26 Jul 1895
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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1895
Page
1
An old advertisement touts Simmons Liver Liver tonic as a remedy for biliousness headache and indigestion claiming liver activity improves with occasional doses. It emphasizes a mild laxative effect without gripe or weakness and notes the red stamp on every package from J H Zeilin & Co Philadelphia.
A Walla Wallan Statesman opinion denounces a long-standing organized gang in Walla Walla Whitman and Uma tilla counties that steals cattle and horses. It alleges juries shield culprits, officials fear costs, and calls for drastic measures to eradicate the menace and restore public order.
Quoted wheat prices from Portland to Walla Walla show 47 and 50 cents per bushel with a stated Chicago sight line under 30 cents and a note of 66 cents, suggesting fluctuating values and a financial or rail price update from a reliable authority.
The Everett newspaper item covers grain price spreads with Chicago versus Portland markets, quartz location rules, a court case on the Union County school superintendent seat, and announcements for Uncle Tom’s Cabin performances in Athens and Everett. It notes audience enthusiasm for Loyd’s Big Pavilion, a naked tramp incident, and local remarks tying medicine ads to daily life.
The bulkhead removal at the canal progresses with about 100 workers. After blasting twenty feet of rock, walls and gates will be completed enough for river traffic by Christmas. Union forces engage Confederate defenders in Warrenton with casualties and captures. In Oregon, tuition abolishment shifts to free or merit-based aid, boosting college enrollment and student labor on the farm. W. H. Nelson endorses Champlain’s remedy with a money-back guarantee.
A portrait of Captain Marr, Virginian fallen early in the Civil War, with a scene of Warrenton’s rural beauty and the battlefield memory. The piece recalls the 1861 Fairfax action where Union Lt Tompkins led 75 cavalry toward Fairfax Court House, and Marr’s rifle company under Col Ewell fought in the dawn of the conflict.
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