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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1904
Page
3
Athena Mercantile Co offers straight front girdles with fancy netting and the celebrated American Beauty Corsets in all colors. Also features children and misses sandals slippers soft sole shoes, toddlers footwear, and bare foot styles. Men receive summer golf suits 86 50 and silk front shirts with hats and canvas options. Boy’s canvas shoes sizes 1 to 4 1 2 priced at 5 cents per pair.
H C Adams and many townsfolk mingle with visitors in Athena for a League convention. Dozens of names appear including Edna Koontz from Pasco, Frank Mitchell of Pendleton, Areta Saunders, T J Kirk, Charlie Brown, Bride Stackland, Cartwright of Milton, Rev J M Johnson of Waitsburg, and May Lockwood of Helix.
Acute stomach trouble eases after arrival home. Families visit, carpenters add to Swaggart home, and public meetings shape the week. Miss Oma Smith graduates in Washington state as Rev Melford Smith’s daughter. A. L. Swaggart advances farm residence on his property. Community notices include Society talk, Epworth League reception, and Embroidery Lessons Free at Pendleton. Private moves involve the Shick family, the Armfields, and Hazel Glass’s travel to Pendleton. Also sales ads for livestock and farm goods appear with local business activity.
A mix of local ads and notices with prices and goods from Pioneer drugstore Cox and McEwen's Bagley and Ely Athena Mercantile Co and J R Owens millinery. It lists liquor wine fresh bread footwear hosiery hardware and novelties with sale notes and a doctor visiting Athena and Walla Walla. Also reminders about sittings at Umatilla Art Gallery and a chemist chalk product.
A long used painless tooth extraction method claimed by Dr Sponogle dentist. The procedure allegedly causes no mouth or gum soreness or after effects and takes immediate effect when a tooth is removed.
Removal sale at Blue Front Cash Grocery features reduced prices on canned goods for 60 days. Listed items include Crawford peaches, Strawberries, Columbia River red salmon, high grade camas, String Beans, Blackberries, and Red Seal Lye, with many more cuts announced by Worthington & Thompson on South Side Main Street.
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