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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1905
Page
3
The advertisement promotes novelty fabrics at 1.25 per yard, crapes in various colors, and fabrics for skirts with stylish lengths. It lists men and youth clothing from 2.50 to 5 per item, work shoes from 1.50 to 2.75, Ute Dunn shoes 2.50 to 4.50, and a leader shoe at 1.75 praised for value, urging readers to buy for great value.
Terhune Lumber Yard on Hunt Avenue offers building materials at low prices. T L Terhune advertises contracting and building as a specialty with properly furnished estimates in Athena Oregon.
Pendleton visitors Mrs. Greco Estes and Fern Smith visit Athena while Win Powers and Sim Culley drop in from Weston. Town daily conversations include wedding news, memorial sermons, a large weekend turnout, and a plan for listing stock values by June 15. Community members attend church and social events, with ongoing repairs to the water system and local business activity.
A Pendleton teacher plans to move to a Montana school after summer sessions in Portland for teachers. J H Hallock travels to promote the Lewis and Clark exposition. A June O R N excursion from county day will be run. Clyde Willaby and Edna Owens wed at her parents home near Helix with a large friend circle attending. The couple may settle nearby.
Three wood pipe firms attended a meeting as bids were opened for the city water line. Washington Pipe Foundry Co. offered the lowest bid of 4197.45 after comparison with Pacific Coast Pipe Co. and National Wood Pipe Co. Memorial Day observances proceed in Athena with G A R veterans and citizens decorating graves at the cemetery and services at the Christian church later.
Funeral services for Miss Anarity Ankeny daughter of Mr and Mrs Levi Ankeny of Walla Walla were held there Sunday afternoon. She died in Philadelphia and her remains passed through Athena Sunday morning on a O BR N passenger train. A number of county residents attended the services.
A mixed page of brief notices lists shops and products from Athena area merchants. Samson items at Qox and McEwen's, Manasse’s sterling novelties, A Barrett Co selling American Telephone instruments, Gay’s daily cakes, fishing tackle, Corona weeders, cigars at See the reliable dine, coffee at That it Coffee, Athene clothing and rubber goods, double-breasted suits, and new pipes. Also mentions Edison records via Githens, Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea at Pioneer Drug, and International Made to Measure suits offered by Athena Mercantile Co.
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