat, catarrh, bronchitis, grippe, digestive, liver and kidney diseases as well as genito urinary issues and nervous disorders.
The famed New York chemist A B Slocom offers three free trials of a “New Scientific Treatment” claimed to cure pulmonary tuberculosis and bronchial issues. He cites testimonials from readers and says medical experts acknowledge bronchial and lung troubles lead to consumption. Submit name and address to A Slocum MD 98 Pine Street New York for the free medicine.
Unclear instructions claim to diagnose kidney problems from urine standing twenty four hours and advise a supposed remedy. The ad promotes a herbal root with claims of curing urinary and kidney issues and mentions sales by mail order with guarantees.
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