Athena News Arm of 1910 Banter on Youth and Growth
A long Athena Oregon article recounts a disruptive youth banquet at an educational rally, praising Prof. L R Alderman and noting his likely State Superintendent bid. It surveys Northwest farm growth, railroad expansion in Oregon, and Spokane labor-agency crackdowns, arguing for moral order and civic progress.
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L. R. Alderman
The
State University
Alderman
Republican Party
Athena
School board aims to curb cigarette habit among Seattle youth
To check the growing cigarette habit among Seattle schoolboys, the board of education plans a special officer to detect smokers and prosecuting dealers selling cigarettes to youths. Reports link student backwardness to cigarette use, and a proposal urges establishing a school to help victims obtain instruction and freedom from enslavement.
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Seattle
Board of Education
de Makina
Meat Prices Driven Up by Wholesale Profits Raise
The article notes that retailers are not solely to blame for rising living costs and cites Armour & Co. reporting a thirty three percent profit on capital this past year. The piece argues that consumer willingness to pay does not increase alongside profits.
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Armour & Co
Walla Walla residents push for a daily newspaper
Citizens from Walla Walla allege a bias in local papers and announce plans to back a new daily newspaper that will espouse their views and interests.
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Ttts
Walla Walla
North Yakima paper taken through option on daily paper
The text notes North Yakima has taken an option on a local daily paper. It laments a need for a device that would stop an automobile automatically before colliding with a telegraph pole, reflecting concerns about road safety.
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North Yakima
Choice Property For Sale Bargains By Athena Land Co
Athena Land Co offers 480 acres in Umatilla county with abundant water, modern tea room house, 40 acres alfalfa, priced at 85 per acre to act now. Also 660 acres of wheat land near railroad with an eight room house and barn at 65 per acre. City property includes a nine room house in Athena at 1100 dollars two blocks from Main Street.
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Umatilla
Athena
Main Street
Athena Land OO
Umatilla County
Why oysters on the flat shell story and librettist note
A waiter explains oysters served on a flat shell ensure freshness and special preparation, a tale paired with a skeptical remark about oysters on the curved shell. The column then surveys opera librettists from Voltaire to Coppeers, noting the small number of successful writers amid three centuries of practice.
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New York Sun
Voltaire
Goethe
Wieland
Addison
Fielding
Metastasio
Canzabigi
Rinuccini
Bolto
Coppees
How Sunshine Beats Down
A compact discussion on light pressure. It explains that sunlight exerts a real though tiny force on surfaces, supported by Maxwell's calculations and Lebedew's experiments, noting the subtlety of the effect.
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Clerk Maxwell
Herr Lebedew
Worse Yet Mamma Johnny You Tad Boy
A humorous exchange shows a mother scolding Johnny for fighting while praising another boy Tommy Jones. The quip suggests Tommy will also need new clothes, with a punch line about his mother buying for a CW boy as reported in Chicago News.
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Johnny
Tommy Jones
Bust to Be Made of Mr Strockell Revealed
A cryptic exchange features Mrs Strockell and Mr Strockell noting a sculptor Teller plans a bust of him. The dialog includes a correction on pronunciation, with a quip about saying burst not bust, and a mention of Philadelphia Bec ond.
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