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Events and people in Athena area late October 1904
Dan McIntyre travels to Alberta to survey land for a potential purchase. Mrs. E. A. Dudley visits Walla Walla for her sister Eva McDonald’s wedding to Will M. Peterson. Christine Proebster of Weston to wed Hughes of Santa Fe with her father watching. Mrs. Joe Banister returns from Palouse County visit and Colfax fair impressions. Boxing is popular at local school. November 1 notes a push to form a Athena commercial association with 30 signatories and a meeting led by A. M. Gillis and O. G. Chamberlain. Pioneer drugstore gains a vermillion plate-glass front, white interior, and 800 candlepower lighting. Mr. and Mrs. Grogs return from the World’s Fair trip via St Paul and the Northern Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan McIntyre
Alberta
E. A. Dudley
Walla Walla
Eva McDonald
Will M. Peterson
Christine Proebster
Weston
Portland
Hughes
Santa Fe
New Mexico
G. W. Proebster
Proebster
Joe Banister
Palouse
Athena
O. G. Chamberlain
A. M. Gillis
Pioneer Drug Store
J. W. Adams
George W. Grogs
Spokane
Iowa
St. Paul