Harvest Yields Boost Athena Wheat Growth
Harvest continues with strong yields across 75 acres. Dr. Plamondon reports 1933 sacks from 75 acres, averaging 564 bushels per acre on the Gagnon place south of town, selling to Preston Parton Milling for 71 cents per bushel. Andy Swaggart projects 46 bushels per acre on his field. most combines perform well in a record year, though some loss from recent rain is reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena
A. B. McEwen
Andy
Jeanette Manassee
Portland
Joe Sherrod
Hot Lake
F. B. Boyd
Cecile
Alta Sharp
Pendleton
Herbert Manassee
Edward Mannassee
Stockton
Cal
Mies M. Wall
A. Johns
Echo
Hermiston appoints delegates to National Irration Congress
Hermiston mayor Carr selects A. S. Oldaker F. H. Bartlett L. Morgan J. H. Ried C. B. Baker as delegates to the National Irration congress to meet in Sacramento next month. Hermiston school board names A. H. Perryman of Athena as principal for the ensuing term and he will move here soon with his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermiston
Carr
R. Oldaker
F. H. Bartlett
Co. L. Morgan
J. H. Ried
C. B. Baker
Sacramento
Cal
A. H. Perryman
Athena
For Rent Cottage with Bath at Bluff Street
Rental notice for a cottage with bath and hot and cold water located at 100 B Bluff Street. Inquiries welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluff Street
Harvests Progress Around Adams and Eastland Shift
Aug 19 Adams reports Section Foreman Spencer relocated from Eastland to Adams with his house moved near the depot for easier access to duties. Harvest continues in Adams county with grain being hauled to warehouses in large quantities and thrashing due in a couple weeks. Minson Watrus and Peringer visited Athena. several locals attended the county teachers' examination at Pendleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freewater
A. S. Pearson
Walla Walla Valley Traction Company
Ed Btorff
Walla Walla
Rogers
Lenore Couvel
Milton
Mender's Park
Hudson Hay Grange
J. H. Thomson
Roy
D. C. Sanderson
Congregational Church
Freewater Cannery
Adams
Spencer
Eastland
Co, R. & N. Company
Adama
Minson Watrus
Peringer
Athena
Pendleton
Deafness Cure Claim Prompts Free Circular Offer
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured except by constitutional remedies and blames inflammation of the Eustachian tube for deafness. It promises $100 for a cure not helped by Catarrh Cure and asks readers to send for a free circular from CHENEY & CO of Toledo Ohio. The notice also mentions eleven drownings reported near New York on August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney & CO
Toledo
All
Dru
New York
Growing Nut Trees in Nature's Own Way
Planting fellow nature’s own way yields nuts sooner with proper care. Well‑cared trees can bear a bushel in ten years, increasing thereafter. Plant nuts immediately when fresh, or store in moist sand or sawdust, and plant fall for hard shells like butternuts and walnuts to germinate after freezing.
Romance of a name and the Hugh Williams coincidences
A scrapbook tale chronicles repeated shipwreck survivals tied to men named Hugh Williams. From 1664 Menelaus wreck to 1889 north sea disaster, single survivors named Hugh Williams recur across eras and ships, sparking astonishment at the coincidences.
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Hugh Williams
Menla
Strait of Dover
Isle of Man
Hough Williams
Thames
Hugh Wil-lama
Liverpool
North Sea
Herschel Recall of Star Fading Incident at Cape
In 1866 Sir John Herschel, then an elderly scientist, shared a memory of observing a star fade to first or second magnitude at the Cape. He noted the event occurred in 1835 and specified the time as August 16th at 1 o'clock in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haerschel
Sir John Herschel
Henry E. Roscove
Herschel
Cape
Ingenious railway fare joke from Imperial China
A traveler asks about rates to ship two dogs to Peking and is told no rate for dogs with a clerk tallying three pig for the dog. The joke ends with the dog and threat of half fare for a puppy and a clerk’s note to write three pig. A second snippet mocks a land shark in real estate after underwater lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Lippincott
East Oregonian fragment quotes and aphorisms
A fragmented garble cites a humorous exchange about authority and fear between a major and a militia captain and includes a Goethe quote. The passage ends noting it as something you might see in the East Oregonian, but no clear news event or context is given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Militia
Florida fruit growers challenge rail rate distance policy
Florida fruit producers urge the Interstate Commerce Commission to reconsider rail rates claiming unfair charges on long hauls to New York. They compare 1200 miles Florida to New York at 84 cents per 100 pounds with 3260 miles California to New York at 1.16 dollars, arguing distance is not the sole factor and urging a fairer system amid fears of monopolistic pricing.
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Morida
Rlcretate Commerce Commission
New York
California
Florida
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
Callifornia
Bowie, Os
Interstate Commerce Commissaion
Hotel St George Arrivals Listed by Guests
A long hotel arrival list names guests and their home cities including Portland Spokane Seattle San Francisco Chicago Walla Walla and others. The compiled roster features numerous individuals and couples such as J G Bellows H S Gentrich E Hammer W. J. Lloyd Camille Roble Nor ton and many more staying at Hotel Pendleton and related locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel
St. George
F. C. Hanley
Portland
J. G. Bellows
City
H. S. Gentrich
Spokane
HH. A. Mason
Porthand
J. (. Roble
Kameela
Chas. Markus
Boston
Jack Ricen
Cincinmtu
Rothachild Brothers
W. A. Sliter
Bellingham
J. W. Carliol
Ed Hammer
Echo
Fred Blake
Adima
Ian Frnnessco
Camille Roble
Kamela
Wm. Howe
Tacoma
Mra
J. C. Volomer Goldfield
W. J. Lloyd
Chicago
H. FR. Barthomed
Oliver Morton
L. B. Kellogg
W. J. White
H. Wood
San Francisco
Wm. Dunn
Porthinds
L. Cratow
Pendleton
Thomas Durcan
W. Maher
W. B. Kray
Seattle
WL Reacher
Wife
Bolae
A. A, Reardon
J. M. Hyatt
Sioux City
F. A. Weaterbure
Heppner
G. & Gill
Colfax
R. Jel
A. Carrigan
FP. B. Rident
J. D. Kineckner
J. F. Melcher
Starbuck
Walter Brandon
C. J. Alexander
the Dalles
C. L. Mollet
A. John
Arthur @weffel
la Grande
E. L. Talkenberg
St. Louis
Frank Louis
BH. BE. Whitney
L. Danteliom
Milwaukee
T. €. Lord
G. Dbd
Galley
W. H. Colwell
James H. Merrill
M. R. Andrea
Athena
Geo. C. Miller
Wallan Walla
Co. C. Cooke
Howard W. Moore
Hoston
N. BR. Allison
Seattlin
Fred Roth
Walla Walla
J. A. Martin
D. I. Rieh
P. A. Wagbner
R. N. Stanifile
Ehc
G. B. Atchison
A. Dibble
I. W. Smith
Prominent Bluff Man Praises Buskien Arnica Salve
C G Hays of Bluff Mo declares Buskien's Arnica Salve the quickest and surest healing salve for sores burns wounds and piles. Guaranteed by Tallman Clo druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Hays
Bluff
Buskien
Tall‘man & Clo
2He
Conmia and Connda to Attend National Irrigation Congress
Invitations have been extended by the Sacramento executive committee and board of control for Connda to participate in the coming National Irrigation Congress in Sacramento. Speakers from the Dominion include Hon. R. H. Campbell on forest administration in Canada and a leading Calgary rail official from Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conmia
Connda
Weanton
National Irrigation Congres
Sacramento
Executive Committee
Board of Control
Dominion
Addreas
R. H. Campbell
Forent Administration
Canada
Calgary
Alberta
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Athena Brevities
Freewater Advices
Los
Herbert Mianneee
Bever Quarters
Officer Smith
Charles Bushman
Charles Carpenter
Adame
Cannery
Grange
Hudson Bay
Earnest Padcock
David Roche
Henry of
la Grands
Henry Whiting
Mr. Gardner
Ctiosen
Cten Cee Eden
Empire Meat Co
Central Meat, Co. Carney, Ramedell & Co
Telephone Main
Philadelphia Ledger
Goethe
Florida Fruit Men
Hott
The
Oregonian
Oregon
la Salle Street
Rock Inland
Frisco Lines
Rae la Salle
Soadly Etsiog
Sante Stree
Rock Island Prisco Lines
Third St
Ore
Stok
Northwestern
Matlock Building
Pendleton Roller Mills
Byers
Propristor
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