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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1896
Page
3
The Square Store advertises reduced prices on Wright Peters shoes from 1.75 to 4 and under half dollar margins on first cost, with Hannan Bone shoes discounted from 4.50 to 6.00 down to 3.00. It pledges not to discount black suits below cost but claims to beat prices claimed below coat. Over 75 patterns available.
Watch repairer H H Hill of Athena Oregon promises careful honest service and aims to rebuild a reputation for thorough work on Rinex watches. Also an 1806 notice advertises horse sale terms and a mortgage loan service offering first mortgages on Oregon farms to eastern and foreign capital sources.
A vintage cure advertisement asserts lie nailed consumption and bronchitis are the same ailment and promises Wilbur's Cough Cure will cure bronchitis. It claims price five dollars, sold by Osburn, with solicitations for active agents by counties and mentions explosive control and yearly earnings estimates.
Athena and Pendleton notes report visits, illnesses, and local business. Names include Harvey Whiteman, Miss Myrtle Ghormely, J. J. Froome, and Mrs. G. Froome. Pendleton woolen mill work progresses. photographs offered at Umatilla Art Gallery. insurance ads by Smith. crosswalk repairs urged. a broken saddle incident. and various town activities and travels across Weston, Roseburg, and Walla Walla.
Funeral services for a long time resident Mansfield were held at the Christian church with Elder G delivered a sermon. The remains were interred in Athena cemetery as mourners from Colfax and Mansfield accompanied the body, witness to a sudden death after a brief illness. The deceased, born in Illinois in 1830, moved to Willamette valley in 1852 and spent much of life in mining and packing, with strong ties to Athena and Colfax, leaving two sons George and Frank Mansfield and brothers and a sister nearby. A separate note covers Beth Bradley’s 15th birthday gathering at the Bradley home featuring cake and fruit, with many gifts. Other items report heavy rains and lessons from a teachers institute in Milton, school openings in Athena, and local market prices and notices.
Walla Walla waftings report varied farm yields including 45 bushels per acre on Russel Creek land and 60 percent wheat with 70 bushels of barley on other plots. Doctors and nurses tend typhoid pneumonia and gunshot wound cases at the Perry residence while a baronized barn loss near Sorel Creek totals about $600 with $300 insured. A will probate case names J. H. Lasater executors George and William Starett witness, widow receives life use of property, other heirs split Malin street and farm ore. Nearby note on Montgomery suicide after an attempted assault, plus lightning injuries to Charles Perkins and a wagon crash. Plus curious notes from Fern Dale about local education, fruit season, and the mysterious Walter Wallace note.
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