1904 Athena notices and travels around the region
A stream of local items reports births, moves, visits, travel and health notes. Events include a June 6 birth in Athena, residents voting in Pendleton, Minnie Tharp’s 13th birthday party, and trips by Jarman to Spokane. Movements include Mrs. McIntyre’s Toronto visit, Shick moving to Idaho Freese, and care for Floyd Marsh. Community life, business trips, and small-town updates fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Dudley
Mart Ferguson
Adams
H. H. Curtis
W. D. Chamberlain
Pendleton
Marion Mulkey
Athena
Milton
Bessie McBride
Grandma Swaggart
Pioneers
Weston
Link
Milt
Minnie Tharp
D. B. Jarman
Epokane
Cash Buyer’ Union
Annie McIntyre
Laura
Donald McDonald
Toronto
Canada
Chicago
Guests Honored at Bridge Party in Portland Visit
Mrs. H A Barrett and Mrs. A B McEwen entertained last week with a bridge evening at the McEwen home. Three tables played with C M Eager high score and C L McFadden consolation. snap dragons and syringa decorated the scene as fv es and confections were served. Attendees included Mrs H T Watts Mrs C M Eager Mrs Lloyd Michener Mrs W P Littlejohn Mrs M L Watts Mrs C L McFadden Mrs W F Ferguson Mrs Fred Kershaw the honorees and hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. McEwen
C. H. Smith
Portland
H. A. Barrett
Bridge
McEwen
C. M. Eager
C. L. McFadden
H. T. Watts
Lloyd Michener
W. P. Littlejohn
M. L. Watts
W. F. Ferguson
Fred Kershaw
Weston Pioneer Picnic Draws Big Crowd at Weston
Saturday’s Pioneers Picnic in Weston attracted a large turnout under perfect weather. Sim J. Culley was elected president, William Blakeley vice president, S. A. Barnes treasurer, and Pink Harbor secretary. A pavilion provided seating on the old Eastern Oregon Normal school grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneers
Weston
Sim J. Culley
Association
William Blakeley
Pendleton
S. A. Barnes
Pink Harbor
Eastern Oregon Normal School
Umatilla
Walla Walla County
Eugene Klamath Falls rail completion feature
The central feature of Eugene’s celebration for the Southern Pacific branch completion will be on Hayward Field August 19 and 20. It highlights University of Oregon cooperation in the Trail to Rail festivities with numerous evidences on display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Eugene-Klamath Falls
Southern Pacific
Hayward Field
University of Oregon
Pasco-Elko Mail Planes Fly Regular Schedule
Sunday report notes a Pasco-Elko mail plane surveyed land conditions near Athena as it flew low in the area. The service confirms mail planes are on a regular schedule with one plane each way daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasco-Elko Mail
Athena
Officers elected at Rebekah lodge meeting
Rebekah lodge held a Tuesday evening session electing N. G. Mrs. Celia Harden W. G. Miss Gladys McLeod Secretary Mrs. Maud Logsdon Treasurer Miss Ethel Geissel. Mrs. Fred Gross and Mrs. Claud Dickinson served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
N. G
Celia Harden
W. G
Gladys McLeod
Maud Logsdon
Ethel Geissel
Fred Gross
Claud Dicknson
Dies in accident Wilbur Talbert of Port Townsend
Wilbur Talbert a former Walla Walla resident and Park Street grocer died when a tree fell at his Port Townsend home. He had moved to the Sound years ago and operated a dairy farm after leaving Walla Walla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Talbert
Walla Wallan
Port Townsend
Mr. Talbert
Park Street
Walla Walla
The
Sound
Orderly Marketing keynote at Oregon Cattle and Horse Raisers Convention
The Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Cattle and Horse Raisers Association of Oregon met in Bend on May 28 and 29. The keynote focus was orderly marketing, with a highly earnest and profitable session noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cattle and Horse Raisers Association of Oregon
Bend
Peak of Pacific heat wave centers on Medford Sunday
The heat wave peaked in Medford on Sunday with a temperature of 108.7 degrees reported by the thermometer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medford
Echo Out of It retires from Irriga tion league
Echo has retired from the Irrigation baseball league. Games with Umatilla and Arlington have been canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo
Irrigation
Umatilla
Arlington
Fantastic Titles Given to Court Favorites
In the last century three men were granted royal style by Christophe in Haiti after his 1811 rise to power. The titles Duke of Marmalade Count of Lemonade and Earl of Brandy were given to plantation owners turned town leaders who formed a mock aristocracy during Christophe’s rule until 1820.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiti
Christophe
Chiropractic Practice Promotes Spine Health in Pendleton
A local advertisement outlines chiropractic care as vertebral adjustment science. It explains that every nerve connects through the spine and promotes overall health through spinal alignment by Dr. W. Boyd at Stangier Building Pendleton Oregon.
Gypsy Social Planned by Baptist Youth at Watts Lawn
The Baptist church youth plan an ice cream social on the lawn of M. L. Watts this Saturday evening starting at seven. A gypsy carnival will be featured and a full program will be released next week. Proceeds fund church repairs general improvements and a new church lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Baptist Church
M. L. Watts
Frederica Kershaw Named Music Supervisor in Ontario High
Miss Frederica Kershaw daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Kershaw of Athena graduates from W C at Pullman next week and accepts a position as supervisor of Music at Ontario Oregon high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederica Kershaw
Fred Kershaw
Athena
Pullman
Ontario
Oregon
Hig School
Shackleton’s Return and a Catchword at Port Said
Commodore Armitage recalls Shackleton aboard the Isis at Port Said during the homeward dash for the pole. The explorer, cheery as ever, met Italian officials and reporters as he prepared telegraphs at the agency. He mused on a catchword and echoed a blunt line about death and food on the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert B. Armitage
Shackleton
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McCormick-Deering
Rogers
Goodman
Mercantile Trust
F. Lockwood
Seattle
L. J. Robinson
Bessie
A. W. Cole
Floyd Marsh
Free Methodists
E. W. Achilles
Dalles
M. W. Smith
Hughie
Alfred Coppock
Washington
Hyle
Morgan
Bagley & Ely
Commissary Department
Fort Walla Walla
Jap Harden
Helix
Sargent Brothers
Carpenters
Weston Mountain
William Leach
Victor Shick
Latah County
Idaho
Shick
Freese
Vice
Joe Stone
North Yakima
I. M. Kemp
H. W. Kemp
E. R. Cox
Philadelphia
Dan Smith
Independence Hall
United States
Weston Pioneer
AIR Route Survey
Chiropractica
Whyte
Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street
Will. M. Peterson and
G. H. Bishop
Pendleton-freewater
Peresaeene
East
Union Pacific
Middle West
South
America's
Zien National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Superior Service
Pacieac
Agent Athena
Oreg
GYPSY
the Lumber
Turn-A-Lum Lumber Co
First National Bank OF Athena
Penn Harris
Troy Laundry
Whitehead’s Barber Shop
Lee Whitehead
Russell
Mr. Norman
Twin City Cleaners
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