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Newspaper

Athena Press

Location

Athena, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1926

Page

2

Athena Press Subscription Offers Through 1926

Athena Oregon lists subscription options with one copy for one year six months or three months at prices shown including a two dollar five cent range. appears in an April 2 issue from 1926.

Scattered quips highlight social and political mockery

A collage of pithy remarks mocks intelligence tests politics gender wage laws and economic ideas across U.S. papers. Jabs touch on Florida California business debt coed smoking and urban absurdities with brief humor about public figures and institutions.

Quotable Observations and Oddities From 1920s Newspapers

A collage of short items from various papers notes political slogans, a man debating church versus golf, a pocket letter box powered by an alarm clock, tax impacts of government ownership, a wartime slogan in France, fashion in Grants Pass, judgments on motherhood, a hanging remark on bad company, barbed wire inventor's death, and a counterpoint about contrariness.

Elgin Elgin Recorder

Spaniard Credited for Frankfurter Origin in Bologna

A chaotic recount traces the Frankfurter dog to Bologna and Vienna with claims of a bull and pork mixture. It notes a Bologna butcher mixing meat, popular taste shaping, and Coney Island selling large amounts of such sausages amid a boastful urban myth.

Bologna Tologna Gaerne Prankfort Vienna Coney Difiuid Coney Island

Senate Advances Bill To Promote Columbia River Irrigation

Washington lawmakers approve a measure authorizing 25000 to promote a Columbia River compact directing distribution of its waters among Washington Montana Idaho and Oregon. The bill and a similar Senate referenced measure aim to spur irrigation projects in the Columbia river basin.

Washington, D. C House Washington Montana Idaho Oregon Senate Columbia River

Marital Savvy and Capers in Capper's Weekly

Isa Rena the Dorothy Dix of Germany says few men marry the first woman they love and Chirnee is mightier than Cupid. She notes young men marry readily, widowers are easy marks, and says sympathetic housekeepers land bachelors. Capper's Weekly cites Rena comments on love and marriage across the water.

Isa Rena Dorothy Dix Germany Chirnee Cupid Mrauteta Rena Rema Capper

Ancient Juniper Tree in Utah Defies Time

In Logan canyon Utah a juniper tree discovered by Utah agricultural college researchers is said to be older than 3000 years with roots in rock at 7800 feet elevation. The 44 foot tall veteran feeds from a limestone cliff and gradually pushes rock away as winds and drought test its strength. The forest service may install a steel fence to protect the venerable plant from souvenir hunters.

King Solomon Logan Canyon Utah Men of Science Utah Agricultural College National Forest Service

Oregon ballot titles on old age pensions and vehicle title repeal

The attorney general completed ballot titles for two measures in Oregon. One hortative proposal would provide old age pensions while the other seeks to repeal the motor vehicle registration title law enacted at the last legislative session.

Salem Oregon

McFaddens and Portland Doctors Plan Paris Trip in 1927

Mr and Mrs C L McFadden with Dr and Mrs Smith of Portland plan a September 1927 trip to Paris where two ex service men will attend the International Legion convention.

C. L. McFadden

Walla Walla Degree Team to Perform Initiatory Work

The Woodman Camp prepares for a large April 7 meeting featuring the Walla Walla degree team performing initiatory work. A big community feed accompanies the event and all Woodmen are urged to attend.

Walla Walla

Easter Sunrise Prayer Meeting on Jesse Smith Farm

The B Y P U will hold a sunrise prayer service Easter morning on a hill at the Jesse Smith farm with Mrs E M Bollinger leading and Miss Lorraine Terry as song leader. An Easter breakfast will follow at the home of Mr and Mrs Roy Cannon.

Jesse Smith E. M. Bollinger Lorraine Terry Song Roy Cannon

Weston district weighs new school building at eighty thousand

The Weston school district No. 19 contemplates a new school at an estimated cost of 80 000. A recent meeting discussed the project with enthusiasm. The current building is deemed unsafe according to reports from the state fire marshal and Architect Osterman.

Weston Osterman

Tax lien foreclosure in Umatilla Court cites Ed Welch case

In Umatilla County Circuit Court Ed Welch holder of certificate of delinquency 1749 petitions to foreclose tax lien on Lot Three Block Six Richards Addition Athens Oregon against Rose Cornoyer executrix and others. Court orders summons with 60 days to answer or pay due taxes costs interest. published March 12 1926. Attorneys Proerstel Schmidt Pendleton Oregon.

Rose Cornoyer Gustavus Cornoyer Sophia Cornoyer Bellinger Evelyn Cornoyer Hall Iris Cornoyer Edward Cornoyer Leona Cornoyer Delorne Cornoyer George Cornoyer Eugene Cornoyer Sophia Cornoyer Bellinger Richards City of Athena Umatilla County Oregon Id Welch Ed Welch Circuit Court Gilbert W. Phelps State of Umatilla Pendelton

Orr divorce summons seeks six week answer period

Carrie Orr files for absolute divorce from James E. Orr and requests name change to Carrie Childers. The summons, issued by Judge Gilbert W. Phelps, requires James E. Orr to respond within six weeks with first publication March 5, 1926 and final on April 16, 1926 in Pendleton Oregon.

Circuit Court State of Oregon Umatilla Carrie Orr James E. Orr Carrie Childers Gilbert W. Phelps Will M. Peterson Pendleton Oregon

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