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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1922
Page
2
The Athens Press reports from Athena Oregon August 4 1072 on Congress and tariff controversy. Republicans fear a far reaching bill benefits protected interests while hurting farmers and workers. criticisms target the moneyed classes and union coal miners with warnings of disrepute for striking countriers.
A 1910s style column lights on government spending, war costs, and political notes. It contrasts promises with results while noting a Chicago woman bequeathing 16000 to three destitute men, and cites figures about spending, trains, and public policy. It references Ford and postwar impressions, plus a jab at German marks and Chicago life.
The fragment discusses Marquis Okuma of Japan and a quip about the most dreadful man. It recalls Waneda rent statesmen, a failed youth, and Okuma ceasing writing. A scene shows Kei Nidwmura prompting a Chinese character lesson using a poker and fire. The piece mentions street music, London fashion, and local theater charges amid scattered names and notes from the Times Weekly.
A Creamuslike wedding in Stambul drew $50,000 in costs amid Turkish poverty. The groom, an Atbantin Park native, earned wealth after armistice by netting offal. He housed 41 families for guests, with grand procession of motorcars, ringers, and a school hall decked for feasting with Turkish dollendos.
A garbled report describes a confirmation in a church setting with unnamed youths and mixed reactions. Attendees discuss timings and officiant uncertainty while a spectator notes the scene at a theater and mentions confusion and surprise.
A wide slice of Athena news notes G M Morrison in town Tuesday saying his burned separator will be replaced by a new one on the road from Portland. Chris Simpson begins injunction suit against Audet Wilkins an Indian agent and Little Jim to regain possession of claimed lean land on the reservation where wheat worth 1000 dollars grows. Nine men work on Athena Mercantile Company's new brick building on Main Street as lime, mind and brick are hauled for completion. Mrs George McDonald improving at her mother's home east of town. her husband recently returned from Tacoma and they may stay in the county. Various farmers report high yields, including McDaniel 37 bushels to the acre from 18 acres burned by fire, and Kirk reports 63 bushels per acre with a 16-horse traction engine threshing on a reservation field. A Holt combine driven by 32 mules with gasoline power is praised. Fatalities and illnesses rise from pneumonia among troops in Manila reports, with Atuba Mayes dying in the city. A new threshing outfit is operating in Umatilla county. A girl born August 4, 1808 to Mr and Mrs Ira Kemp. Lee Him at San Francisco stays hopeful about Manila. Farris, a harvest hand, dies of heart disease while working near Adams.
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