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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1915
Page
2
Front notices list advertising rates and staff names for the Athena Oregon paper, with editor details, weeks of publication, and local notices. A long column mixes shipping notes, immigration commentary, and various civic notices alongside community ads and a fragmentary world news excerpt.
An observer describes Michigan fencing and lumber camps with emphasis on stump fences and a landscape similar to New England but altered by modern logging. The piece notes powerful machines removing stumps, the slow return to nature, and memories of historic log drives and river logging along the Muskegon and Grand Rivers.
A dated, moralizing cautionary piece discusses evaluating a horse purchase. It claims methods sellers use to hide faults, describes tests and signs of soundness, and urges buying only from reputable sellers with written guarantees witnessed, warning buyers to beware deceptive practices in the horse market.
Mrs Presley Colbern, a well known Athena resident for seven years, was killed when struck by a car at Fourth Street and Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach California. Witnesses were summoned for a coroner’s inquest to be held Tuesday. Mr Colbern expresses community sympathy in this time of bereavement.
The Athena branch lists new acquisitions including The Indouttind Situation by Gurlton, Warm Woodlot by y, Tojurlove to Vog by I-Tnsools, Howtrey Short History of Germany by Mollor, Abraham Lincolay the Boy and the Man by Morgue, Eternal Value by Mauatorborg, Unvmited Plnows of Oia! Europe by Shuckletay, Short History of Italy by Sadgwick, and other titles such as The Liquor Problosy, Making Bollt in Parnitara, Appreciation of Picturos, Personality Plow, The Story of Waitalill Box, and more from Abitdeen's and Browo.
An OCR fragment advertises fresh Pendleton bread and fresh buns at Grant's Lunch Room with humorous verse about home delivery and prices noted as ten cents per dozen. The copy references bread, buns, and a Bond Box while urging customers to come in for baked goods and a novelty sale.
State of Oregon summons requiring the defendant to appear and answer within one week of publication. If unresponsive, plaitiff can recover two hundred dollars and costs. Notice cites Judge B B Edwards and publication in the Athens Press, Athens, Umatilla County, Oregon with multiple dates in January and February 1915. Homer I Watty attorney for plaintiff.
A mixed OCR notice announces a summons in Jomios Court Umatilla County Oregon with a six week response requirement and a judgment for $200 plus interest, attorney fees and costs. It also includes an administrator’s sale notice for W W Jacobs estate in Athana Umatilla County with Lot 8, Book 5, Carlton addition appraisal $600 and sale to highest bidder on a set date.
Notice to all persons concerned that Leo Sampan a deai a nitrator with the will and estate of Tokti Indian woman is admitted. Creditors with claims must present proper vouchers to the administrator Guo Gampeon at the Umatilla Indian Agency within six months from publication. Peters ton bin attorney announces in Poucie ton Oregon the administrator’s name and deadline.
A fragment urges farm loan applicants to save money by applying to Maloney Gwinn or write to J. H. Gwinn of the Pendleton Carinet Company or J. W. Melogey of Pendleton, Oregon Ady.
For Sale or Trade. 2000 a crow of grain Inna xix sallow from Stanfield. Practically all in cultivation, 1000 more in winter wheat, large buildings, well water. Owner will trade or sell provisions or stock range up to 40 thousand and take on payments for unmade items. Cambridge, Tiati.
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