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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1911
Page
5
An elderly woman of Hanley died aged over ninety and requested her love letters be buried with her. Relatives found several letters dating to the 1920s with faded ink. The final request was to have the letters placed with her remains.
Ottumwa Iowa report tells of Mrs Harrier Byvampler of 624 Ransom Street who suffered years from female troubles. After trying many doctors she credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with a full cure and urges others to avoid risky operations. Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts offers free confidential advice to sick women.
A humorous exchange frames a stage decision as Mr. Gaiety explains he could not use a certain name consistently and settled on Ophelia for the performer while noting the original name resembled Hamlet.
Oregon State article by H. J. Jackson explains peach leaf curl caused by exoascus defor mans. It details symptoms curling, whitened twigs, and defoliation, winter survival, and recommends early spring sprays with Bordeaux mixture or lime sulfur to prevent infection and control the disease.
A fragmentary passage notes a student named Will completing his college course and playing football without hospital stays. The text shifts to a request for groceries and charges, including butter and sugar, then a rush to relay the message to a mother about being out of charge.
The piece argues that one should cast aside unpleasant memories and adopt a cold mindset to erase distress. It advertises various remedies and products while recounting a student’s quest to specialize amid a humorous miscue. The text shows ads for Murine Eye Remedy and Dr. Pierce’s Pills amid a fragmentary narrative about memory and resilience.
A clipped Des Moines advertisement claims a bottle cures ailments, noting a reader felt better in three days, used five bottles, and returned to work after two months, with friends calling it the most wonderful cure seen.
An advertisement claims Munyon's Cold Remedy cures fevers stops discharges and relieves all aches and pains from colds. It asserts effectiveness against grip and pneumonia and lists Prof Munyon Beil and Jefferson Fra as endorsing physicians.
In a humorous exchange, a thin man praises Clapham's nearby restaurant offering 26 cent dinners. The stout man reveals he and others tried several meals, with one claiming to have four dinners in a single day last week.
Glance Dashward and Fichta urge beginning the year properly. Do not waste time by backward glances they say, but study what memorable men and women accomplished in the past year to inform future effort.
A buoyant safe designed to rise to the surface if a ship sinks has been defeated by four mechanics at the Bremerton Washington navy yard. The device features a large steel cylinder with two compartments. an inner air chamber and a lower receptacle for money and papers.
A quoted line from Gertrude Atherton’s Tower of Ivory contrasts how first and second loves affect men and women as the text explores passion and folly in early 20th century literature.
Farmers in Codford and district form a sparrow slayer club to reduce numbers. Members must kill under 100 sparrows in two months or pay a fine of 1d per bird. A second item offers a field remedy to stop a water pipe leak using plaster and bandage for about 24 hours.
Fragmentary text suggests discovery of pitchblende fields in the south seas may offer scientific interest though not immediate commercial value. It discusses high radium extraction costs and references various unrelated items and anecdotes without clear context.
A glimpse of varied fragments shows a discussion on keeping change profits for merchants and a statement from Meher about printing decisions. The text also references a City Journal with a six to fourteen day pile display and ancient wine finds in a Roman cemetery near Perdew.
An interview with a physician urges attention to kidneys as they filter blood and support overall health. Readers are offered a herbal remedy claiming to aid kidney function and a free sample by mail from Kilmer & Co of Binghamton, N.Y.
From Herodotus Leliaci a reflection on how the ancients trained minds from childhood to twenty focusing on horse handling bowmanship and restraint in speech. The text argues that truth underpins all virtue and every virtue springs from truth.
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