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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1911
Page
3
A historical snippet describes removing biuled cast from polished furniture in damp weather by wiping with lukewarm water mixed with ammonia. It recommends drying the furniture thoroughly and heating the room to reduce dampness, noting the room must be dried out to stop the issue.
A newlywed husband proposes daily frank discussions to understand his wife better, beginning with the question of whether a woman can dress on 75 dollars a year. He climbs into a hay loft and pulls the ladder up, leaving the outcome unresolved.
A Pound Wisconsin woman shares a testimonial praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes fourteen years of dyspepsia and female troubles, failed doctor consultations, and says the medicine cured her, calling it a standard remedy for displacements, inflammation, ulcers, fibroid tumors, irregularities, pains, and nervous prostration. She invites others to write for free advice to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A quotation by John Randolph contrasts two educations one given by others and one self given as the most valuable, shaping fate. A patient visits a doctor for stomach panic, is told to try a pickle, and returns next day saying the pickle stayed on only while awake, as it rolled off when he slept.
An improved comb design from Maryland features hollow perforated teeth and a back reservoir. The device helps apply styling product during combing as the hair is treated.
Oregon Agricultural College assistant entomologist outlines pest control by internal and external methods. Arsenate of lead mixes with water, lime, or flour reduce foliage burn. dry sprays include arsenate of lead and Paris green, require dilution. New orchard notes discuss dwarf pears and apples, stock choices, early bearing, and home garden potential.
Corvallis based Dr E O Siecke of the O A forestry department has accepted appointment as assistant state forester. Upon finishing instructional work at the college he will headquarter in Salem to aid the state fire protection program across counties and curb annual fire losses.
A fragment from a 19th century page shows a humorous debate about transporting women and a remark on stag symbolizations. It includes a recipe for Turnip Soup with milk onion and butter and a quip about the pole discovery. The piece comments on jokes and farming notes from Louisville Courier Journal.
A quirky tale opens with Professor Pumperdinck chasing a peach thief by fingerprint on an unripe fruit. Jake confesses fearfully as the prof enlarges the print and identifies the culprit, amid a scramble of advertisements and oddball notes about products and health cures.
A horticulture note from Prof. C I Lewis of Oregon Agricultural College recommends cautious selection of fruit varieties for Eastern Oregon. Russian apples fare best in hard winters, with Red Astrachan Gravenstein Witchess Wolf River Wagoner and Macintosh Red cited as reliable choices for diverse elevations and storage.
A testimonial letter from Welch Arkansas by Huggins credits Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root with restoring health from kidney and bladder troubles after one month s use He states he could work again and recommends the remedy to others with a request for a sample bottle and information booklet from Kilmer Co Binghamton NY
The piece notes that as the numbers of Native Americans dwindle, tribes gradually amalgamate where geography allows. It cites historical figures from 1000000 estimated at first contact to 1885 government estimates of 860000 and suggests the current population may be about sixty thousand lower.
The text contrasts Ruskin's view that wealth lies in the life of people and their influence with a definition of tenement houses. It explains that a single building can hold multiple tenements, each serving as separate homes for different families.
A fragmented retelling recalls a prize winning London fog story told by a papaya merchant and a delayed telephonist. Clerks joke about foxes and late arrivals while a mother recalls a fairy tale moment with a king counting money and a queen cooking bread and honey.
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