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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
4
The Athena Press argues for enterprising trade via printer's ink as it notes a Boston pension bank plan for spinster marriages and a Maine wood waste discovery. It comments on engineering feats like the Gunnison tunnel and Galveston breakwater, Denver prize fight talk, and Luther Burbank versus critics in Pasadena.
The piece notes tensions between commercial coinage and art, describing thick Lincolns rejected by vending machines, praised pennies as art triumphs, and mentions St Gandens gold pieces. It contrasts shipping corn from the Orient to the United States with Seattle reports showing the task done, and remarks on enduring rheumatic pains versus bee stings in a California case.
The piece argues that baseball should remain free of betting, praising its purity while noting growing support for gambling restrictions. It also comments on lumber industry tensions with railroads over weighing shipments and transit costs, urging constructive action over destruction.
A local note lists Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the swift solution for burns cuts and inflamed injuries. County records record marriage licenses issued this week to Walter P. Reiman and Olive Jones and to Andrew Boltezore and Mary Smith. M E Church announces Sabbath School at 10 and preaching at 11 and 7:30 with Epworth League at 7:15 and various meetings led by Pastor W Geissler and local officers.
Washington malaria and health claim about Electric Bitters as a cure all for malaria and debility, with testimonial from M. of Lowellen. Also an ad for Stool Adjustable Homeless Horse collars, no pads or straps, price six dollars, dealer literature from Noleon Wilber Company, Albany Oregon.
A torn promotional slip praises Dr King’s New Discovery for curing A V Pepper’s deadly lung hemorrhages after three weeks of use. The ad claims it helps lung issues, coughs, colds, hay fever, and asthma, with prices 50 cents and 1 dollar and a free trial offer.
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