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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1929
Page
3
The Athena Press in Athena Oregon lists subscription rates on February 22 1929. The plan shows 2.00 dollars for annual, 1.00 dollar for half year, and a single 75 cent option.
An editorial in Collier’s argues for lasting prosperity based on higher wages efficient business and farm improvement. It notes stock prices reflect rising corporate earnings and mass wealth while warns that stock gambling fuels artificial prosperity and could end the golden eggs if unchecked.
A Department of Commerce report lauds steady railway service improvements since the war, noting one third faster shipment times and lower costs. It credits railroad companies and shippers for better roadbeds and longer trains, with 781 tons per train in 1927-28 versus 656 in 1921-22.
The column notes a snow storm disrupting spring in the Northwest and mentions a recent grocery chain merger with 413 stores and capitalization from eight to twenty billion dollars. It also cites counterfeit diamonds in France and a Highway Research Board forecast for more low cost road improvements. Other items include Chicago gang news, rabbit-house plans for Forest Grove, Hoover’s Florida sailing trip, and Hawaiian reception of American radio broadcasts.
The piece warns that threadbare dress or fashionable attire will both invite scrutiny. It counsels ignoring gossip, pursuing personal comfort, and not letting meddling tongues disturb one’s course, ending with the signature of Mrs. Anna M. Sommers.
A historical excerpt outlines preparations for soup stock using beef or lamb pieces, simmering six hours with onions celery and carrots, then reheat. It then details Creamed Vegetable Soup with carrots turnips rice milk and Worcester sauce, and Luncheon Pepper Pot with vegetables toast cheese and poached eggs served hot.
The Sargasso Sea, off Florida and the American coast, is described as a weed filled region with brown Sargassum harboring small marine life. Historically blamed for doom, Columbus faced calm here. Modern expeditions show ships need not fear the floating weed as currents move and weed eventually sinks.
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