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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
8
Excerpts mix rural slang and urban scenes from early 20th century life. A fireman vents on firing methods while Nathan Straus promotes sterile milk bottles in New York. Gossip and oddball notes touch politics, diplomacy, and a looming Singer Building feature.
A gardener explains how flowers foster teacherlike influence on children across two nearby schools. Kids press for blooms for nature study and drawing, while the gardener shares a broader aim of spreading friendly greetings to teachers and fostering gardens as makers of friends beyond the fence.
In Gravesend Bay a fisherman who had caught thirty three weakfish on a small boat’s line was suddenly pulled down as a five foot shark seized a lower fish and towed away the bunch. As the shark circled, remaining fish surfaced in its wake and slipped from the cord, reducing the haul.
A fragmentary discussion traces toy origins from prehistoric times to ancient Egypt Greece and Rome. It notes primitive dolls movable joints terra cotta figures and toy ships found in tombs and museums and reflects on how people respond to trouble with phrases like it’s too bad.
Goodley says Meanley led a bad life and is going from bad to worse. Knoox confirms Meanley is dying, citing the Philadelphia Press as the source.
Fragmentary notes mix playful boasts about a love confession overheard by Philadelphia Press with vintage remedies for teething pain from Mrs Winslow and Allen’s Foot Ease. The muddled text hints at social chatter, household tips, and wartime era humor from Philadelphia columns.
The young Alexander asks the horse’s opinion, receiving a playful comparison to a Chicago mounted police officer. He spurs Bucephalus toward a five barred gate, nodding at a photographer nearby.
An advertisement extolls Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive internal remedy. It claims to attack the disease through the blood and mucous surfaces, offering $100 to prove failure and urging readers to send testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and includes a brief exchange about a silver-polish poll chant.
Appeal to the well informed in every walk of life as essential to permanent success. Syrup of Figs and Bl t xtr of Senna is not claimed as the only remedy but one reason it is best for a personal and family laxative. It cleanses, sweetens andRelieves internal organs without debilitating after effects and without increasing dosage. It acts pleasantly and naturally and is approved by physicians. Buy the genuine manufactured by California Fig Syrup Co and sold by leading druggists.
A collage of mini jokes and vignettes from historical newspapers. It includes chats about marriage, reading papers, a wreck memory, train escapes, a love story, children arguing with parents, a quip about church sleep, a medical exam joke, and domestic antics.
In a brittle comic vignette Archie fumbles with manners while Miss Pinkie replies wryly as they joke about luxuries and propriety. A new contributor debuts, claiming to write with freedom. The editor comments on the manuscript's bold independence from rules.
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