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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1910
Page
6
Collier's essay by Gelott Burgova describes a corporate inspector who surveys a store from basement to attic noting dust, mislaid contraries, and uncooperative staff. She records faults to build a case for underperforming rivals and to gain internal advancement while recounting slang origins from London Notes and Queries.
A Beecher speech was interrupted when a heckler crowed like a rooster. Beecher paused, listened, and then, glancing at his watch, exclaimed that it was morning and the watch only ten. He quipped that instincts of the lower animals are infallible, triggering laughter as the gallery settled.
In a New York Run report a speaker denounces the French penal system highlighting punishment mirrors crime. Convicts are sent to Saint Laurent island Salvation or to Saint Jean de Maryn with atrocious mortality rates and brutal climate. The convicts’ life expectancy averages two years amid bondage and gaze at distant freedoms.
A humor schematic mocks courtroom oath taking with a fair witness remark about truth and beauty. The excerpt from Harvan Lampoon features a brigaded line about a cigar and a garbled quotation from a jibe spot, reflecting satirical print culture.
An American notes how London districts signal social class through address prestige. Major zones like Lon W, N W, and Russell Square influence social perception, with West Central housing dense boarding houses and cosmopolitan life, while a caller’s address can determine invitation to dine or social acceptance.
Low one way colonist rates from Kant to Pacific coast terminals apply March 1 to April 15. Support Oregon immigration by informing friends and promoting agriculture horticulture stock raising and dairying as rewarding pursuits. Also notices for sale of Shire Stallion Onte Glory work horses three two year olds and a choice wheat farm with terms and locations in Oregon and Washington.
Real estate ads offer 480 acres of riverplain land in Umatilla County with abundant water, a ten room house, 40 acres of alfalfa, and adjacent farms selling at 100 per acre but available at 85 if taken promptly. Also listed are 700–500 acres of wheat land on the railroad, eight room house, $65 per acre, plus a vine room house in Athena, two blocks from Main Street and near the school. Remainder promotes farm equipment and miscellaneous sale items, urging responses to Athena Land Co. Box 274, Phone 360.
A vintage classified ad touts Dr. King’s New Life Pilly claims curing constipation dyapepsia indigestion and liver kidney disorders. It markets 402 acres of rich soil near Condon county seat Gilliam with railroad access and farm equipment at 38 per acre with one third down, Box 12% Condon.
Transit Bridge man near death with virulent liver trouble and weight loss credits Electric Bitters with a remarkable recovery after taking the remedy. He reports regaining 40 pounds and renewed health. Local church services and activities follow including Sunday school at 10 am and preaching at 7 10 pm with midweek meetings and Ladies Aid gatherings.
B S Le Grow administrator of Adele St Dennis deceased has filed his final account and report in Umatilla County Court. The county judge has set February 21 1910 at 2 pm in Pendleton for objections and settlement. Notice runs in Athena Press from January 21 to February 18 1910 weekly. F S Le Grow administrator Peterson and Wilson attorneys.
Executors Koontz and Jack announce appointment for the estate of Thomas J. Kirk, deceased, in Umatilla County. Creditors must present claims with vouchers to First National Bank of Athena within six months from February 11, 1910.
The Circuit Court in Habnert, Oregon, requires William F. Habnert to appear within six weeks to answer a divorce complaint filed by the plaintiff. The suit seeks an absolute divorce and name change to Dorn Adame, with other equitable relief. Public notice published per order of Judge H. J. Bean, with initial local publication December 1, 1909.
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