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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
3
Athena observes a busy patch of town news with political visits by Dr. Smith and Dr. Cole, upcoming Baptist services, and a long list of local residents visiting or reaching out for goods. Education notes report a school board decision, teachers retained, and a growing local crop outlook amid scarce rain.
City mayor Dr J D Plamondon urges Athena residents to collect rubbish around premises for a spring cleanup to improve health and appearance. The coordinated effort on Tuesday May 21 aims at a cleaner city with free hauling for some items. Also notes the Made In Oregon spring exposition in Portland May 1926 with O R & M Co offering a special round trip fare to attendees and a Main Street real estate listing for the Carden property in Allen Oregon offered by Charles Norris.
Joseph Bergevin offers pasture with abundant water for a limited number of stock at $1.00 per head monthly. Farm located south of town. contact at Athena Oregon.
An antique page fragment promotes Electric Bitters for kidney inflammation and other remedies for liver, blood, malaria, and nervous disorders. It also advertises Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea and Dr King’s New Life Pills as cures and health tonics with prices noted, including 50 cents and 250. The text uses sensational wording and references to savage tribes.
Items in Brief list offerings from Cox & McEwen and Lee Teutach for shoes and hats, Mosgrove Mercantile Co and McBride's stock of school books and novels, Par ker & Lane barber shop, and Leo Tentach shoe department. Numerous mentions include autocrat stationery, Crescent baking powder, Washington Pie, and Pioneer drug store teas.
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