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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1930
Page
3
The Athena Press announces subscription rates for 1980 with prices for one copy year six months and three months. Located in Athena Oregon the paper shows rates and date February 21 1980.
Clark Wood asserts that a plaid from a blister cures the drug habit and argues Congress should endure blistering debates to counteract its pipe dreams.
Carl R. Gray president of the Union Pacific System notes declining unemployment, ongoing road and real estate activity, and farmer gains. He says rail passenger service will improve in quality, with limited view on bus competition, while France’s armament talk faces skepticism amid Kellogg pact history and a push for naval expansion.
On January 1 storage estimates show Oregon potatoes at 1,558,000 bushels down from 2,974,000 a year earlier. Oregon growers plan 48,000 acres for 1930, about 1,000 more than 1929’s harvested area.
A bold Wenatchee to San Francisco flight carried a cancer patient, her husband, and a physician crew member. The journey aimed to deliver the woman in time for a new serum treatment developed by California doctors, with the plane’s speed integral to the effort.
Henry Ford plans to spend 100 million dollars from his fortune to establish schools across the country and run them in the Ford way, preferring no input from those who never earned or saved a dollar. Mrs. Mary Norton urges a national vote on prohibition with a House Judiciary Committee resolution for a plebiscite on repealing the 18th amendment.
Delores Salazar the Spanish dancer wins 17000 from Ferdinand Pinney Earl, noted artist, after trial that denied her claim while calling her the aggressor. The verdict stands despite Earl saying she dropped herself into his lap like a ripe peach.
The first woman condemned to die on Arizona’s scaffold, Eva Dugan, spends her remaining days sewing a shroud. Friends in the state condole her action in slaying a common law husband and await her fate.
Wenatchee received 13 inches of new snow as spring yielded to winter last week. The quip about the weatherman being away added a touch of local humor to the weather turn.
Noah Beery, noted motion picture screen villain, endures a serious bout in Hollywood described as a real battle. Meanwhile Oregon Grange chapters have swelled to 270, now spanning every county in the state.
A brief note confirms the nickname Death Valley Scotty retained its correct form Death Valley Scotty is still the widely recognized moniker in reference to the eccentric desert figure and prospector known for his ties to the Death Valley area.
A quirky note from the Believe It Or Not column by Ripley mentions shipping the crossword puzzle to the showers, signaling an unusual puzzle entry or display change. The remark hints at a lighthearted, offbeat newsroom moment.
A journal excerpt argues the American housewife sets standards in cleanliness and order that immigrants imitate. It claims disciplined households influence consumer choices and uplift overall domestic norms, noting even unfamiliar women learn from well kept homes and quality products.
The article argues schools must upgrade science apparatus and maps, advance to motion pictures and phonograph records for demonstrations, and embrace television and radio broadcasts as future teaching tools. It stresses libraries and reference books as essential to develop student study habits and reduce obsolete devices.
The excerpt argues that men continually praise hindsight over foresight. It claims experience equals hindsight and notes men review past mistakes to warn others. It contrasts with women’s quieter past reflection and cites Howe's Monthly as the source.
The Paulina foothills show deeply worn Indian trails linking to obsidian sources and game, suggesting extensive pre Columbian travel and possible water finds. Archaeological clues include tepee marks, mass skeletons in crater lava beds, and long term use by multiple tribes from Columbia and Klamath regions.
A tiny ant gazes at a dead horse as a bootlegger’s truck drops a load. Stuff spills, a puddle forms and the ant takes a sip before grabbing the horse by the tail and declaring a journey home. The narrator notes spring is not yet here with no robins in sight.
Courtesy seed distribution announces a masq uerade ball at the Athena opera house with Kershaw’s orchestra. Law books bound in full leather cost 24 dollars. Delayed mail adds to a busy local office as residents travel, marry, move, and recover from illness.
Puzzles and quips on home life and small town manners. A. M. Johnson editors a light column with jokes about women, neighbors, weather, gardens, and everyday chores. Snippets include porch sun, summer in winter, and家庭 banter about kin and household duties.
Tibetan skulls and bone artifacts were brought to Chicago by Dr. Berthold Laufer curator of anthropology at the Field Museum. The objects include tambourines bowls and other useful and ornamental pieces crafted from human skulls and bones.
An insurance ad urges all motor vehicle owners to carry Public Liability and Property Damage insurance noting low cost and high value. It also promotes Landlords Owners and Tenants Liability coverage for seven fifty and warns of ambulance chasers and damage suits while promising year round service.
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