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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1927
Page
2
The Athena Press announces subscription rates in Athena Oregon dated August 12 1927. One copy for one year costs 200 and six month option costs 100 while a three month copy is available. Publisher B Boyd lists the newspaper as independent and local.
Oregon Washington and Idaho grange groups report a summer conference finalizing a Northwest program including severance tax, debenture farm relief, graduated state income tax, and water power measures. They oppose further reclamation until agriculture gains parity, while noting Oregon’s past defeats on hydro power.
Appius Claudius Caecus, active in 312 B.C., praised as a bold innovator who reformed the censor’s tenure, admitted plebeians and free men to the senate, and pushed major public works. He introduced the Appian Way to Capua and the great Roman aqueduct, shaping Rome’s infrastructure and progress.
Painted Tracks in the Rio Grande national forest recounts how Indigenous peoples used the area for annual games and hunts long before white settlement. The narrative highlights the forest’s Colorado history with Spanish exploration, Fremont expeditions, wagon-wheel fort ruins, and a rugged landscape featuring Juniper Mountain and deep rock-walled canyons near Craig.
Multiple ads offer two lambs for mutton with contact 542 Athena. A fine piano in storage near Portland Music Co at 227th Street Portland Oregon is for sale with easy terms. George Shevar of Union Oregon advertises horses for sale by phone 65 Union Oregon. Henry Koepke advertises Irish Cobblers potatoes. Frank Watkins Pendleton Oregon lists mules and horses. Jos N Scott advertises wagon racks for hauling sacked wheat with phone 23F4.
A 1929 Western Newspaper Union piece by Charles H Grasty extols the Kitchen Cabinet as a noble workaday vocation for ambitious people with ideals. It frames community service as a path to worldly success and personal satisfaction.
The article proposes practical, hearty lunch ideas for schoolchildren including baked apples custards and varied sandwiches. It suggests organizing a rotation among five mothers to ease the task, and lists fillings such as peanut butter cottage cheese onion and nuts along with suggested methods for baked apples and Deviled Ham filling.
Dr Alex M Lafollett longtime Oregon legislator dies at home in Salem after months of illness. He served long and was the oldest member by age and tenure. He passed away Monday at his home at age 33, ending a notable political career.
Excerpt from Social Problems of the Family by Ernest KR Graves warns that both excessive and insufficient parental affection can harm a child. Overly docile training stunts aggression and later life success, while excessive love may prevent mature selfhood. Parental authority is a responsibility, not a privilege, and improper affection can lead to emotionally infantile adults reliant on their parents.
The school board of District No. 11 in Umatilla County Oregon invites sealed bids to transport pupils by motor vehicle to and from the high school in District No. 7 at Athena for the 1927 1928 school year. Bids due August 25 1927. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved. James & Bell clerk Athena Oregon notice dated August 12 1927.
Joseph B. Stover administrator files final account in Umatilla County Oregon for the estate of Catherine L. Stover deceased. The court sets August 23 1927 at 10 a m at Pendleton County Court House for objections and settlement. Attorneys George R. Lewis and Will M. Peterson represent the administrator.
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