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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1895
Page
2
The Athena Press in Athena Oregon lists advertising rates and local reading notices. All communications should be addressed to the press in Athena with attention to the PRESH.
A long column in Athena discusses alfalfa as a staple crop, praising its income potential and water value while linking farm prosperity to practical farming. The piece then shifts to politics with thoughts on direct senatorial elections, Oregon creamery plans, and commentary on Democratic and Republican positions, ending with remarks by Ex-Senator Ingalls and Benjamin Harrison.
In her feature Datroddan Peaks Miss Edwards travels to St Ulrich to detail the toy trade. She notes Magdalena Pildauf who carves cats dogs wolves and elephants with mechanical precision across two sizes. Families share in cradling crucifix bases and painting horses as a living craft, with workers paid about two shillings threepence per dozen horses.
Itch Leet and Try the Clerks discuss how women visit large stores, often in groups, leaving shop staff to manage multiple shoppers. They argue that solitary shoppers like Miss Jones have simpler tasks, while groups complicate makeup and shopping duties.
A shopper exhorts patience while the shopman hides a sigh and pockets a storage item. The scene hints at a delayed purchase as the bustle fades and the cry of time drifts away.
In a discussion attributed to Chauncey M. Depew the horse era is debated with electric carriages possibly supplanting horses though some prefer the horse for romance and motion. A Wissahickon farmer’s horse finds relief by licking mud daily, an anecdote cited by the Philadelphia Inquirer as a curious “horse sense” treatment.
A Chinese burglar crafts a scene by igniting his own ingredient and blowing smoke through a bedroom keyhole to stupefy the master yet let him hear. The antidote is pure water. the text notes that wealthy Chinese keep a basin of water by their heads to counter the charm.
An old Philadelphia backstage anecdote reveals how stage meals in Salvini's production mix real and fake dishes, with tension over taste and authentic wine. A separate note recounts the earliest portable watch by Peter Henlein, an iron timepiece from Nuremberg, highlighting its 16th century invention and enduring operation.
A fragment describes a timepiece with minute marks and markers above the hour figures. It mentions a small thorn above the number 12 for finding midnight and a small bob above other figures to aid nighttime time reading.
The Libyan corporal favored the Arab type horses captured with Napoleons campaigns. One ship delivering horses faced English opposition and Junot was captured. Napoleon mourned the loss of his secretary more than Junot. Safely landed horses influenced American and French stock, supplanting Clydesdales and Shires with nimble Normans and Percherons, their Arab blood evident in size, head, and eye.
A column segment mixes a prank about a Chinese servant remarking on “too much girlie” in a twin birth with a bees story from a New York Sun item. It recounts a German buyer’s skepticism of an eight day clock and a light, anecdotal blend of tales reflecting social attitudes.
In a partially overheard exchange two men discuss feeds for animals and humans. The Englishman claims in England horses are fed with outs while the others eat them, while the Scotsman rapidly consumes what is available.
A St Louis Republic recounts a romantic tale set on Pribilof islands where a trader marries a native Aleutian belle. After fever and loss, the surviving sister Kohatka tutors a U.S. professor, who abandons his wife for the island romance, then marries Kohatka while the sister remains.
A Montana ranchman records a dramatic night as a bear, coyote, and mountain lion fight in a trap set for ducks. The trio battles near the sheep shed with the lion waiting to finish the winner after the others fall. The bear and coyote are weakened by the trap and the cougar strikes.
A jagged, archaic fragment describes a lion collapsing and strangling, a bear wounded yet alive, and a coyote left under threat. The scene ends with the bear delivering another strike, leaving the plains in a grim aftermath.
In Recent Rambles Dr Charles Abbott disputes the idea that birds foretell storms. He argues weather wisdom has no basis, noting birds sing and play before changes, while rain and wind after showers prove danger requires human caution.
The St. Louis Republic reports a fossil named Thenacodus primivus found in Wind River country Wyoming. At about five hundred thousand years old its bones are complete and no flesh remains. Cope notes a resemblance to the French paleotherium and suggests it as an ancient ancestor of hoofed creatures.
A bishop is said to visit a state prison where inmates are served by preachers who are kept for Sabbath ministry. A Sunday school teacher asks pupils to bring verses on love, and Robbie cites Song of Solomon 2 5 Stay me with apples. the class discusses love. Clipping of gold coins once flourished in England and elsewhere. Now restrictions hinder the practice, though criminals still seek to refine gold through clever schemes.
An historical notice proclaims a $100 reward linked to a medical remedy for catarrh. The ad targets readers with medical claims and promises cures with a device or remedy, listing prices and distribution details. It references NEY Co and locations in a dated retail style.
Public notices announce legal actions in Oregon including summons for a court case, final account in a estate, and an upcoming examination. Readers are urged to appear or respond by deadlines. names include James H Gallabre, Wilson, and various defendants. The notices reference Pendleton and other counties with dates in August and October.
Public notice references a mayoral or council meeting and a sale action with terms about quantities, location Lot 7 in Risor, and a date in August 1883. It includes ad copy for Karl's Clover Root blood purifier and Dr Price Cream Baking Powder with prize mentions. The text combines official notice and advertisements without coherent details.
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