Northwest rail campaigns and local views in Athena
Pacific Northwest growth drive spurs railroad advertising as Great Northern and Great Northern Pacific plan a major push eastward. Athena editors oppose Nesmith County split, urging informed voting while noting Oregon hog production and hog-raising costs. Local items include university admissions for a 70 year old and upcoming Athena events such as athletic meet, Caledonian picnic, and ministerial convention.
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Pacific Northwest
Lhnt
Great Northern
Grand Track Pacific
Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
British Columbia
Sammer
Nesmith
Neswith
Umatilla
Astoria
Athena
Athena—Athletic Meet
A Tenderfoot at Poker Silly Sandwhich Trick Told
A Sporting Editor recalls a tale from Pat Sheedy about a tenderfoot who played a dollar limit poker hand. In a mining town saloon the bartender and three sharpers conspired to slip a sixth card onto the tenderfoot’s hand while he drank. He ate his sandwich, bet boldly, and left with a huge winning pile as the card was revealed.
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Pat Sheedy
Tenderfoot
Right
Jen
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
A Cure and a Fee. Peculiar Doctor and Businessman Tale
A wealthy patient sought relief from vertigo after European consultations. Dr Weir Mitchell recounts examining the patient’s ears, removing wax, and charging about $30. The patient boasted of cure and quipped that the doctor could have charged $10,000 with no cure, but settled for the price asked.
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Weir Mitchell
Europe
London
Ayens
Unmarried Woman’s Trial Custom in Isle of Man
The London Standard notes Cyril Davenport’s claim that in Man Island a spurned woman could bring a man to trial. If found guilty, she faced three punishments: a sword to behead him, a rope to hang him, or a ring to marry him, with the ring intent reportedly always meted.
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Isle of Man
Cyril Davenport
London Standard
Humoring Him. A quarrel over chores and patience
A spoiled wife asks for scissors and hints at role reversal while an indulgent husband complains of waiting on her. The dialogue ends with a sharp retort about waiting on him in another way, reflecting humor and domestic power play in a Catholic Standard and Times vignette.
Contradictory phrase among Mrs McManus and Bon Molke
A fragmentary historical snippet mentions Mrs McManus praised as a lady, her husband as a gentleman, and Bon Molke urged to come. It references a gang of robbers and a vague warning about tomorrow, with scattered terms like Boston Trim and Defer not vil tomorrow to ho wise.
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the Athena Press
Borp
Pustisuza
Ore
Cathena, Ore
Cannon
Chicago Record Herald
The
Record-Herald
Congress
Utica
Oregon Agricultural College
J. A. Woolety
Morrow County
North Dakota
University of Missouri
New York
Great Northwest
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co
Southern Pacito Co
Oregon Lines
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
Kansas City
WM. M'Murray
Post Building
Main Street
Umatilla County
Portland
DR. King
W. J. Atkins
Banner Springs, Tenn
Mamberlainc
Toughy
Amberlain Medicine Co
Det Moines
Jows
USA
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