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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1895
Page
2
The Athena Press discusses water mains tapping responsibilities and the need for an efficient city marshal with a salary. It argues the marshal should also serve as water superintendent, oversee contracts, and manage city services while criticizing income tax exemptions and government waste. It notes Cleveland and Oregon topics, currency issues, and local governance concerns.
A compilation notes farm ownership, taxation debates, and regional updates. It discusses land ownership shares among families, school apportionments in Umatilla County delayed due to funds, governor vetoes sheriffs mileage pay, and Oregon center claims. It also reviews Monroe Doctrine basics, a hotel fire in Joseph, and Marlene Oregon electing women to city offices.
A summary of diplomatic tension over the Venezuelan boundary dispute. Officials deny immediate danger between the United States and Great Britain while noting informal understandings and British reluctance to rely on arbitration. The piece also reports a local fire scare and the death of Spokane capitalist A. M. Cannon at age 60 from heart failure.
Advertisement for Baco Cure a tobacco habit treatment claiming a Berlin physician formula since 1872. It promises a permanent cure after three boxes or money back with interest, noting it is vegetable, non dependent on willpower, and suitable with ongoing tobacco use during treatment. Sold by druggists or direct from Eureka Chemical in La Crosse Wisconsin with stamps for proofs.
An official release outlines five negotiating terms. Korea would gain independence, Formosa would be ceded to Japan, an indemnity of 300 million taels is demanded, Port Arthur and surrounding territory would be permanently occupied, and a new Japan China trade treaty would open Chinese ports to commerce. The article notes the tael's face value versus its actual silver value.
Discussion mentions 220,000,000 in the fifth term and new treaty features including free access to China rivers. It notes no mainland territorial demands beyond Port Arthur and nearby areas. The piece comments on ladies riding bicycles, contrasting grace with men. A large cattle shipment from Walla Walla to Chicago sails Monday, totaling 360 head and 19 cars, with two cars of sheep.
The Galveston News reports sparrows multiplying in Texas by thousands with five to six eggs per clutch and three broods yearly. Once insectivores, their aggressive habits now harm mockingbirds and other birds, prompting talk of a bounty to control the pest. Australia also faced a later bounty solution after introducing them to curb tree caterpillars.
An English newspaper writer laments declining public manners among the upper classes. He cites crowded London ball rooms with chaperons and dowagers jockeying for seats, the queen’s drawing room rules, noisy theater stalls, and the rudeness of the rising generation, saying civility is deteriorating across society.
The article notes Count Leo Tolstoy and Dr. John Charles Ryle as figures who do not seek royalties for their writings. Tolstoy, after a career in military and literary circles, renounced social privileges and income from copyrights, living as modestly as peasants while promoting humanitarian efforts. Ryle, a prolific religious writer and bishop, reportedly accepts no profit from his numerous tracts translated worldwide.
The postal guide in Oregon yields odd contradictions from place names. Bolt in Jackson county, Bakeoven an ice town, Burns the coldest city, Ale a prohi village, Crow in Lane not large democrats, Joy a bad place, Malheur a disappointment, Mist a long felt want, Needo not charity, Plush a rough place, Shirk industrious, Starveout well fed. Col J H Raley named governor and regent of Weston normal school, plus W T Sullivan named notary. Receiver for C A Barrett Co asks all to settle accounts.
An old Toledo advertisement pledges a $500 reward for a catarrh cure false claims. It cites F J Cheney Co and Toledos wholesale house, promotes Hall Catarrh Cure taken internally and said to affect blood and mucous membranes, listing price per bottle and endorsements.
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