The Football Laugh and Public Graft in Athena
F B Boyd publisher notes a mix of humor and opinion in Athena Oregon. The column mocks football hype, condemns graft, and praises honest voting while reporting on state food rules and the Portand adulteration crackdown. It warns of Mulnomah Falls power schemes and cites saloon license votes in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gol. Wood
Over
Boyd
Beef Hind
Wood
J. W. Bailey
Portland
Oregon
San Francisco
Frisco
Rockefeller Experiments and Doctor Publishes Delinquent Names
A writer notes John D. Rockefeller’s Kneipp core experiments and remarks he was not born with boots. The piece criticizes Saint Louis doctors for publishing names of delinquent patients, suggesting it will provoke strong reactions as some patients may improve without doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Kneipp
Mr. Rockefeller
St. Louia
Athena and Its Prosperous Wheat Belt Town Life
Athena lies seventeen miles east of Pendleton on the O R & N and linked with a Northern Pacific branch. A bustling wheat belt center, Athena hosts big stores mills and warehouses with a 750 barrel daily Preston Parton mill now running at 480 barrels, a 480 by 60 foot warehouse, seven teen workers in the flour mill, a $400,000 bank deposit total, a strong newspaper and active citizens led by Hon. T. J. Kirk. The town boasts modern water works, electric lights, wide streets, a fine school, churches, and a thriving business climate, despite rural population shifts and land concentration pressures. Sheriff's sale details follow for Robert Walker in a separate notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilot Rock
Pendleton
Umatilla
Athena
Northern Pacific
Namong
Preston-Parton Milling Co
Portland
T. J. Kirk
Kirk
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Athena Press
F.B. Boyd
Claus Matter
Congress
Oo Phurss Athena
Multnomah Falls
State Land Board
George Weatherby
W.T. Stead
Shaw
Royal Society of Good Fellows
Massachusetts
THE
Davis-Kaser CO
Span Street
Walla Walla
Wash
Circuit Court
State of
Jackson
National Bank of
Robert Walker
E.W. M
Iedleton
Umatilla County
T. D. Taylor
Ore
A. C. Funk
Attorneys-at-Law
J. D. Plamondon
Barrett Building
Athena, Oregon
A. B. Stone
Post Building
F. Sharp
John T. Wood
Detroit College of Medicine
McBride
WM. M'Bride
South Side
Main Street
Athena, Ore
Troy Laundry
Walla Walla, Wash
Glmer Lane
A. H. Luna
King's Barn
ST. Nnchols Hotel
J. K. Froome
Prop
Fishman & Peters
Charles Gay
A. M. Gillis
Gillis Lumber Yard
Parker & Lane
Sid
Ed Barrett
Puget Sound
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