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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1922
Page
4
Flu illness hits Mrs John Walker and daughter Jennie May as snow keeps residents indoors. Local updates note visits, social events, and health concerns, with births, injuries, and travel plans. community activities include watercolors and syllable singing.
The Gillette News argues that past men wore styles now seen as flapper like including greasy hair corsets and padded shoulders. It notes long hair stiff shirts wide belts and puffed neckties and suggests fashion shifts over time.
A piano is used in a locomotive shop to test metal integrity. A trained ear detects dissonance between hammer strikes and piano notes, revealing defects. When the metal harmonizes with the piano, the locomotive is deemed fit for railway service.
The piece cites Nikola Tesla predicting a future where wireless and a human eye like instrument enable two way conversation and real time video from distant people. It notes Tesla’s claim to perfect the apparatus and calls his concept television. It also mentions leech farming revival and mustard plasters in medical use with export trade and demand in Turkey Paris and England.
The article notes Mars drew nearer on June 18 but appeared disappointing to a novice viewer. It warns casual observers never see more than published drawings, and trained observers miss most of the planet most of the time, while novices expect to see canals and are often disappointed.
Two hundred thousand small fresh water fish from German lakes have been transported to France with no casualties. The fish were moved in a special train with water cisterns and oxygen renewed every four hours, destined for the lakes of Picardy as a reparations item.
SI Simla notes boarders stay busy with games and phonograph music day and night. Farmer Countessel replies that they eventually return tired to enjoy their home city.
Muddy main street and cheap clean coal at six dollars a ton highlight Athena items. Residents discuss travels to Milton and Baker City. mining yields gold nuggets seen by locals. Local carpenters plan barns. band rehearsals and a leap year ball with two dozen couples are noted. School enrollment totals 228 across grades. social groups meet.
A Los Angeles Express report notes a California judge ruling on ante nuptial debts. The piece warns suitors they are responsible for all expenses tied to the bride including wardrobe and wedding costs if a marriage ends in debt. The satire highlights the financial stakes of engagement and dowry style obligations.
The piece argues that forgetting the past strengthens body and mind. It urges conserving energy for the present and future, discarding yesterday's pinpricks and worries that waste vitality and cloud life. It presents forgetting as a route to happiness, youth, and moral fortitude.
For sale a good sleigh with back gear and bobs. inquire at press office. For rent a furnished house. contact Mrs. DePeart in Athena.
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