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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1904
Page
3
Retail feature highlights 15 new waistline silhouettes and spring designs. Fashion items include varied fits and fabrics, emphasizing modern comfort and tailored looks for the season. Local shoppers alerted to fresh inventory and style options.
Mil town visitors arrive from Milton Weston Uma tilla Pendleton. New baby born to Emil Schubert March 10 1904. Miss Amelia Stumpf buys piano. Frie fruits of the Winecup to be shown at Huson hall Helix tonight. Keen’s barber shop upgrades bathroom. Edward Tracy and Sonia Naylor wed in Walla Walla Judge Brents officiating. Orchestral music by Johnson’s full orchestra at The Hub Weston shop opening. A high southeast wind rattles sign boards. Mrs P H Stumpf and Amelia visit Walla Walla and attend a wedding. Timothy A Paul prominent attorney visits. Mrs Abba Wilhelm travels to Walls Walla for cancer treatment. Mrs Eva Boddy plans return to Pendleton. N T Caton recovering from illness. Circle No 10 holds a well attended entertainment. Small hailstorm yesterday afternoon. Averill Kilgore Estes to Alberta land prospects. Epworth League hosts reception for revival members. Bertha Baker aims for mountain school but snow delays. Dr A B Stone sidelined by grip. Ex-Marshal Kauffman visits Athena. M Stam opens dry goods store in Fischer building. Dr Joseph Koshiba lecture praised at M E church. Lecture to be repeated next Sunday with public collection.
Rev Armfield traveled to Walla Walla on Tuesday and placed an order with Dwelley Herrick Co for a new church organ costing 400 dollars. The instrument features patent qualifying tubes and auxiliary pipes and will be installed in the near future, offering a tone similar to a pipe organ.
In Helix on March 10 a shot narrowly missed two children in a widow Mrs Piero's house. The next night another shot targeted Harlow Richmond's home on the town edge. Authorities now believe both incidents were malicious attacks aimed to harm residents.
The 4th and 5th grades finish mid term exams. Mrs Linna Sparrow and Miss Elsa Rosenzweig receive life diplomas. New pupils Lizzie Sheard 7th grade and Lawrence Tharp 1st grade. Donations flow from patrons. A Barrett Co gifts a No 6 catcher's mitt and Dell Bros a mask and bat. Team practice underway. games to be arranged with neighboring towns. Grade threshold of 80 percent for play improved overall scores. The town and school look forward to a strong season.
Walla Walla reports sections affected by high water as Mill Creek ran through the early week undermining foundations of a warehouse. In Pendleton the Umatilla river peaked at seven feet six inches but mountains froze preventing further flooding.
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