This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1929
Page
3
The Bank of Athena in Oregon filed its December 31 1928 condition report. Cashier F B Legrow swore to the accuracy before Notary E C Prestive on January 8 1929 with directors M L Watts M W Hansell Henry Dell attesting.
Local updates cover Chas Gay moving to Waitsburg to start a business and lease a residence after return. Sheriff T D Taylor seeks a fourth term for continuous service in Umatilla County. Measles and scarlet fever surface in region while individuals recover from illnesses. A dance at the Athena opera house and a phonograph sale highlight social and cultural happenings.
Edith Herzo serves as fire chief and special police chief for Corbinhall at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. She also works as a telephone operator and has proven capable in multiple roles on several occasions.
The piece examines two lash types, upturned and drooping, linking upturned lashes to health and drooping to fragility. It cites Luigi and Balzac on lash beauty, noting varied Italian opinions on ideal length and darkness and praising long lashes among poets and artists.
The article traces the evolution from picture writing to alphabets, noting ideographic beginnings where a picture stood for a thing and an idea. It describes stages where strokes simplified to represent animals or actions, and explains how various peoples developed their own alphabets, with Eastern scripts often right to left, while Western cursive moved left to right.
Among eighty toad species a Central American water toad displays a bold strategy. The father transfers eggs to the mother's back soon after laying, where the eggs remain for eighty two days. The mother’s skin thickens and the eggs form honeycomb like chambers as they develop.
A lawyer, admitted as a mentor in a club, surveys the room and finds a well known attorney by a window. He approaches, performs a curious gesture, and asks for opinion. The older lawyer responds cryptically with lines about a line stone and a possible purchase.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.