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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1906
Page
3
A long column lists residents visiting, traveling, and social events around Athena including Walla Walla, Pendleton, Weston, and Milton. Names such as MDA Preston, Leander Kirk, Blakley, Dupuis, and Hales appear alongside activities from church clubs, schools, and farms. Weather, sales, and community notices plus farm items and local errands fill the rural week.
A miscellany of advertisements and notices lists new shirt waists at San corn fed beer and it sai d, Deering mowers and rakes, Obles air tight beaters, Autocrat stationery, Green Trading Stamps, and a wide range of household goods. Indebted accounts to Mrs Lillie Miller due by July 1. Pioneer drug store and Craghead & Hays offer health products and rural telephone services.
The Oregon, Railroad and Navigation Company offers early round trip tickets to any station within 200 miles of Athena for the 4th of July at one and one third rate. Tickets go on sale July 2 and July 4. Return limit July 6.
The O R N announces round trip tickets from Athena to North Beach points Ilwaco Naheatla Seaside and Clatsop Beach for 10.90 dollars. Sale runs June 15 through August 25 with final return by September 30.
Willis I Morgan, retired US Army Commissary Sergeant from Concord New Hampshire, recalls two years in Cuba and two in the Philippines and credits Dr King’s New Discovery for keeping him healthy. He says it is now the best medicine for coughs colds bronchial troubles and pulmonary diseases in New Hampshire. The product is guaranteed by druggist William McBride with trial bottles free and prices 50 cents and 1.00.
The bank advertises deposits earning 2 percent on checking, 4 percent on time certificates or savings, secured by a capital of one hundred thousand dollars. It touts conservative management and sound policy as a guarantee of absolute safety of all funds deposited, with motto emphasizing safety as priority.
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