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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
3
The newspaper extends a hopeful New Year message praising past progress and urging growth for the town, county, and state. It highlights attracting homeseekers, boosting descriptive literature, and public support for the legislature while noting concerns about crime and the Vesuvian eruption impact on Italy.
Over two hundred fifty thousand people work at night and Coney Island draws five hundred thousand visitors daily. New York has 132 department stores employing over ten thousand people. population stands near 4.8 million. London lags as New York grows seven times faster and may become the largest city in ten years. the rate compares five to one.
A fragment lists city metrics including theatres and opera houses seating about 110000, marriages per year, counts of millionaires, water use, births and deaths, and numbers of professionals. Also notes high priced property on Wall Street, transient hotel population, and local advertisements for farming stock and photography services in Canby Oregon.
For sale a new single wagon and a Cream Separator. Inquiries at this office. R. 8. Coe offers apples for sale and can make cider and pure cider vinegar at 25 cents per 2 gallons. A postal card will bring him to you. Chas. Roth Can by Oregon offers nursery stock from Russelville Nursery Co with reasonable prices and 7 percent loan on funds. Farm loans specialty with abstracts furnished by Grant B Dimick Oregon City Oregon.
A brief domestic scene shows Bessie tidy and clever as she misreads her father’s kiss and explains she is webbing it in. The exchange touches on Jack’s failed spelling and a verse to an heiress, hinting at pride and mis-spellings.
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