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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1896
Page
4
A compact ad touts a slaughter sale with calls to visit for profitable purchases. It highlights Pendleton selections and invites readers to come view the “wantable” items at attractively low prices.
T. J. Kirk heads to Portland while Mrs. Frakes visits Pendleton friends. Local ads note real estate loans, spring plows, cigars at Max Lewin, and suit sale at the Boston Store. Community notices mention theater, officers installation at A O U W lodge, Woodmen events, a meat market theft, and a request to settle accounts with C A Barrett Co. receiver.
A New York Sun reporter describes wildfires from Montana to Arkansas and a thick smoke belt across the continent. Traveling from Duluth to Minneapolis, then to Seattle and Mount Shasta, he notes foggy seas, blocked skylines, and wildlife dazed by smoke, with the haze lasting weeks and stretching from the lakes to the Pacific.
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