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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
7
A noted professor, famed for his deep focus, ignores noon during a lecture. Students place a clock on his desk set to ring at 12. The alarm startles the room and the professor jokes that the gift helps his wife. He resumes the demonstration as the crowd debates whether he understood the joke.
A compact note recounts origin tales for sayings and folklore. It mentions Bo the Norse captain and a Johnson pun, then tells of two New Hampshire collie brothers Dandy and Laddie and their feud over a kitten. Also includes a Malay timekeeping tale with a water clock using a coconut bell.
Eyewitness recounts the April 14 1865 assassination turmoil in the telegraph room as rumors spread of Lincolns shooting at Ford Theatre and Sewards attack. Maj Eckert and Stanton bulletins reach press all night while Morse telegraph scripts reveal the nation in suspense before confirmation at 7 30 a m that Lincoln is dead.
Miss Mutilite de Lerma, famed Spanish opera soprano, travels incognito with her mother from Madrid via New York to Mexico for a forthcoming season at the Arben. She faces a luggage dispute at Laredo over duties on jewels and furs, yet wins officials with her singing voice.
A discussion on true popularity for women emphasizes individuality, self reliance, and kindness, noting that attractiveness comes from being loved by both sexes and being cheerful. The piece contrasts independent, pleasant behavior with dated notions, then shifts to fashion curiosities including a white frock, Irish lace, and fashionable nightcaps with pale blue ribbons.
A domestic note describes stretching fabric items like turnovers and stockings on a window pane or mirror to smooth wrinkles. By drying without starch and washing the kalt vest and stockings the evening before, garments become smooth. The method claims stockings rock dry as if ironed.
Dr Albert Murphy of Rochester condemns soup as harmful to digestion and unsuitable for children, while blaming Italians’ health on their love of pasta. A baby’s crying is traced to a lice worry and a dress starch issue. Fashion items describe feather hat pins, mud stain remedies, and Regency and Empire styles with note on lace and head poses for Empress Eugenia era.
The article describes belts with Oriental and Japanese Chinese embroidery, detailing sketches of various designs with ornate buckles on silk and leather. It then shifts to practical cleaning tips for fingernails, walls, and fabric care including a paste of buttermilk for removing stains and an alternative milk method.
A discordant exchange shows a young man seeking business success while a sage counters with hard truths about pursuit and perseverance. The dialogue touches on ambition, resilience, and the dangers of complacency in pursuing goals.
A domestic tip notes that small dress accessories can be washed in one’s room. A bar of blue laundry soap costs six cents and serves as blueing and cleansing. One bar yields many washings. dampen items, soap, and rinse before final dousing.
The article highlights Copenhagen blue as a key deift blue and notes navy royal blue as favored by fashion leaders. Bilue is anticipated to be popular this fall and winter, with silver and dark mouse gray also fashionable. It mentions a shawl wrap with a sharply pointed back and a tease.
A fragmented devotional piece framing moral warnings and maxims. It exhorts steadiness with God, notes misdeeds invite future wrongs, and contrasts worldly temptations with divine mercy. Despite garbled lines, it centers on faith, virtue, and accountability.
An aged witness recalls a fierce house fire and a tense scene with Widow Pokett, detailing flames, smoke, and a heated exchange over furniture. The memory blends with religious and literary allusions, hinting at broader social concerns and a looming automobile culture.
A Baltimore American fragment describes animal vocalizations tied to musical octaves with cows, horses, and donkeys. It notes a humorous disbelief that donkeys show proficiency in vole production and hints at a medical patient instruction about keeping patient inflamed and ice placement.
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