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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
2
The Chicago Daily News piece portrays Evelina the cook and Ray the grocer in a tense push and pull over affection and rent. Their snappy exchanges hint at deeper feelings behind their comic quarrel and stubborn banter.
A New York Telegram report notes a fanciful scene as porpoises appeared off Staten Island drawing pledges for temperance efforts. Locals mistook the swarming porpoises for sea serpents causing social chatter and a push toward a Boston nature event.
A nostalgic tour through old bicycle fashions and devices. The piece recalls the high wheeler or ordinary, its riders in bowler hats and red stockings, and the shift to the safety bicycle. It notes the craze, tournaments, trick riders, and the eventual junking of the ordinary.
The Colorado Supreme Court rules that an owner of a team is not per se negligent for leaving horses unattended on a public highway, with a 56 pound restraint on the bits. A jury decides negligence if any restraint is used. The Tennessee Supreme Court holds passengers must change large denomination bills before paying streetcar fares. Massachusetts holds a mother’s religious Foster care choice may be denied if welfare requires it. the court weighs welfare versus religious freedom. New York Court of Appeals states spectators injured at an automobile race must show defendant negligence, not merely legality of the event, to recover.
A housewife fills her up-to-date kitchen with devices to mix dough tie nets and broil steak, including a fireless stove and coffee machine. The family boards while she seeks a machinist who can cook.
A terse exchange from the Atlanta Constitution captures a humorous debate about heaven and watermelons. The joking dialogue centers on a belief that a watermelon patch would be part of heaven, with a playful retort emphasizing the flavor of the fruit.
An article discusses essential poultry house care including light, dryness, and ventilation. It explains straw lofts to absorb moisture, curtain fronts to improve light and reduce drafts, and the need to whitewash and disinfect yearly. It also covers ground upkeep, routing lanes to prevent washouts, and denatured alcohol on farms for fuel.
California agriculture bulletin lists top propagation fruits and major outputs including almonds beet sugar brandy wine and canned pack. It notes kerosene control for San Jose scale on peaches with caution for apples and implies timing and concentration affect plant safety.
The narrative mixes family satire and downstate whim as a mother recalls Pansy boarding a Pullman with three babies and a chaotic journey. The piece references Pansy’s mother’s wary pride and a comic clash over marriage and propriety in a bygone era. It also quotes Wallace Irwin on trout behavior, contrasting domestic farce with nature writing.
Mrs. Wilson feared a burglar on her stairs when her husband, often delayed by New York business, was away. She heard a voice threaten to shoot if the man was Henry, then ordered him aside to stay safe. The piece also cites police discipline anecdotes from the London Mirror and a Philadelphia Press item about a spoiling wedding and family squabbles.
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