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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1912
Page
3
The Athena Press items recap Pendleton Roundup hype and its lasting impact, recount Hazzard trial verdicts for starvation deaths in Port Orchard, a sulfur remedy craze in Seattle, and editorial views on Oregonian and Norborne Oregonian papers. Local Athena High basketball win, poultry industry interest, and Wallowa mule auctions are noted along with political chatter and weather quips.
A traveler notes European stone buildings rarely outlast US structures. He praises Washington’s Capitol as among the finest, predicting it and the Treasury may endure 500 years. The piece recalls Wilhelm I and Benedetti’s 1870 interview at Ems and a commemorative monument planted by the emperor.
A simple at home experiment suggests burning carbonate of soda with a briven gas burner in a dark room to show how color perception collapses under bright orange yellow light. It notes that crimson, blue, red, and yellow objects appear gray or black and faces look repulsive, illustrating the value of color perception.
A Russian medical landscape with declining skills prompts a Western physician to seek high fees in St. Petersburg. He secures a lucrative practice within a year and is summoned to a baron with a serious ailment. The doctor offers care but the outcome remains unclear.
Baron dies and widow sues the doctor for damages for unskilled treatment. The unlucky American was fined one thousand rubles and jailed for thirty days, after which the physician left Russia and never returned. Knights of Old discuss armor and the misericordia as the only weapon capable of killing armored knights. A witty quip about women in politics follows. A late night scene shows a couple chatting, a burglar fear, and a clever punchline about day breaking. Scriptural place names note Jericho and other biblical sites appearing on maps.
A brief skit about a boorish man who takes a street car seat without offering it to a passenger. A witty exchange follows, with the publisher advising patience and the poet responding that he would like to save some for later.
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