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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1905
Page
3
Letters of congratulations pour in from coast to coast praising Poruna as the age’s catarrh remedy. Dr Hartman receives hundreds daily while users from laborers to editors attest its health benefits and urge readers to ask their druggist for a free sample.
A fragment from a Salem Oregon piece notes the ex governor of Oregon as a Peruna enthusiast. The letter to Dr Hartman from W M Lord describes using Peruna for a cold and mentions the 1906 Peruna Almanac. The report highlights political and patent medicine themes in a concise home-front style.
Washington reports the Fifty-ninth Congress began its first session with a large spectator crowd and a brisk pace. The Senate adjourned after 20 minutes in honor of Senator Platt. The House sat over three hours with Cannon re-elected speaker, as numerous bills and resolutions were introduced.
A humorous exchange features a skeptical gatekeeper asking about Rockefeller era money and an accountant's role. A bookstore clerk quips about a cookbook disguised as a breezy novel to entice a husband to buy a fall hat, reflecting domestic humor and social quirks.
A chilly autumn night scene shows a tramp with nine cents seeking one more penny for a bed. A stranger declines and suggests asking the gentleman in the shared bed to provide the extra coin.
A British officer in an expense report learns that refreshing during public duty is not chargeable, despite misnaming items and using terms like porterage. The officer then cites cabbage costs and faces guidance on proper wording in wartime accounts. A separate anecdote quotes a philosopher on honesty satisfaction and a quack’s failed remedy with a coroner’s remark.
Washington reports a large batch of bills and joint resolutions in the house covering Philippine tariff statehood pensions executive hours regulation merchant marine salaries reports to the commissioner of corporations ICC expansion Panama Canal spending child labor and direct election reforms. Proposals include Oklahoma statehood, election of senators by popular vote, and a financial plan for Panama Canal bond rules.
No Oregon bills were introduced in Congress yesterday due to lack of representation and prompt adjournment in the house. Washington saw several bills in the house including increases for Spokane public building and four other city projects in Everett Bellingham Tacoma Olympia and Aberdeen.
Secretary Bonaparte submits the navy annual report to President Roosevelt detailing plans to add new vessels with an estimated cost of 23 300 000 and commits one million dollars from the reclamation fund to the Umatilla irrigation project authority.
A New York Times report recounts a domestic mishap where a politician’s wife, famed for neat bread, sends a cat into her rising dough after a mouse interruption. The piece also notes Christian Science growth with 400 churches and 100,000 adherents, and cites London beggary data showing 1,925 arrests and many holding deposits.
A jumble of old ads and quack remedies mentions a Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo with mercury warning, plus miscellaneous anecdotes and jokes about ghosts hay crops and cable tolls. The fragmentary text reads like a captive collection of 19th century timetables and blurbs from a newspaper page.
The Cleveland Leader reports on global submarine cables totaling 178 919 miles with 26 060 miles government owned and daily orders flowing from worldwide lands for Pillbgury Viton. It also features light dialogue between Dick and Jack about letters and a humorous insurance exchange between Mr Jawback and Mrs Jawback touching on an insurer’s role and remarriage after death.
A fragmented notice from Portland Oregon hints at a December marriage plan between local residents. It mentions names and a date near November, with reference to the Northwest area and a forthcoming wedding event.
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