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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1896
Page
3
The Wright Peters shoes drop from four to six dollars to as little as two dollars or less per item. Hannan Sons shoes offer prices from four dollars fifty to six dollars discounted to forty three dollars. Clothes are deeply discounted with suits and outfits advertised at substantial reductions. Over seventy six patterns remain for selection.
H H Bill of Athena Oregon presents a concise notice describing a watch repair service. He advertises careful, expert attention to five watches and aims to win customer confidence through honest, thorough workmanship and competent results. He seeks to enhance the reputation already established locally.
You can get better photographs in Athena for your money than any place in the country. All the latest styles and fancy work. Notice for Publication. Land Office at La Grande, Oregon, September 10, 1896. Victor M. Shick, A. B. No. 5001, for the aed of sec 3, to 4N, BR 48W, M. He names witnesses James W. Pinkerton Jr, John Brookner, John Keen, John Berlin, all of Athena, Oregon, to prove residence and cultivation.
Land filing notice from Grande Oregon for James W. Pinkerton with witness list and proof requirements. The rest is a jumble of copied advertisements and claims about churn devices, self-promotion, and medical misstatements, reflecting damaged OCR. The piece mixes land procedure with unrelated marketing copy and product claims.
A broad set of Pendleton items notes election returns to be received by telegraph at Wall's saloon, saddlery shipments from Portland, local visits and visits by Florence Smith, and business notices. Mentions railroad wheat movement, various sales, and upcoming auctions. Also reports social visits, weather, and community events with names and places including Athena, Weston, and The Dalles.
The article covers campaign events with Francis Clarno and Rev. W. B. Cunninghamham speaking in Athena and Ritzville respectively, alongside a Bryan club gathering in Milton. It notes a silver gold wealth argument from the Bible, a large opera house dance, and updates on Epworth League entertainment plus local arrests and public notices amid a busy political and social week.
Weekly Ridge area update reports residents returning from Milton and Baker City trips, weather with light rain, minor accidents including a runaway wagon and a fatal freight train wreck near the Divide bill between Wallula and Walla Walla. Names include F Nowlin, J M Williams, Carpenter, Rhunke, Alvord, and Gurdane with local travel, deer sighting, and a patent medicine endorsement in neighboring Darlington Wisconsin.
An OCR fragment markets small home products and earnings schemes, touting quick money from a dipper, a strainer, and self heating irons. It cites a $5 daily income and $83 baseline, plus sample offers from W. H. Baird Co. and A. Pittebarg. Testimonials praise Chamberlain Balm for rheumatism amid varied success stories and rumors of easy profits.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a sale and local names with scattered words about a coal and a place. No clear event date or full entities are readable.
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