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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1906
Page
3
Athena and Weston residents are reported visiting, traveling, and hosting events in the area. Society news includes guests from Pendleton Helix Adams and Walla Walla, church events in Athena, and plans for trips to Grant county. Local business and farming notes cover threshing, fans, and a rising harvest outlook. A bear hunting note from Salmon and Metz's bear count adds rural interest.
In Seattle on July 12 Esther Mitchell eighteen confessed that she shot George Mitchell as he prepared to board a Portland train. She claimed she was commanded to kill him to avenge Joshua and his alleged abuse by the leader of the group dubbed Holy Bailers. Police took Esther into custody without resistance.
Sale advertisement notes a good house near the school house offered for sale with two and a half acres for sale cheap. A span of good work horses will be taken in trade. O. Book, Athena.
A compilation of local promotions, ads, and notices includes new shirt waists at assess, beer and pork at R J Boddy, cut glass at C A Barratt, Deering mowers, McBride's Palace drugstore novels, Green Trading Stamps at Mus grove Mercantile, neighbor mower tips, Parker Lane barber, Deering rakes, Boddy sugar cured hams, Autocrat confectionery, Rogers silverware, Green Trading Stamps at Mosgrove Mercantile, free stamps, Mannase sample line, lost package in Athens, ranch hand ads, rural telephone office, and Pioneer drugstore Rocky Mountain Tea statements.
The O. KB. & N. Co offers round trip tickets to any station within 200 miles of Athens at one and one third rate for the Fourth of July. Tickets go on sale July 2, 3, and 4 with a return limit of July 6.
Travel train and sea tour package from Athena to North Beach and Clatsop Beach via Naheada offered for 13 dollars and 90 cents. Travel runs from June 15 to August 25, with final return on September 10.
Willie T. Morgan recounts two tours in Cuba and the Philippines and credits Dr. King’s New Discovery with keeping him in perfect health amid cold exposure. The ad promises the medicine cures coughs colds bronchial troubles and lung diseases and notes a guaranteed return by Wm. McBride druggist with 0c and $1.00 prices and a free trial bottle.
The article stresses that deposits across various accounts gain protection by the bank’s solid capital base totaling one hundred thousand dollars. It underscores the bank’s motto of absolute safety paired with liberal service, assuring customers that their funds are safeguarded.
An old advertisement for J L Elam's Bank in Walla Walla Washington features Stanley Piano House on Main Street offering pianos for sale or hire. The fragmented copy touts workmanship and suggests a high quality instrument, urging customers to consider a piano for homes with at least 60 seating or space.
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