Harvest delays and social notes from Athena
Harvest in the Athena area slowed by weekend rain though most fields near ready. Local residents and visitors include Mr and Mrs Bell from Portland visiting Joe Rainville, along with notices of travel to Boise Welser Baker City and Walla Walla. Urbana- era community life features Caricaturist Fyron Hawks at Pioneer Drug, plus local families planning moves, schooling, and births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena
Walter Chesman
Dayton
F. & LeGrow
Boise
Clark Walters
Walla Walla
Walters
Pen Holt
Mr. Holt
Power Company
Ellis
Baker City
Ells
Wm. Bell
Portland
Joe Rainville
Lizzie Jones
Spokane
Seattle
John Smith
Welser
Ida
Roy
Pauline Adams
Fyron Hawks
Pioneer
S. F. Sharp
Githens
Boyd
Asher Montague
Arlington
Weston
Lulu McMullen
Walla Wal
Thomas Fay
Corpe
Cove
Mamie Race
Julian Woods
Ada Ely
California
Lula McMullen
Thomas Ray
C. A. Davis
Minnesota
Inte
NAMES FOR BIG GUNS and the Satan dispute at Fort Pitt
At Fort Pitt foundry Fort Pitt Pa in 1897 two twenty inch naval guns were to be christened Satan and Snelfer. Captain Wise defended the names noting god names are common in ships and argue the gun’s purpose is destruction. Clergy protested deeming it unseemly but the Navy moved on until sentiment prevailed and the name was abandoned. A separate note questions Simon Durgeneim’s rent offer to Tom Walsh and the cost of offices versus public scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Pitt
W. C. Wise
Naval Bureau of Ordnance
Satan
Snelfer
Pittsburg
Congress
Department
Wise
Jupiter
Juno
Vulcan
Venus
Juggernaut
Inferno
Lucifer
Navy
Army and Navy Journal
Simon Durgenheim
Tom Walsh
Washington
Recorda Here Guernsey Music Store Receives September Records
The Guernsey Music store on Corner Court and Cottonwood Streets has just received new September records for Edison and Victor talking machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorda
Guernsey
Corner Court
Cottonwood Streets
Edison
Victor
Private Car Owners Form National Association
Private car owners met in conference at the Auditorium Annex hotel in Chicago to complete the formation of the Individual Car Owners' association. The group aims to create a uniform lawful system for handling and use of individual cars across the United States and to provide just compensation for use of private cars by nonowners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Auditorium Annex
United States
Direct Nebraska primary underway in Lincoln
Nebraska holds its first direct primary today with races for Supreme Court judge, railway commissioner and state university regents. Republicans Democrats populists and prohibitionists field tickets amid GOP factional battles. Chief Justice Sedgewick seeks re election opposed by former Judge M B Reese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
State University
Repubiléans
Winisireme
Sedgewick
Kilmer's Swamp Root Promises Free Sample Bottles
Announcement touts Dr Kilmer and Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder trouble including lame back and Bright's disease. Offers free sample bottle and an information book by mail from Binghamton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N.Y
Colonist Rates to Pendleton from Eastern cities 1907
Rates for east to Pendleton from September 1 to October 31 1907 list multiple origins with prices. From Kansas City St Joseph Leavenworth Atchison Council Bluffs Omaha Sioux City St Paul Duluth Minneapolis and Winnipeg to Pendleton 22.60. Other cities shown include Des Moines 26.50 St Louis 27.50 Oklahoma City 27.60 Chicago 30.50 Memphis 35.00 Louisville 94.50 Pueblo 38.60 New York 47.60 Detroit 97.00 Cleveland 47.25. The notice encourages sending the list to friends in the east and urges a stop at Pendleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton Orong
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Leavenworth
Atchison
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Sioux City
St Paul
Duluth
Minneapolis
Winnepeg
Pendleton
Des Moines
St. Louis
Oklahoma City
Chicago
Memphis
Louieville
Pluteburg
New York City
Detroit
Cleveland
East
Dam and Eve and the Three Mystic Gifts
A compact retelling blends myth and legend about the forbidden fruit and Eden. It notes varied identifications such as fig pomegranate and an ear of wheat seen as ruby, growing on a golden tree. The piece drums up dates and mythic figures including Adam Eve archangels Michael Gabriel Raphael and the Magi bearing gifts.
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Eden
Adam
Ceylon
Eve
Mecca
Lilith
Michael
Gabriel Frankincense
Raphael Myrrh
Magi
Enoch
Melchiwedek
Ellas
Health in the Canal Zone attracts artisans with Electric Bitters
The Panama Canal construction draws young workers despite fever fears. Electric Bitters, advertised as safe against malaria and able to cure blood poison and various ailments, is promoted by Tallman & Co. at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal Zone
Panama Canal
Tallman & Co
Five Extinct Volcanoes Near Caribou Lake Alaska
Five extinct volcanic craters lie along a Kobuk river headwaters valley near Caribou Lake Alaska. The first crater shows hot springs that never freeze, a quarter mile wide, with yellow sulphurous water and steep sides. Vegetation is absent and lava flows are visible. the area remains barren and eroded from ancient eruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribou Lakes
Alaska
Kobuk River
Aatua
Caribou Lake
Seward
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Athena Brevitiesinews OF
Idaho
Cheney & CO
Toledo
DR. Corpe
Business College
Sen
Fir Son
Turner
Grangeville
Dam and “Eve
Umatilla County
Alaskan
Pinesalve
Acta Iken
A. C. Koeppens Bros
Star Theater
Ito
Star Stock Company
Geo. H. Clark
Grocer Main Street
East Oregonian
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