31 Years Ago June 26 1896 Athena Weston News
A local item ledger notes Elmer Reeder bicycled to Pendleton on a Tuesday. A wagon accident injures a boy near Roger's place but no bones are broken. Measles spread in Montana. a Masonic search for Mr Woodward’s remains is planned on July 5. Deputy Sheriff Carney injures a suspect in Pilot Rock altercation. Tax remittance figures reported for Umatilla County. Pythian Lodge installs officers at a Monday meeting. A birth is recorded and a fat and lean ball game is announced in Athena. Wheat prices in several markets are listed.
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Elmer Reeder
Pendleton
Ruby Callender
Mae Fischer
Edyth Shaw
Dr. Dell
Athena-Weston Road
Roger
Dell
D. A. Hendricks
Montana
Portland
Valley
Walla Walla
Chicago
Masonic Lodges
Elgin
Milton, Athena
Weston
Woodward's
Blue Mountains
Woodward
Masons
Carney
Pilot Rock
Senator Mitchell
Kern
Phil Metschan
Salem
Umatilla
Bulletin Board
Pythian Lodge
No. 29
K. of P
J. FE. Reeder
C. C
G. E. Peabody
W. C
R. L. Davis
W J. Wilkinson
Max Lewin
W. E. Harper
C. D. Stansel
H P. Millen
J. L. Smith
I. G
A. R. Booher
D Autremonts Begin Serving Life Sentences
The D Autremont brothers started life terms after four murders in the Siskiyous train holdup of October 1923. In Ashland locals staged hanging dolls of Ray Roy and Hugh as the killers were photographed before entering prison. Ray requested a photo be sent to his wife Hazel De Autrement at Hanging Rock Ohio.
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de Autremont Brothers
Siskiyou Mountains
Ashland
Charles C. Johnson
Southern Pacific
Ray
Roy
Hugh
Hazel de Autremont
Hanging Rock
Ohio
Automobile Turns Over Injuring Two Musicians Near Prescott
Two members of Richmonds Arcadians hurt as the sedan returning to Walla Walla from a Prescott dance left the Dry Creek hill curve and rolled over at 1230 Saturday morning. The two un identified musicians were rushed to St Marys hospital for treatment. A trailer attached to the sedan skidded and helped cause the crash. Uniforms were torn and bloodied. all occupants escaped serious injury or death.
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Richmond
Walla Walla
Prescott
Dry Creek
St. Mary’s Hospital
Sean
Lindbergh Plans United States Air Tour
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh will undertake a nationwide air tour aboard The Spirit of St. Louis under the Daniel Guggenheim fund for the promotion of aeronautics. The flight will start in about three weeks, cover most principal cities, and run for two to three months financed entirely by the Guggenheim fund.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Daniel Guggenheim Fund For the Promotion of Aeronautics
Lindbergh
St. Louis
New York
Paris
Election Board Members Named for Athena Special Vote
The Athena special election list names precinct 18 chairman W H Keen judge Charles Kirk and clerks Lula B Prestbye Viva M Prestbye Verva Baker. precinct 19 chairman A M Johnson judge W T McLeod clerks C T Smith ce Cannon Henry Booker. precinct 20 chairman Alta Mitchener judge Tessa McPherson clerks Lilla Kirk Welton C Read Anna Littlejohn.
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Athena
Precinct
W. H. Keen
Charles Kirk
Lula B. Prestbye
Viva M. Prestbye
Verva Baker
A. M. Johnson
W. T. McLeod
C. T. Smith
Ce Cannon
Henry Booker
Alta Mitchener
Tessa McPherson
Lilla Kirk
Welton C. Read
Anna Littlejohn
Rioting in Leavenworth Leaves One Dead In Shootout
A Sunday morning clash in Leavenworth Washington ended with one man dead and another wounded by two bullet wounds. Constable Tescher and a gang of laborers confronted at a cafe after being ordered to disperse, sparking a rapid roundup by Sheriff Wheeler who arrested six of seven involved. one fugitive escaped.
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Leavenworth
Wash
Tescher
Sherif Wheeler
Wheeler
Wenatchee
Saint Denis—From Martyred Bishop to Industrial City
Saint Denis grew from the martyrdom of Dionyslis the first bishop of Paris in 270 to a pilgrimage site with a chapel over his grave. King Dagobert built an abbey in 630, later replaced by buildings including a school for Legion of Honor daughters. The town evolved into an industrial city of about 65,000 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Denis
France
Dionyslis
Paris
Dagobert
Legion of Honor
Napoleon Lo
Flood's Wake Seen in Arlington On Sunday
The party including Dr Cowan Omer and Dale Stephens Art Douglas and Cy Hodgen traveled to Arlington Monday to view flood damage from the cloudburst that sent a wall of water down the town’s main street Sunday evening.
US Census Flags Huge Cigarette Revenue Gap
The census bureau reports American smokers spent about 1.349 billion dollars on cigarettes and cigars last year, highlighting Washington DC as the center of tobacco spending and revealing a landmark figure for the industry.
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Washington,d. C
Ugures
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Bingham Springs Resort
Roy Roger
Strand Theatre Band
Lola Lee Chong
MUMAN
Bavaitia
Ciocus Lime
Al.g.barnes
D’autremonts
Leavenworth, Wach
Steve’s Grocery
Oregon
Tad
The
Athena Hotel
Laura Froome
B. B Richards, Athena
J. L. Harman
Pendleton Machine Works
Main
Bell & Dickenson
Arlington
Athena Garage
Foley
Continental Oil Company
Bryce Baker
Kilgore Cafe
Gerald Kilgore
Frigidaire
A. W. Logsdon
the Lumber
Turn-A-Lum Lumber Co
Main Street
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