Athena Press Independent Newspaper item highlights and notices
A fragmented OCR page from Athena Oregon lists subscription rates and advertising pricing, plus reports on the Southern Pacific crop shipments of cantaloupes from Imperial Valley and Arizona Nevada. It also mentions Texas prohibition referendum results, regional debates, and local notices including river navigation and telephone rate issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific Company
Imperial Valley
California
Arizona
Nevada
Moapu
Mermaid likeness by dugong sparks old sea legends
A York Press item describes the dugong as resembling a mermaid with humanlike hands and a necked head. It notes the creature’s size, limb structure, and maternal posture in water, linking sightings to ancient mermaid myths while warning the species is declining in the Indian Ocean.
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Dugong
Indian Ocean
York Press
SICKROOM PLANTS AND Chateaubriands Early Struggles
A collage of short items on health and antiquarian anecdotes. It notes that keeping plants in sickrooms at night may reduce oxygen and increase humidity, cites Dawbarn on plant respiration, and explains the daylight oxygen balance. It also recounts Chateaubriand’s stocking commission in 1700, and includes brief humorous notices and anecdotes from various periodical sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stobert H. M. Dawbarn
Brutal Advice and Odd Ballad Fragments
Fragmentary and peculiar lines describe a blunt suggestion about a body part. The text includes misspelled phrases and a reference to a person or place that is unclear. Overall the source reads as disjointed notes rather than a clear news item.
A Rising Financier Seeks Help From Father for Horse Purchase
A merchant watches his son propose buying a $300 horse for $160 with a cartel mortgage. The boy offers $0.50, others respond with wit. The elder suggests a wiser path into loan and trust business, noting the son's entrepreneurial nerve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pop
Ray
Sean
Hossea
W. J. Lampton
Lippincott's
Taxes and Torture in Alva Era Spain
The piece recounts Duke of Alva s 10 percent tenth penny tax on merchandise and 1 percent on real and personal property with 5 percent on realty transfers, triggering revolts and torture of rebels. It notes a brief royal settlement by Philip III to pay 2 million annually for two years and adds a humorous quip about a hat bill with a spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Wyoming
Mexico
Porto Rico
Uabs
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
Tuverculona
Uniletia
Etates
N Gational Agaociation
Atntes
Alva
Spain
Duke of
Netherlands
Philip III
The Joy of Pockets and an Administratrix Notice
A London Chronicle piece notes pockets bring joy when secured by a lock and recounts a pocketless costume incident. An Oregon notice informs that Maggie Wilson was named administratrix of Charles Wilson’s estate on June 1, 1911, with claim filing required.
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London Chronicle
State of
Oregon
Umatilla
Charles Wilson
Maggie Wilson
Athena
Charlea Wilson
Homer I. Watts
Athena Oregon
Magrie Wilson
Physician and Surgeon S. F. Sharp Ad
Professional physician and surgeon offers round the clock service with prompt calls answered. Office located on Third Street in Athena Oregon. Special attention to all calls, day and night, ensuring immediate response and care.
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S. F
Calla
Omoe
Athena Oregor
G. S. Newsom
M. D
Athena
Oregon
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Interowte
Colquitt
Halley
Brewers’ Association
Lint
Pirat
Hove
British Columbia
Revelstoke
Windowere
Washington
Wallowa
Union
Home Independent Telephone Company
Hermiston Herald
The
Herald
Herwiston
We of the House
Chateaubriand
Tie
la Morandais
Switzerland
Hin
Ile
Westminster Gazette
Tadia
Blu
Chicago
Mr. Groweber
Ifo
Aliss Dallington
Weary Wombat
Louisque Courier Journal
Ballinore Stieriean
North Beach
Ita
Tiee
T. J. Potter
Portland
Alan the Steamer
Hassalo
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co
WM. McMurray
Ore
Eva
W. G. Hugiles
Postoffice
Athena Ore
Peterson & Wilson
Attorneys-at-Law
Pendleton
C. W. Lassen
M. D. V. Omdal Steele Lexpector
Ulinalinury College
Phonetic
Troy Laundry
Henry Keene
ST. Nichols Hotel J
Froome
Prop
ST. Nichols
Barber St
Pental
Regiotrar
Corvaliis
Fee Co
James F. Ballard
Gran
Socp
Ann
Byron N. Hawks
Louis, MO
Our Mail Order Department
Ibad
Chamberlain
Eebsrestes
Wren
Chamberlain Medicine Co. An Pharma
Des Moines
Lows, USA
PG Jannice
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