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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1906
Page
3
A jumble of society notes from Pendleton and Athena records daily life. Farmers work summer fallow amid high Milton and Freewater real estate, and locals travel for visits, camps, fishing trips, and church events. Several injuries and illnesses are noted, plus harvest labor prices and a추 small town incident with a hen.
Athena residents largely attended the Fourth of July events in Pendleton and Helix with strong turnout. Balloon ascent canceled due to torn canopy. Pendleton hosted a big crowd and a baseball game between the Colts and Helix with Fay contributing a couple of runs. At home, townspeople kept cool and church services continued with regular Bible school and preaching services as announced by V. E. Hoven.
Local items announce new stock arriving at Manassa’s and a variety of goods from BR. Boddy’s to McBride’s Palace drugstore. Promotions include Green Trading Stamps at Man grove Mercantile, Deering mowers and rakes, Buddy’s angar cured hams, Autocrat stationery, Rogers silverware, and a wide range of advertised merchandise. Notices urge debtors to settle with Mrs Lillie Miller by July 1 and promote ranch hands through Craghead & Hays with rural telephone access. A Pioneer Drug Store ad recommends Rocky Mountain Tea for daily use.
The O R and N Company will offer round trip tickets to any station within 200 miles of Athena at one and one third rate for Independence Day travel. Tickets go on sale July 2 and 4 with a time limit of July 6.
The O R N will offer round trip fares from Athens to North Besoh Pointe Mwaco Nahoutla Seaside and Clatsop Besoh for eighteen dollars. Sale dates run June 15 through August 25 inclusive with a final return limit September 80.
Willis T. Morgan of Concord New Hampshire, a retired Commissary Sergeant U S Army, recalls two years in Cuba and two in the Philippines with frequent colds. He trusts Dr King s New Discovery to keep him in health and praises it for coughs colds bronchial troubles and lung diseases. Available at Wm McBride druggist in 500 and 1 00, trial bottle free.
An ad for a bank notes deposits insured by its capital of one hundred thousand dollars promising absolute safety of all funds. It promotes checking accounts at 2 percent, time certificates and savings at 4 percent, and endorses a conservative policy with motto and guarantees. Also advertises piano sales with refined mechanical pianos in the showroom.
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