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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1906
Page
3
Local items from Athena include multiple residents visiting nearby towns, sales offers for two milch cows and a bedroom suite, and public notices. Politicians and candidates such as Sommerville and Storney Peterton were in town, with sheriff and county judge campaigns active.
Convicted land swindler S. A. D. Pater, fleeing federal authorities, was seized by secret service men in Alameda, California. He resisted arrest, drawing a pistol as detectives closed in, and requested to be taken to China after a lengthy pursuit tied to his Oregon land fraud past. Detectives shadowed Mrs. Watson’s East Oakland residence and found his lodging stocked like an arsenal.
W M Sherman of Cushing Maine recalls kidney inflammation endured three months and credits Electric Bitters for a complete cure. The notice promotes Electric Bitters for liver, digestion, blood and malaria issues, with Dr. Wm. McBride as local agent. Also adverts for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
An advertisement states that deposits in the bank are secured by the bank's entire capital of one hundred thousand dollars. It notes open accounts, a time certificate at 4 percent, a sayings account at 4 percent, and demand certificates at 8 percent, emphasizing security as the first essential for placing money.
Items in Brief list purchases and product offers from Cox & McEwen's Mangrove Mercantile and other outlets. Mentions include Samson at Cox & McEwen's, school hats at the department store, Boddy's meats and angar cured ham, Crescent Pie Coffee at Worthington & Thompson's, Prendergast Bakery Washington Pie, Autocrat stationery at McBride's, Rogers silverware, and various tailors, bakeries, and druggists with contact cues and brands.
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