Athena Commercial Association Pushes Park and Chautauqua Plans
The Athena Commercial Association raises questions about city takeovers and park funding, noting ten members contributed $1000 to fund a Chautauqua. It praises progress and aims to boost Athena Oregon with improvements and wider projects. Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition benefits and Northwest settlement prospects are discussed, with rail rates and railroad efforts to promote Oregon and Central Oregon in 1909.
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Oregon
Washington
Idaho
A. M. Cleland
Northern Pacific
Seattle
St. Paul
Chicago
Great Northern
East
Middle West
Northwest
America
Halley comet tail and other notes from a diverse column
A watchful observer notes a straight slender tail behind Halley’s comet, likening it to a sign of good faith. A California judge probationizes a chauffeur for manslaughter with $25 monthly support. A school to train girls as wives opens in Long Island, while a lesson for young men to be providers follows. A Chicago merchant discusses fresh eggs, locals fear motor car care, and weather quirks raise questions about this winter. The column ponders if great men born in 1900 will ever be known and notes efforts to curb highwaymen by suppressing them.
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Long Taland
Train track hero dies saving passengers near Walla Walla
A track walker named Jono Lewis died early yesterday while diverting a passenger train bound for Walla Walla from a landslide on Saturday night. The engineer saw Lewis running toward the engine but could not stop in time. Lewis likely believed he had not been seen and remained on the track until impact. The collision left the train halted a few feet from the rock pile. Lewis’s mangled body was found 100 yards up the track.
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Athena
First Lass High School
Athena Land and Trust Company
N. A. Miller
Walla Walla
Jono Lewis
Starbuck
Lewis
Making Life Safer with New Life Pills Claims
An advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills for constipation biliousness dyspepsia indigestion and liver kidney and bowel troubles claiming easy use and health benefits. A testimonial praises Bucklen's Arm Salve for piles and skin ailments curing sores ulcers and chapped hands with Foley's Honey and Tar also mentioned.
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Dr. King
Will A. Marat
Silver City
N. C
Athena Land Company Stationery Steam Threshing Outfit for Sale
The Athena Land Company offers a full equipage steam threshing outfit ready for field use at a bargain price. Includes complete machinery and gear suitable for immediate operation.
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Portomes
Sregan
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Chatauqua
Ahe
Commercial Association
Hi Gill
A. V. Boullion
Gill
Miller
Boullion
William Hickman Moore
Moore
Great Northern Railway
Valley of the
California
Teddy
Chicago Tribune
The
Allegheny
Pacific Coast
Taft
Roosevelt
LaFollette
Hughes
Cummins
Pinchot
Dolliver
Gannon
Bryan
Pinoffet
Cannon
Saya
Enat Oregonian
Delia Samuel
Milton
Esther F. Compton
A. L. Done
Pine Valley Miss
Ana Tar Foley
Nooplat
Athena Land Company
Post Building
Main Street
Oreg
Pendleton
Morrow County
Portland
Umatilla County
Foley
Foley & Co
James Smith
Bentons Ferry
W. Va
R. A. Cray
J.P
Oakville
Ind
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