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Newspaper

Athena Press

Location

Athena, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1914

Page

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Congress Modifies Bank Law To Back War Money

Congress alters the country’s bank note rules to back more than a billion dollars in new currency. The Senate and House approved a plan allowing banks to issue expanded notes up to a set fraction of capital, with Federal Reserve involvement and safeguards for reserves. Union League baseball club suspended after protracted patronage dispute. Bot e Bases back salaries lead to disbanding.

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Bon Franklin and His Broom Corn Discovery Tale

Bon Franklin observed a witch broom stuck in mud near Dock Creek and, with curiosity, studied it as a novelty. He planted the seeds from the broom and produced the first crop of broom corn in the country. The tale recalls two incidents illustrating keen insight and thoroughness in study and use of the broom plant.

Bon Franklin

The Horton Transcript and Lord Kitchener's Double

A translated tale describes Lord Kitchener using his influence to profit a local driver and a Sudanese man. The old man recalls how favors from the consul general earned him money, illustrating how association with a powerful figure could yield quick cash and status.

Horton Transcript Lord Kitchener Heypt Kitchener Tard Kitehener Lart Lord Kitehener

Reckless Railroading Kicks Up Speed in 1846

A commentator, Professor Edwart Le Moine of Salon, shares an 1840 letter from Louis Aginais to his mother. The writer describes leaving Boston in October traveling by road toward New Haven with rapid railway speeds. He notes the transformative yet unsettling power of locomotion, baggage mishaps, and how people adapt to the era’s new transit pace amid evolving rail influence.

Edwart le Moine Salon Louis Aginais Ronton Toston New Haven Speingfield Etonia Ralironda Boston

Fragmentary Verse Passages Echoing Prophecy Theme

The snippet preserves a cryptic line implying certainty about forecasts this year and mentions an era of readiness. It hints at a dramatic stage or performance and references a set of unclear names and numbers, suggesting a fragmented historical text fragment.

Entente Cordiale Explored Through Humorous Example

A humorous old explanation of entente cordiale is recounted, comparing a foxhound and a garden scene to illustrate diplomacy. The anecdote shows how a cordial understanding, while not easily defined, guides conduct between parties. The piece notes the phrase often misunderstood by readers today.

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Two Big Battles Now Being Fought Worldwide War News

Early reports describe large clashes across Europe with Britain and Germany direct engagements in Belgium and northern France. German advances and Belgian resistance are cited, alongside Austro Hungarian movements and naval losses including the sinking of ships near China, while communications warn war news may remain one sided for some time.

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Two Drown At Umatilla In Riverside Fatality

In Umatilla on the Columbia River near Unsatilia two young men, Cleveland McNarlin and Hoy McNarlin, cousins aged 29 and 18, drowned while swimming. Crowded waters and rough conditions were cited as factors. One body was recovered. the other remained missing as authorities searched the river.

Umatilla Umatills Unsatilia Columbia Nell Cleveland McNarlin McNarlin St. Paul

City Council Halts Lawn Sprinkling Amid Water Shortage

The city council ordered an end to lawn sprinkling due to severe water supply constraints. A two-hour pumping window will be used to fill a storage tank before week’s end, with county coordination to keep essential services running. President’s Wife Dead at White House after illness. Woodrow Wilson’s spouse passes in Washington. daughters and relatives at her bedside.

Ander Foinle Woodrow Wilson United States Elmont Bright

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