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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1906
Page
2
Athena January 19 1906 notices mix legal filings and town chatter. items include second class posting claims and advertising rates, editorials about Baker City Maverick Freewater coverage and Union Pacific rumors, and local notes on Jim Maloney’s banking promotion and Moorhouse photo volumes. also reports on coal famine in Baker City and Smoot remarks.
Fourteen year old Corbett Griggs vanished from Walla Walla after leaving home January 8 while sent to town to buy goods. Police seek the boy described as black haired with brown eyes, wearing a dark suit and light overcoat, taken with a black hat. Local officers and parents fear he may have run away and hope he is heard from soon.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic and tissue builder. It cites alcohol-free glycerite extracts from Goldenseal, Queen’s Root, Black Cherrybark, Bloodroot and Mandrake, claiming cures for stomach trouble, colds, and La Grippe. A Montral merchant testifies to arthritis relief and uric acid elimination, urging readers to request the Common Sense Medical Adviser.
A historical notice indicates horses are boarded by the day or week at a location described as Btablee on 2nd etreet, south of Main atreet in la, operated by a proprietor. The text is fragmented but identifies a boarding service with daily and weekly rates under a proprietor’s management.
Realtor Andy T. Cope of Walla Walla claims the largest real estate business in the area and promises quick, satisfactory sales. He offers nationwide farm home and business purchases and invites property listings for prompt advertising and sale.
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