It's a different Telephone today
The telephone instrument in your home may have been put there prior to 1920. It may be the same instrument today in looks and weight but it has grown in usefulness. Underground conduits and pole lines have expanded coverage and improved service. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company projects average construction outlays of 63 million dollars annually over the next five years to extend voice communication to future connections.
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Pacific
Washington to Ban Wine Tonics Under Prohibition
Federal and state officials move to halt wine tonics in Washington arguing they violate state law and undermine enforcement of national prohibition. Druggists are urged to report sales as action to revoke licenses expands after a Seattle retailer faced federal permit proceedings for selling tonics.
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Seattle
Washington
Lyle
Oregon
Federal Prohibition Office
Classified and Announcement Items From Dayton
Classified Wants a girl or woman for general house work apply at Quality Grocery phone 661. Announcement J D Huggins will have charge of gas and oil sales at Hoffman Garage and solicits a portion of your patronage. For sale 470 acre farm 8 miles southeast of Dayton 320 acres farm land 160 in summer fallow. Spring water for stock and well at house large barn Price 40000 terms at 6 percent Address Chronicle Dispatch Dayton Wash.
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J. D. Huggins
Hoffman
Dayton
Chronicle Dispatch
Wash
Cystex 48 Hour Test Offer From McAddens Pharmacy
Bladder irritation and sleep disturbance prompts the offer of Cystex with a 48 hour test. The ad promises quick relief, a money back guarantee, and urges readers to buy at McAddens Pharmacy for 60 cents.
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Mcaddens Pharmacy
High School Notes Junior News Staff Roster
School page lists staff roles and assignments for Junior News Staff Editor Stafford Hansell Editor Myrtle Campbell Alumni Moore Arthur Crowley Boys Athletics Roland Wilson Class Superintendent Emery Rogers Elizabeth Walter Georgie Green Faculty Walter Huffman 1st to 4th Grades Curtiss Duffield 5th to 8th Grades Mary Tompkins Herbert Reeder and Miss Beulah Smith among others.
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Stafford Hansell
Joie
Myrtle Campbell
Walter Huffman
Curtiss Duffield
Mary Tompkins Herbert Reeder
Beulah Smith
Fall football season boosts boosters and team unity
Editorial urges unity behind a competent coach and loyal boosters at the University of Washington era, warning against unbacked rumors. It notes fall brings football, student notices include absences for illness, and reports a nearby athletics tale with Hermiston, detailing the Athena lineup and a late touchdown.
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University of Washington
Athena High faculty members attend weekend Round-Up
Pike Miller coach traveled to Pendleton for the Round-Up Saturday. Principal E E Coad visited La Grande to see three sons off to the University of Oregon. Beulah Smith attended the Round-Up with her mother Mrs L A Smith. Beulah’s colleague also mentioned among Athena High staff, Milo Blokland of La Grande.
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Pike” Miller
Athena High School
Pendleton
E. E. Coad
la Grande
University of Oregon
Areta Gurney
Dorothy Brodie
Beulah Smith
L. A. Smith
Heroe
Milo Blokland
Larande
First Assembly Opens School Year With News and Yells
The opening assembly in the school auditorium featured Mrs Areta Gurney freshmen advisor, Principal E E Coad spoke on the Constitution, Esther Berlin played a piano solo, John Kirk read the American Creed, Pike Miller outlined football plans, Stafford Hansell discussed football, and Robert Lee led the yells to conclude the session.
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Areta Gurney
E. E. Coad
Esther Berlin
John Kirk
Pike” Miller
Stafford Hansell
Robert Lee
Umatilla County Fair Beckons Pendleton Visitors
Twenty one years ago Henry Dell and Tom Keller explored timber lands north of the John Day before Dell filed a timber claim. Pendleton prepares for the Umatilla Morrow county fair with full exhibit space, strong livestock and agricultural displays, and broad local interest.
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Henry Dell
North Fork
John Day
Tom Keller
Timber Cruiger
Dell
Umatilla-Morrow
Pendleton
Leo Gholson
Walla Walla
Clarence Burden
Sprague
Wash
Roy Tompkins
Oregon Agricultural College
Fay LeGrow
Sam Pambrun
W. W. Jacobs
A. J. Wagner
Mr. Wagner
Sanford Stone
A. B. McEwen
Pendleton District
J. E. Froome
Chas. Booker
Zeph Lockwood
Meacham Creek
Etta Leach
Fred Kershaw
Miss Leach
Weston Mountain
Wm. Krassig
Portland
John Brinkley
Fred Koontz
Brinkley
A. J. Bagley
Roll Miller
Bennie Gross
Corvallis
Roll
Bennie
Athena High School
Cannon Family Celebrates Sixteenth Wedding Anniversary
School District 2 report notes Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cannon celebrated their sixteenth anniversary with a dinner hosted by Marguerite Hereford and Valarie Cannon. Attendees included Cass Cannon, James Ross family, Lorra Ross, Roberta Cannon, Rose Marie Cannon, and Marguerite Hereford. Pupils are practicing volleyball and basketball.
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Roy Cannon
Marguerite Hereford
Valarie Cannon
Cass Cannon
James Ross
Lorra
Valarie
Roberta
Rose Marie
L. R. Pinkerton
Amapine
Pendleton
Walla Walla
Charles Smith
Idaho
Junior Smith
Marion Stewart
Shirley Blalock
Alva Blalock
Ray and
Shirley
Skopane
Athena News in Brief Promotes Wood and Coal Supply
September 27, 1929 Athena Oregon item notes impending football game and weather tied to heating needs. It urges Senate to delay wood and coal purchases until snow flies, reflecting local concerns of fall season and energy supplies.
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Duits
The
Pacific TeLemone and Texecrarh Company
Continental Oil Company
Athena
Bryce Baker
Prop
Athena Garage
Acetylene
C. M. Jones
Tillman Stone
Inez McCullough
Barbara Lee
Goldie Miller
Mary Tompkins
Dale Jenkins
Dale
Hermiston
Fred Singer
Cecil Pambrun
Solista Pickett
Stafford Hensel
Emery Rogers
Herbert Reeder
Art Crowley
Jack Moore
Lowell Jenkins
Eldon Myrick
Leland Jenkins
Ralph Moore
Wayne Banister
Robert Campbell
Wendell Shigley
Lester Town
Umatilla
Herb Parker
Penn Harris
Troy Laundry
Twin City Sanitary Cleaners
Farmers Grain Elevator Company
Grian
Sperry
Lee Wilson, M’gr
the Kilgore Cafe
Gerald Kilgore
Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co
A. M. Johnson
Editorial
Senate
Einstein
Chicago
DR. R. M. Rice
Hill Building
F. Sharp
DR. Blatchford
Post Building
Peterson & Lewis
Attorneys At Law
Stangier Building
Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street
N. A. Miller
Furniture
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