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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1929
Page
3
One copy one year rate one copy six months rate one copy three months rate two dollars for six months and twelve hundred dollars for five copies Athena Oregon December six nineteen twenty nine appears in this notice for subscription pricing and quantities.
The department announces 13 new lamb cuts and a mock duck method, sending film reels to retailers and meat cutters to demonstrate every knife movement. It promises more meat options beyond chops and leg of lamb while lampooning delays in farm relief and rising wheat costs.
The Manufacturer notes U S domestic electric rates down 11 since 1926 while service quality improved. Mass production boosts efficiency and demand, aiming for uniform low cost power from rural to urban areas. A separate jail reform proposal seeks an $800000 modern county jail funded over three years without tax hikes. A December 27 vote will decide. The Post Office urges early Christmas mail and catalogs suspension from December 16 to 26. Clemenceau died, with final words about dignity and elephants. Industrial safety progress is noted but three of 24,000 deaths could have been prevented if safety programs had been adopted.
The Church of Christ holds Bible study at 10 00 a m and evening services at 6 30 p m with morning and evening regular hours. The congregation has set inspiring goals for the coming months and an annual meeting is planned for January to review reports elect officers and address other matters.
In France the Free nesles-Rungis prison houses 1,250 white masked inmates living in total silence. Each wears a neck number and a white hood outside his cell, works eight hours daily though skilled workers cut it to six, and earns money split with the state. Some inmates seek confinement for sentence reductions despite harsh solitude.
Grove Patterson argues in the Mobile Register that most nervous disorders stem from inner conflict between what one does and what one knows they should do. By admitting mistakes, avoiding excuses, and pursuing an intelligent course, mental energy and courage are conserved.
Hutchinson describes shipboard cookery with a metal slab deck arrangement, a cauldron on a tripod, and coal or wood fires to boil salt pork for sailors at any hour. He notes drawing tea from water boiled with tea leaves in a corked bottle to conserve water and fight scurvy alongside salt pork.
A country girl likened the sea to a cauliflower, which Chesterton initially found weak. After reflection he judged the image apt, noting it conveys both wave breaking and curling foam as described in Living Age.
A discussion by E. E. Coad and Supt on education as art and science. It argues educators lack technical terms and consistent definitions, while changing life demands adaptive but hazy methods. Questions about schooling duration aims and cultural subjects are posed without a solid scientific basis.
In Athena and nearby cities Charles Gerking and Velma Backus wed in Tacoma on December 1 and plan to reside on a farm west of Athena in spring. The item notes numerous local visitors, moves, and social events including box band rehearsals and Knights Templar proceedings in Walla Walla.
Weston reports improving conditions and notes Rev. Herbert E. Ryder has accepted the pastorate of the Baptist church. He will conduct services on Sunday December 6 at morning and evening hours and hopes for a large congregation. Lula Tharp sustained a knee injury at Weston Normal. she attended classes again after home treatment.
Frank L. Silvers sues Edith T. Silvers in Circuit Court for dissolution of marriage. Defendant must answer within four weeks of first publication in Athena Press beginning November 22, 1929. Judge James Alger Fee signed the order November 19, 1929. I. M. Schannep, attorney. Pendleton Oregon. N22029
Public Liability and Property Damage insurance offered at low cost. Landlords Owners and Tenants Liability coverage available for 7.50 to protect homes and families. Claims about ambulance chasers and damage suits noted. insurer promises ongoing service and policy writing throughout the year by B. B. Richards.
An advertisement touts a 48 hour Cystex test for bladder irritation and related symptoms. It promises quick results or money back and claims a 60 cent price at McAddens.
Classified notice from Athena listings including lost fur, rental cottage, sale of Guernsey bull calf, help wanted for house work, farm equipment for sale, and 150 acres pasture land for sale with terms. Names include Mrs Lila Kir Louie Ringel Bryce Baker Sim Culley and phone references 631 32F21 82F13 761 14F2.
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