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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1907
Page
4
A compilation notes fewer mob murders in recent years with no stake burnings and a trend toward law and order. It credits public condemnation and court action while urging continued efforts to stamp out lynching in the South. It also cites gifts to education and philanthropy supporting a $42,000,000 fund.
A report states John D. Rockefeller donated 82 million dollars to the General Education Board, the largest single charitable grant in its history. The gift, described as princely, comes amid reports of Major advances by the Standard Oil Company the following day.
Editorial from the Chicago Journal argues that Cuba should be annexed and governed as a U S dependency after failed self government, claiming Cuba's continual revolts and internal strife justify American administration to secure peace and trade.
A Kansas legislator proposes a bill to require publication of marriage engagements for thirty days before the ceremony to reduce deception and crime in marriage arrangements. The Des Moines News notes such publication is already common in some social circles and argues the state should ensure marriage safety.
The piece describes how great ocean sea birds such as albatrosses and petrels stay aloft by sailing with minimal effort, rarely pecking into the wind. It notes wing posture, feather surface, and wind angle to maneuver, with vivid observations of albatrosses riding storms and calm days alike.
An elderly shipboard tale recounts a British captain on the Amerika learning about Sandy Hook and the famous harbor hook. The piece also covers the founding of Wyandotte Lodge No. 3 and early Masonic activity in Kansas Territory in 1854, including the first lodge meeting at Matthew R. Walker’s home.
A quip underscores the allure of a strong political boss who could bend people to his will as easily as yielding to temptation. The mock dialogue contrasts a wooer’s flattery with a mother’s wary reply, framed by social satire.
A religious passion piece urges readers to accept God’s word and follow Christ’s moral law. It condemns pride and selfishness, praises helpfulness, and argues moral power can influence politics and the world. It asserts divine guidance through affliction and warns against drunkenness as a social path.
Finney County farmer George Betes four miles north of Garden City is once again using yoke oxen to pull plows and break prairie sod. He built yokes with a local blacksmith and bought bows from a hardware man, aiming to reduce costs vs steam, gasoline engines, horses, or mules. Old-timers recall oxen last drafted here twenty three years ago and say the sight sparks memories of early farming days.
The piece explores how poets and inventors cope with rhymes and coinages. It cites the joke of naming new devices to find rhymes and references historical phrases like palmoil and angels oil, noting linguistic humor and euphemistic terms used for bribes.
A Chicago Daily News column narrates a chat about W. D. Brackenbury, famed for stinginess yet praised by some. The discourse covers his irritability, rumored misdeeds, and neighbors noting his charitable tenor despite frugality, including a 25 cent wheelbarrow incident.
A scattered excerpt covers diverse 1900s items: a wheat based rubber process. counts of Odd Fellows, immigrants, and insurance firms. Earl Grey’s salary. Madrid street workmen finding gold. U S medal holders. Simplon tunnel passenger figures. Stora Kopparberget copper history. Bohemian butterfly threats. Carnegie funding. a burglary misquote. royal attire values. New York postmen fortunes in real estate. London's underground tubes and station stats. London carlime ages. a parrot name origin from Polly.
The Oceanic Steamship Mariposa docked from Tahiti with 23 passengers and cargo. Among them W. F. Doty, former American consul at Papeete, newly appointed United States consul to Persia. Ducks circled the ship, then headed west toward San Francisco, 1800 miles away and Hawaii 1200 miles distant.
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