Athena Citizen Recovers From Second Paralytic Stroke
J. B. Hiteman, a respected Athena resident, suffered a slight paralytic stroke Sunday afternoon while downtown on Main street near Barrett Hardware. He rallied with left-side weakness and facial numbness, received care from Art Shick and Dr. Plamondon, and was brought home. doctors say the current stroke is not more severe than the last two years ago, with partial recovery progress evident as he can speak and move parts of his left side.
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Basketball Injurious to School Girls and Colfax Players
Paul Pattison of Colfax, Whitman county attorney, cites that nearly all members of the Colfax Wolvax team have undergone operations and that Cheney girls also had multiple surgeries. Dr A E Shulet says basketball is injurious to women and should not be played. Mia Pattison, ex Miss Maud Smith, was on the Colfax championship Inland Empire team and has had two operations in six months.
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Whitman County
Waab
Spokane
Wolfax
Cheney
A. E. Shulet
Trackleas
Portland
Yeinsiles
Limita
Elgin
McDougal
Sarah
Burning Loga
Theory Blaze
Adams Athena
Weaton
Wostoo Ladies’ Band
Mrr
Frank Richmond
Walla Walla
A. Lenallen
Ad Fuma
Parker Takes Over the Athena Hotel
A. J. Parker has leased the Athena Hotel from Harden & Millen and will run the property with family support. Parker, a long-time city resident, plans to build a lucrative hotel business with his wife and daughters assisting in management. His son Berbert helps, with Miss Bowe Parker supervising the dining room, and Parker has turned his barber shop duties over to the staff. A separate note reports a 1035 sacks threshing record near Walla Walla with a 20-foot header drawn by 34 horses and mules, averaging about 600 sacks per typical day.
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Harden & Millen
Dew
Pakerr Ban
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B. Ferrel
Walla Walla
Union
Jenkins Club
Wilsons Path From Camp M Dougal To Public Life
A long prose feature recounts Woodrow Wilson and his pursuit of political life, citing an interview in World’s Work. It traces his youth, education at Johns Hopkins, and shift from law to politics, stressing practical governance, primaries, taxation, and reform goals in a period context.
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Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
William Bayard Hale
Publicife
Johns Hopkiny
Bagebot
Princeton
Modern punctuation history and toothbrush caution
The article traces punctuation development from Aristophanes to Aldus Manutius and Charlemagne, noting collectors like Warnefried and Alcuin. It then warns dental care readers about overuse of the toothbrush with advice on brushing technique and brush softness.
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Aristophanes
Charlemagne
Warnefried
Alcuin
Many Knives and Patterns Drive Cutlery Trade
A Cassier’s Magazine note highlights vast knife pattern diversity in Suffolk and Boingen Germany with thousands of patterns in catalogues. The Buffalo works claim ten new patterns weekly for two years, illustrating why standardization falters and American competition lags. Weather note scatters into a humorous exchange about a pager’s forecast.
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Sheffield
Boingen
Germany
Buffalk
America
Cassier's
Amusing Canadian farmer pranks motorcar tourists on wrong road
Suburban Life recounts a humorous practical joke where a Canadian farmer drew a diagram to mislead a party of motorcar tourists. After a rough, stumped road, the travelers reached a farmhouse where the farmer and family welcomed them, then corrected the route two miles back to the turnoff, while snippets of other column items appear in the same piece.
Town Toples Cruel flirtation widow says ask him call
Clara asks about a coy suitor while Sarah advises restraint. He insists she is the nicest girl in town, prompting a lighthearted exchange and guidance on pursuing romance. The column echoes playful small town courtship.
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