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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1905
Page
3
Athena Mercantile Co announces closure of its entire stock of general merchandise starting Thursday November 16 at 10 am. Stores shut from Saturday evening November 11 to prepare. Sale runs 8 am to 6 pm daily except Saturdays. Delivery wagon will not call for orders after. Come see the bargains.
Shifts in town bustle include shirt waists at Mannase's and Coles air tight heaters on offer. Edna Harden ill with fever fears, Knuteen from The Dalles registered at St Nichols. Notables Manasse, Peck, Livengood, Woodruff, and McRae in town or visiting.
Local brief notes from Athena cover land purchases near Richland Washington and hunting interest on the Columbia. Mr James Withrow, former Athena resident now in La, travels to Riteville WA to buy land while locals clean guns for a potential hunt. Reports mention landowners, a two year old horse owned by Ed Potts, and town sports practice with lockerroom jest. Also a hospital visit for Walter Stone and inventor Alex McRae selling weed machines in Spokane.
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