Athena Brevities and Local Notes Roundup
Athena Feb 11 brief notes report Pendleton arrivals and travel delays on the Walla Walla line, a dance at the opera house, and travel by team to Washington points. Ed Bushman’s 9 year old son Joseph dies of consumption on the reservation with funeral at Mission cemetery. Carrie Blood and Henry Dannholster wed in Spokane. Revival meetings at the Christian church draw attention despite bad roads. Henry Adams survives a near-drowning after a freshet near Dry Creek crossing. Otis White reports a son born February 9. A remedy advertisement for Flys Cream Balm rounds out the column.
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Athena
Pendleton
Walla Walla
David Williams
Alberta
Williame
Opera House
Washington
Walle Walle
Bert Zerba
Sam
Joseph
Ed Bushman
Mission Cemetery
Henry Adams
Dry Creek
Stamper
Otis White
Reid's Yellow Dent Corn Exhibit Breaks Record at Sale
A corncob car from Reid's Yellow Dent on display shows 778 inches circumference and 10 percent length, 20 kernel rows, weight 19 ounces, grown on land yielding 66 bushels per acre. Pascal firm’s entry placed close second, selling for 150 dollars, likely to seed future crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reid
Pascal
Corm
May Interest You From Foley's Kidney Core Claim
An advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Core will stop irregularities and cure kidney and bladder trouble within reach of medicine. It mentions Kooppen's Drug Store. Also notes the Escorial near Madrid is so vast four days are needed to traverse its roughly 120 miles of rooms and halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Kooppen
Escorial
Madrid
Enjoy Eating With Mi-O-Na Stomach Tablets
A Pendleton druggist guarantees Mi-O-Na stomach tablets will cure disorders of the stomach or does nothing. The ad urges readers to start using Mi-O-Na to avoid discomfort after meals, promising relief from fullness bloating and related symptoms with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallman & Co
Pendleton
Weston to keep normal school amid funding pledge
Weston residents celebrate promised funding for the Weston normal, ensuring the school remains in town rather than moving. Mrs Martha Walden, aged 86, died at her daughter’s home in Weston on February 6 after a sudden breast pain, with the funeral held the following Friday.
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Walden
Weston
Weston Normal
Les
Martha Walden
Mary Phipps
Neighbors Fooled By Dr King’s New Discovery
Mrs Eva Unenpher of Grovertown Stark Co Indiana says a severe cough left her bed bound until she tried Dr Kings New Discovery. She reports a four dollar bottle treatment restored her health and was recommended by Tallman Co Drogists offering trial bottles free.
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Dr King
Eva Unenpher
Grovertown
Stark Co
Ind
King
Ty Tallman & Co
Prize Ear of Corn Noted Grower Wins Honor
H H Gilbert of Pilot Rock receives news from Iowa about a prize ear of corn exhibited at the Town Corn Convention held at Iowa Agricultural College. The article from the Towa Homestead describes the ear shown by D J Pascal and alvtera of DeWitt as the best ever judged by Professors Shammel and Holden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Gilbert
Pilot Rock
Gilbert
Umatilla
Towa
Iowa Agricultural College
Orn
Tinatilla
East Oregonian
Ince
Town Agricultural College
D. J L. Pascal
Alvtera
DeWitt
Town
Shammel and
Holden
Office Pendletice and Cold Storage Ad
Partial advertisement for the Office Pendletice and Cold Storage Company directs readers to call Phone Main 178 at Alvo near Henneman's cigar store opposite the Great Eastern store and to use Phone Main 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendletice & Cold Storage Company
Alvo
Henneman
Great Eastern
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THE
Pendleton Drug CO
F. J. Donaldson
Main St
Ore
Mrs. Myers
Room
Schmidt
Central Meat Co
Carney & Ramsdell Co
Telephone Main
Columbia Bar
Rooming House
F. X. Schempp
Proprietress
Main Street
J. M. Cornelison
F. L
Mose
Lion Metal
Spokane
Carrie Blood
Henry Dannholster
Kaliapell
Mont
Christian Church
Alllington
Fly
Ely
Bree
Warren Street
New York
S.S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Wat
Frazer Theatre
Jules Murry
Nitta
Yale
Harvard
Yale Glee Club
Odette
Stoc
Henry
Rock Spring
W. C. Minnis
Teave
Hennings’ Cen
Opp
Peoples Warehouse
Phone Main 6
Ukiah
Alba
Ridge
Nye
Main
Weber
Bl-e Rapids
Kanman
Pendleton Planing Mills
Polydore Moens Proprietor
Empire Meat Co
Phoine Main
Smith Premier Typewriter CO
Stark ST
Portland, Oregon
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