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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1919
Page
4
An elderly evangelist leads a crowded gathering where donations and offerings trigger controversy. The text notes ushers circulating plates as slogans such as Glory Hallelujah appear, while a sermon intertwines everyday life with religious exhortations.
A fragmentary historic note describes a Nordic frontier area near Melguland with a submerged past in Nordate. It recalls a 6,000 drowning in a night event, wealth rising from sea life, and locals sustaining through fishing of fowl, oysters, seals, and perched water sources.
A fragmented reminiscence details a tour party in an ancient city where a guide or local declines to identify a wall inscription. The narrative blends stray impressions, ill‑formed dialogue, and mentions of American slogans, a reward, and medical health themes amid scattered observations of a street scene and an unidentified witness.
Oregon notes report labor shortages at Roseburg fruit cannery and wage demands in Portland, a new American Legion post at Foss, John K. Nevius named farm crops instructor at OAC, and Senator McNary proposing donation of captured German cane to Pendleton. Also noted are a 190-pound bear killed near Dallas, bridge bids for Canyon Creek, strong potato crop forecasts, school openings postponed to Sept 19, resignations in Roaburg post, anxieties among Pendleton sheep shippers, Dalles teachers hired, and plans for a new hotel in North Bend amid other state happenings.
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