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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1911
Page
4
Alaska oil and copper shipments signal rapid regional growth. Astoria centennial planning and Oregon public funding set themes for Northwest progress. Notes on Minnesota style land clearing, Washington public health campaigns, and local sports add to a bustling, era-tinged collection of notices and features.
The article notes rising ranch sizes with 1000 acre properties growing from 1287 in 1900 to 1713 in 1910 amid population and tillable land increases. It covers Athena’s plan to raise funds for road work, rock supply, and local road macadamization, plus county school athletics and city water repairs. It also lists New Zealand as a pioneer in multiple social and economic reforms.
The New York Herald notes belief in a cyclopean eye in mythic giants and its alleged remnants in human biology. It mentions a supposed third eye located near the forehead, with references to the tailed myths of Argus and others.
The article explains chlorophyll as the green coloring matter in leaves, derived from two Greek roots. It describes how chlorophyll cells absorb sunlight and enable photosynthesis by combining carbon dioxide with water to produce sugar for the tree. It notes up to 400,000 chlorophyll granules per square millimeter in a castor oil leaf and how leaves orient toward the sun to optimize light exposure. The piece comments on the leaf arrangement as a natural sun screen and muses on a world without green plants. A short classified ad asks for a Pinkerton milk cow for sale, One year old and a proven milker.
A New York World feature recounts Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch as a famed Welsh village name. It notes locals shorten the long name to Dianfilt, G and the railroad to Lianfalt, highlighting the playful difficulty of pronouncing the term.
A Persian manuscript tale titled The Glory of the Shin World describes a Mesned founder who, after wealth and risk, digs a gold buried hole, steals treasure from a bandit, hides it within the cat, and uses the recovered fortune to establish a college. The story blends legend and moral motif with Royal court and merchant figures.
A fragment discusses a method related to handling an umbrella and maintaining its shape. The text mentions Landle and Keon Ov, controlling a stock and cover, and rolling techniques to prevent damage. The piece resembles a procedurally described domestic care tip from the Boston Herald.
The General Theological Seminary in Chelsea Square, New York stores a fireproof Bible library with about 2,900 volumes across varied editions. It includes Latin Vulgate and polyglot editions, some in 28 languages, arranged on shelves and in cases. The standout is the Gutenberg Bible, valued as a premier example of old print.
A fragment discusses distinctions between timber and lumber, using the phrase dead timber to illustrate how a term can refer to a person’s status or role rather than material. It hints at semantic shifts and stages of development in language as quoted from Chlesen Tritlie.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a discussion of a performer or persona. It mentions friends, eccentric behavior, personification, and actors, with a possible allusion to Philadelphia. The readable text is too fractured to identify a specific event or clear names.
A clipped, obscured fragment states a kind word frees a heart and a dropped seed or dancer rises as a flower. The line blends archaic diction with images of growth and renewal, presenting a brief, poetic thought rather than a full narrative.
Beginning Saturday April on the second floor we place on sale 460 women's fine tailored suits featuring gray and black worsteds brown chev rota navy serges black serges and diagovala in sizes including stouts. Regular values to 25 appear. Also jewelry gloves and beaded trimmings offered with options from two to sixteen button gloves in black white and cobra.
The store advertises new parasols starting at 1.50 up to 15.00 and highlights dress goods including margesettes in cotton silk and silk blends. It notes a range of colors in silk marquesettes and promises a pleasant show of goods.
The article extols silk foolards as a style favorite with exclusive displays of color and design. It invites readers to visit the showing, promising stunning effects and easy access with no trouble.
Millinery Department announces express arrival of a fine assortment of bats from Gage Fisk and Herman & Lyman. See the new creations before buying. These stylish bats are priced right for the season.
A garbled listing advertises fabrics including Serge Wool Tafott Poplin and Broad Cloth with pal all paralleled stock. Prices range from 500 to 8.00 dollars, though the text is cut and unclear. The ad suggests a large stock across many weaves.
The art department announces ready stock of Barburs Irish flax thread suitable for all crochet work and instruction books. Available in all sizes from finest to coarse. Prices listed as 150 for single items and two for 210.
In this department a surprising magnitude of fabrics is displayed with all kinds and colors from heavy materials to sheer. All laundry fabrics offered at 50 to 50 cents per yard.
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