Athena Plans First Football Team For Yellow Kid Era
Local promoters gathered at Bruce Wallace’s Pioneer Drug Store to organize Athena’s first football squad. The lineup features Myrick LaBrache Myer Preston Lane Stone Hiteman Swell and others with Brad Wallace as manager and Albert Swaney coaching.
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Bruce Wallace
Pioneer
Athena
George Myrick
Henry LaBrache
W. B. Myer
Dale Preston
Clarence Lane
A. B. Stone
Lee Hiteman
Heavy Flour Shipments Boost Portland Exports Record
Portland and Puget Sound flour exports surged in four weeks from Oct 7, totaling 547,993 barrels. Week by week: 115,404. 145,814. 161,807. 156,718 barrels. Strong demand overseas and rising freight rates drive space purchases as ships head to Japan with about 100,000 barrels remaining. Pendleton grants franchise to Northwestern Gas & Electric Co after council changes. Walden suit seeks divorce and custody, filed in circuit court. couple married Oct 1901 in Walla Walla.
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Portland
Northwest
Puget Sound
Sound
Nicodemia
Abergeldie
Agincourt
Japan
Pendleton
Pendleton City
Lewiston Land Fraud Indictments Blur Penalty Questions
Indictments against Lewiston residents for land frauds draw Oregon interest as inquiries focus on penalties. Federal rules set fines up to 2000 dollars or up to five years for perjury, with further limits for conspiracy to defraud timber land, potentially up to 10000 dollars or two years imprisonment, or both. A local note reports Horseman Charles Baddeley weighing a Pine Creek ranch venture toward a driveable approach and stalls for outside work, while the University of Chicago bans toothpicks, deeming them vulgar and unnecessary in public spaces.
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Lewiston
Oregon
United States
Charles Baddeley
Lil Pine Creek
Baddeley
Pine Creek
University of Chicago
Anna Yeomans
the Commons
Abe
Athens Mercantile Company Ends Eight Year Run
The Athens Mercantile Company quits the mercantile wing after eight years of operation. An advertisement states that the stock of general merchandise will be closed out at 10 oclock a m on November. The company began in 1898 with officers Matt James and William Mosgrove. A Helix store burned days ago, and the sale will run from 8 am to 9 pm except Saturday. After disposal of goods the building will be offered for sale.
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Duing Wosinem
Athoon
Athens Mercantile Company
General More
Vest
Matt, James
William Mos
FIX ATHENA HOMES Residences Anew. Remodeling Boosts Appeal
In Athena the fall season brings house cleaning and widespread home improvements. Carpenters and painters are in demand, with many workers slated to continue through winter. Homeowners focus on cleaning, beautifying, and adding value, with wallpaper and carpet trades expanding beyond prior years.
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Athena
Wheat Yield Verified In Washington State
Preliminary figures from the Washington wheat crop show a state yield of 32 to 35 million bushels with about 22.5 bushels per acre, likely revised upward in December as harvest reviews continue. The report notes a larger spring wheat acreage than last year and potential gains over 1904. Weather impacts in Whitman County may trim totals slightly but not alter the broader average. Mayoral contest in Pendleton heats up as Judge Fee faces challenger William Moore. An Athena Commercial Association meeting elects officers for the coming year. For sale: Main Street property on the Carden lot in Athena Oregon.
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Washington
Union
Department of Agriculture
Whitman County
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Even South Side
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Montana
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Hearst
Election Board
W. BR. Hearst
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State Supreme Court
President Vorhies
Brooklyn
Jerome
Morgan
Mayer
Hia
North River
Dell Brothers
FIX Athena Homes
Judge Fee
William Moore
Pacific Coast
Elevator C.o
Anatin
Mgr
Republican
Leavenworth
Ind
Wm. McBride
The
Athena Commercial Association
A. Barrett
William Mangrove
O. G. Chamberlain
H. A. Barrett
A. M. Gillis
A. B. McEwen
N. A. Miller
E. Proome
BR. M. Bontell
Carden
Charles Norris
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