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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1905
Page
3
A sales item listing fabric by the yard priced at 1.25 with mentions of Sepang Crepes in all colors. Promotional note claims unmatched wash goods quality and style for the season.
The ad offers youth and men’s clothing in French Enawel Vici Kid Box or perceel from $2.50 to $5 per item. It features large selection of men’s work shoes in prices from $1.50 to $2.75, with styles like Military heel and Vassar toe. The Our Leader shoe at $1.75 per pair boasts unmatched value, high kid top, patent toe, common sense heel and extension sole.
Terhune Jumber Yards advertises building materials at low prices. T L Terhune of Athena Oregon features contracting and building specialties and Hollmates properly furnished.
Regulars and visitors populate the region with arrivals from Walla Walla to Weston and Pendleton. Notables include McIntyre, Gordon, Griswold, Scot, Foster, Barnett, and Montgomery, while local events mention races, repairs, fishing, and a county convention plan for Weston with nearby communities Cited are roadwork on two bridges, a memorial sermon for fallen soldiers, and a barber shop employment change.
The interior safes show little damage while J B Holl the painter and his young daughter depart for Missouri after noting his wife’s passing. A church series draws large crowds with Evangeliste Frank McCarty and a choir. Dtta Beck reports crop optimism from Frankdin county ranch and plans a practical use project on the Columbia River. Jim Eldar, Clark's Pool Cotton salesman, boosts local juvenile sprinting. H H Curtis travels to Colfax and Seattle with land plans in Alberta.
An OCR fragment lists promotions for Kings New Life pills claiming cosmetic health benefits, highlighting McBride's drug store for purchases and free eye exams at St Nichols Hotel parlor. It also notes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for children, a Bell Plain accident story, real estate listing by W. S. Buel, Danner studio ads, and local shops offering furnishings, meals, and baked goods along with wagon sales and Weston Oregon vehicle inquiries.
A compact shopping roundup citing Cox & McEwen's Buy Sameon, Manamo's Silver novelties, A. Barrett & Co agents for Double Disc weeder, Flor de Corona at White Boobe Grocery, Henney bug gies at C. A. Barrett & Co's, Crescent Coffee at Crescent Cream Coffee 14 fine, Worthington & Thompson's new novelties and pipes, Athena Mercantile Co suits and rubbers, Ely & Scott coffee and writers selection, Pioneer Drug Store and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea ads, Enternations line of garments via Athena Mercantile Co, Cascarets for constipation.
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