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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1905
Page
3
Shoes on sale include Ladies Russett and Tan Oxfords from 1.50 to 3.50 per pair with patent tips and military heels. Misses and children Oxfords from 1.25 to 1.76, Men's dress shoes 2.50 to 6.00. Gordon hats in white, tans, browns, gun metal or black just arrived. see latest styles.
Terhune Lumber Yard Hunt Avenue offers building material at low prices. Contracting and building a specialty. Estimates properly furnished. T. L. Terhune serves Athena Oregon with complete lumber and contracting services.
Pendleton area items report visitors including W R Taylor and Ralph Kinnear from Weston. Residents case updates list J W Jenkins at Turner Ore for church convention and Miss Eva Froome visiting Waitsburg. Weather and transport notes include a rain last night, an electric storm, and a ferry boat planned on the Columbia at Irrigon.
A jury in Walla Walla returned a faint verdict of manslaughter with mercy recommendation in the case of the state of Washington versus Wong Tang Hee for Eng Chung’s murder. Other items include road fare rates to July 4, professional visits to Athena, and local advertisements for horseshoes, medicines, photographs, and a watch fob reward.
Pacific slope pioneer J B Chamberlain visits Athena with memories of early days in Umatilla county while Charles Mongrove arrives from Ireland seeking to settle. Vansycle farmer Mack Smith brings 25 work horses to Taylor hay ranch as harvest approaches. James Mosgrove of the firm faces rheumatism in Alberta and Hot Lake care. A three year old child from John and Mrs Nichols dies in Joseph after a tick bite, the tick nearly an inch long.
A compilation of shop notices and promotional blurbs from Athens merchants. Advertisements include Cox & McEwen’s Samson, Mux silver novelties, Gay’s bakery, Henney buggy, Deering twine, Crescent Coffee, Worthington & Thompson, Ely & Scott rubbers, athletic wear from Athens Mercantile Co, Barrett and Worthing, Edison phonographs via L. A. Githens, and a selection of ready-to-wear garments. Also mentions Palace Drug library, Crescent Baking Powder, and Arnica Salve promotions plus Candy Cathartio and assorted patent medicines.
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