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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1914
Page
3
Walla Walla area notices and chatter include visits by Frank Lockwood and Senator Barrett to Pendleton, many residents traveling for family events, shifts in shop activity, and idle talk of vacations. Reports cover hospital plans, weathered health troubles, a major fire near Pendleton, a jail transfer, and ongoing real estate and business observations.
John J. McGraw discusses baseball superstitions in a column for the New York Tribune. He recalls Bowerman in 1904 claiming white horses near Polo Grounds boosted batting, then spreading through the team. McGraw notes hiring a man to dive past the grounds to feed the superstition and keep players confident.
An 鈥�excerpted page describes Dalton the English chemist making crude observations in a simple ale glass setup to prove heat conduction in water. It also recounts a missionary report of Wah Noo a Chinese child reflecting on daily wrongs and a moral resolve.
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Directors of School District No 99 in Umatilla County Oregon before Saturday August 10 1914 at noon for forty words of number 1 Hi wood to be delivered to the Athens depot not later than September 15 1914. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. Dated Athens Ore July 1 1914 M L Water Obus Betta Chairman clerk.
The 1914 fall school program announces opening September 18 and lists degree courses in agronomy animal husbandry poultry husbandry aviation dairy science agriculture home economics industrial arts and forestry plus engineering mechanical drawing music and band.
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