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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1928
Page
2
The Athena Press lists subscription rates with prices for one copy for one year six months and three months. The notice dated December 28 1928 in Athena Oregon announces the pricing terms for readers.
The State Board of Health reports that colds cost Oregon citizens over three million dollars annually. About 40 percent of the population are wage earners losing two days of work yearly due to colds, with broader losses from inefficiency and doctor bills.
Five more lives lost as a new mail plane crashes near Chattanooga Tennessee. The incident follows earlier fatal crashes during the pioneering flight program raising safety concerns about early airmail operations.
The text notes a return to merriment in England as King George recovers, mentioning Mrs Mary Hawks of Salem and a divorce suit. It hints at the era ending with a date in 1929 and a festive yuletide atmosphere across the country.
The elephant, the shrewdest living creature with no enemies but man, uses its sense of smell via a keen trunk to detect humans. When it scents man, it may retreat or charge, often avoiding open areas by staying in dense forests where hunter progress is slow and footsteps are quiet.
A reflection on how the stars inspire awe and separation from daily life. Emerson’s Nature suggests celestial beauty guides reverence and memory of divine order amid urban modernity. The passage conjoins cosmic vision with human longing for transcendence.
Liquid air appears bluish and displays water like fog. It cannot be kept longer than a day or two and should be stored in a Dewar bulb or thermos bottle wrapped in heavy felt or other near conducting material for insulation.
A liquid air sample remains in a state that boils away to ordinary air as heat is added. The description notes extremely low temperatures keep it in liquid form until warmth returns it to gas.
Naval flight surgeons say a loud high pitched yell during flight can relieve sudden dizziness. The yell uses minimal breath and forces blood into head veins. An aerial jolt can push blood away briefly causing dizziness, while certain high speed maneuvers may reduce brain blood flow and cause fainting.
For sale seven month old Gurnsey bull calf out of a high producing cow. Also wanted: jack rabbits domestic rabbits and other raw furs. Highest prices paid by Valeanda Fur Co. located at 2131 Western Ave Seattle.
In the Oregon County Court of Umatilla County the estate of Adolph L. Schaefer deceased. Lessie L. Schaefer executrix files final account and report. The County Judge has set January 9, 1929 at 10:00 am in Pendleton for objections and settlement.
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