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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
2
A farmer explains building a neat veggie storage bin from six dry goods boxes bolted together with a floor spacer and labeled for each crop. Additional notes cover ventilating a stable, encouraging hens to dig for food to improve egg production, and timing apples for cold storage.
A survey of farming practices covers keeping hens and molting, alfalfa as key dairy feed, profitable cow testing at Virginia Station, and a copper treatment for pig worms. It also notes grafting fruit on willow at Gloucester Lodge and a gooseberry currant elderberry trio growing high in a willow.
Poem describes a father who dazzles guests with wide ranging facts from freight cars to Mars, oil, politics, fishing, and wine. The speaker notes his verbose outbursts when company is present and his restraint at home, while the mother smiles at his uncensored show of knowledge.
A column surveys longtime financiers J P Morgan and James J Hill dodging retirement, arguing steadiness pays in business and public life. It notes Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller once chose to quit while still strong and references cultural lines on naturalists and social banter from period publications.
A simple garden remedy mixes lime and tobacco water. A bucket of lime is poured into a barrel with tobacco stews, stirred, then after settling the clear water is sprayed on bushes to kill insects that feed on plants.
A reader suggests organizing a series of lectures at Loutaville’s reasonable hotel to instruct the poor on proper living and improvement. The discussion notes that mistakes are common and invites community action.
A dense, patchy timeline lists milestones from 1718 Mississippi charter to 1908 events. It cites colonial charters, battles, territorial changes, fires, rail progress, inaugurations, assassinations, disasters, and notable deaths, with scattered names like Benedict Arnold, William McKinley, and Fort Shall never die.
A poem fragment reflects on calm for the weeping and rest for weary pilgrims. It speaks of a shipwrecked wanderer seeking shelter, a dreamless sleep, and the soul finding heaven's eternal light beyond earthly pain. The verses contrast storm and calm, tying mortality to divine imagery.
From The World's Work, the piece argues fireproof concrete and steel define a new business district. old landmarks fade as public morals tighten, gambling and saloons decline, and tradition gives way to reform as California modernizes. The essay notes frontier days ended and city life mirrors Boston.
A fragmented legal summary discusses railroad liability for death, duty of care, and appellate references. It weaves in border questions between Oregon and Washington and ends with a humorous street dialogue about judges and chauffeurs.
Walter and Hood of New York climbed Mont Blanc from Chamonix in nine hours breaking the prior nine and a half hour record set by Morehead in 1568. Dering fought four members of the Black Hand at the Gentry mines near Parviteville Kentucky. Mike Galite shot and killed Antonio Alfonsette. Four men led by Mike Dominick demanded money from Geils and tried to compel him to join in an attempted robbery.
The piece argues a liberal education rests on current history and science texts, not mere literary polish. It advocates reading modern textbooks in chemistry physics geology biology astronomy sociology political economy and world history to gauge journals, with literature playing a supporting role but not defining the core framework.
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