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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1893
Page
3
Disjointed notes recount a near horse incident with a team, a drugstore promotion promising cheap prescriptions, and local notices. Includes for sale land near Milton Oregon, a debt notice on a note, Union Pacific rate reductions, and loan agency advertising by W T Ginwan with Uma tilla county details.
Notice to all concerned of a public auction held at St Fevouse in Astyouny city for horses cattle and goods. Banded brands and serial marks appear on items with details garbled. Date and precise terms are unreadable in the fragment.
A mosaic of small items from Athena and nearby districts covers trades, accidents, farming, and social news. Refurbished stores, new headers, and purchases mingle with fishing, wheat harvest chatter, and hospitality. Residents travel, visit relatives, parties, and local sports unfold while crime and legal notes surface in brief form.
About 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire alarm brought the department to the Villard House adjoining properties. Four hose streams fought the flames from Main Court and the block rear. Hook and Ladder tore down obstructions. firemen worked in harmony and with great effect. The three story frame house, built in 1880 and owned by Dave Horn, suffered losses led by Horn 8900 insured 4000 Kohler 3000 2000 Mack McCulloch 2000 uninsured. A report mentions a separate pursuit of a child believed to be J W Miller’s missing daughter with gypsies seen near Dufur en route to Prineville or Barlow road.
A syndicate summary compares state exhibits at a fair, praising Oregon’s display of horticulture with large fruit and robust mining and forestry sections while contrasting New England’s welcoming approach. It notes Oregon’s lack of a state building yet strong showcasing in multiple booths and highlights regional portrayals of immigration and settlement.
Myers, tried for the Asotin Wash hotel arson on April 15, was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced by Judge Sturdevant to be hanged. The execution is scheduled for September. A motion for new trial was denied, with likelihood of appeal to the supreme court.
George Hamilton of Pendleton receives a letter from Jay Guy Lewis, superintendent of Oregon's World’s Fair exhibit in Chicago, urging growers and ranchers to ship small boxes of fruit vegetables or grain for display. Include sender name and address for publicity.
A Beattls man and G m Froome of the Commercial Livery Stable quarreled over depot fare. The rival waited for the returning train and struck Froome on the left side, then jumped aboard as the train moved, leaving Froome dazed and angry. Nearby, a London cable reports crop prospects in England, noting a wheat yield near 26 bushels per acre on 2,000,000 acres, the smallest in decades. Mr and Mrs W B Young and Leola returned from Illinois with Chicago fair visits, remarking on meals and prices, while a cyclone near Pomeroy caused destruction recalled in the report.
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