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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
2
The Athena Press publishes Fridays. Office at Corner Third and Jefferson Streets Athol? Oregon 1911 notice line indicates publication details and postal entry. F B Boyd listed as publisher.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt describes Hawaiian Kanakas capable of killing man eating sharks in a fair fight. Native divers spy sharks, dive with a knife between teeth, and repeatedly outswim and pierce the creature, claiming a shark fears them though not true.
Insects breathe through a network of tubes spreading throughout their bodies. A spiral thread guards against collapse. Aquatic larvae use thin plates and gill-like vessels to absorb oxygen from water, while some gnats breathe via a tail tube. Harper's Weekly. Prayer Hall in Russia shows rural evangelical worship spaces in unadorned izbas.
A Berlin scientist and an Italian observer discuss the singing of telegraph wires during calm and storm. The Berlin study links wire vibration to impending bad weather with alerts two days ahead for deep wounds and hours for shrill sounds, while Harper's Weekly notes the concept as "selamle agitation" transmitted by low barometric mood.
A Leslie’s Weekly writer notes the South’s pivotal role in U S history. Virginia led early power from 1780 to 1825, followed by South Carolina as a national events center. Texas triggered the Mexican War, yielding vast western territories. Louisiana’s annexation doubled U S land, Florida’s early white settlements, and Tennessee’s Wautauga colony mark self government’s western reach.
A selection shows a New York Sun quote about right handed parrots with owners' handedness and training, then a Chicago domestic Maggie misusing creosote, plus a Circassian beauty quip and elopement banter. Also includes a final account notice from Oregon and a summons in Athena, Umatilla County.
B B Richards as administrator with will annexed files final account in the Oregon estate matter. The Umatilla County Court will hear the account December 18, 1911 at 10 a.m. Pendleton courthouse designated for settlement. Peterson and Wilgon attorneys represent the administrator.
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